By Dan Walsh
The death has occurred of Fr. John P. Nolan, parish priest of Duncannon for the past 20 years. Many tributes have been expressed and he will be laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery after Funeral Mass in Star of the Sea Church, Duncannon, on Sunday. He was in his 78th year.
Born in 1946, Fr. Nolan was a native of Half-Way House, Bunclody, educated at Kilmyshall National School, Rockwell College, Co. Tipperary, 1960-’65, and St. Peter’s Seminary, Wexford, where he was ordained to the priesthood on June 6th1971. He served in the curacy of Clongeen (1971) and Caroreigh (1972) and transferred to Monaseed in June 1977.
Fr Nolan took a Sabbatical from October 1994 to June 1995 after which he did temporary duty in Marshalstown until October 1995. In November 1995 he went to the Diocese of Port Elizabeth in South Africa where he spent eight years.
He returned to the Diocese of Ferns in 2003 and took up duty in Kiltealy but was appointed parish priest of Duncannon in 2004. He celebrated the 40th anniversary of his ordination in Duncannon in 2011.
FAMILY NOTICE; The death has occurred of Rev Fr John P. Nolan Parish Priest of Duncannon, Co Wexford. Sadly missed by his sister Sr Kate, brothers Peter and Martin, sister-in-law Patricia, niece Siobhán, nephews Martin, Enda, Patrick and Peter, grand nieces, grand nephews, extended family and friends, bishop Ger Nash, fellow priests and parishioners. May He Rest In Peace
Reposing in Ryan’s Funeral Home Wellingtonbridge today, Saturday, February 3rd from 2pm, with removal at 5.15pm to Our Lady Star of the Sea Church Duncannon arriving for Mass at 6pm. Funeral Mass on Sunday at 2pm, followed by burial in Duncannon Cemetery.
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