Augustinian House News Today

The death occurred earlier this month of an Augustinian priest who promoted the inclusion of greater involvement by lay people in the life of the Church and contributed greatly to better outcomes for people across the world.

The site of the Augustinian House when the order first came to Galway in 1508 was on the hill we know as Forthill today. Margaret Athy, the wife of the Mayor Stephen Lynch, invited them and she built a church and steeple there too. Her husband was away in Spain and got a shock when he returned to see the finished new building on the hill. The friars moved into a house within the walled city but their church was still between the city and the bay.