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17 Sept 2025

Prestigious promotion for Kilkenny priest

From the notes section of this week's Kilkenny People

Prestigious promotion for Kilkenny priest

Fr Michael Shortall

From this week's Castlecomer Notes...

Congrats to Fr Michael Shortall who has been appointed President of St Patrick’s College Maynooth.

This is a terrific promotion and a great honour for Fr Michael and his family on the Yellow Road, Castlecomer.

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A wonderful appointment for Fr Michael, this involves him in very important work in the Irish church as President of the National Seminary and the training of young priests.

He replaces Prof Michael Mullaney, who has stepped down from that role.

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