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First Post War Ordinations. 17th March 1956 |
Text by Fr Tom Kilbride from the College History section of the College website
The fifth image shows the first students to be ordained priests after the Civil War and the return of students to Valladolid in 1950. They are pictured in the centre in chasuble and laced albs: Fr Ian Murray (St An&Ed) and Fr John Sheridan (Glas). Those standing around them in dalmatics have been ordained as sub-deacons: (l to r) Thomas Holloran (Glas) John McCabe (Glas) Patrick J. Byrne (Glas), WiIliam Ferguson (St An&Ed), and Alex Bremner (St An&Ed). The remaining students (in soutane and surplice) have been ordained into minor orders: (l to r) John Harkin (Gall), William Fitzsimmons (St An&Ed), Edward Glackin (Moth) and Stephen Judge (St An&Ed).