When he became Music Director and Conductor of OLCS in 1979, Proinnsías Ó Duinn brought the creative energy and musicianship that enabled an amateur choir to achieve a professional standard. The result is vibrant performances of a varied and extensive repertoire.

Rev. Paul Ward is the Director of Our Lady’s Choral Society. Paul is a singing member of the choir since 1985 (celebrating 30 years in 2015). He was appointed Director in 2005 and in 2010 was re-appointed for a further five years.

Archbishop Dermot Farrell (President of Our Lady’s Choral Society) was born in 1954, the eldest of seven children of the late Dermot and Carmel Farrell, in Garthy, Castletown-Geoghegan, Co Westmeath, in the Diocese of the Meath. After his primary education in Castletown-Geoghegan and Streamstown, he attended Saint Finian’s College, Mullingar.  In...