County Carlow village set to mark Feast Day of the man it’s named after

Today sees the Feast of St Moling and the local village named after him will mark the occasion.

An evening of history, community and celebration awaits in St Mullins from 6:30pm in memory of the man said to have been a poet, and a 7th Century cleric, one of the four great prophets of Erin.

The second Bishop of Ferns, he set up a monastery at the county Carlow spot and is also understood to have had a church built in county Kilkenny.

Yesterday, our Brian Redmond caught up with Denise Whitmore of the St Mullins Heritage Centre Committee to find out more;