Just one priest to be ordained in diocese of Cork and Ross this year 

Rev Ronan Sheehan, 27, from Newcestown, will be ordained to the priesthood in his native parish later this month

Ronan Sheehan holds his niece, Gia, following his ordination as a deacon by Bishop Fintan Gavin last September.

The only ordination in the diocese of Cork and Ross this year is set to take place next week.

Rev Ronan Sheehan, 27, from Newcestown, will be ordained to the priesthood in his native parish on Sunday September 18, in the church of St John the Baptist where he was baptised, received his first communion and where as a teenager, he served as a minister of the word.