Former Tipp student to be ordained this weekend

Photo from Diocese of Waterford and Lismore

A former pupil of St Peter and Paul’s National School in Clonmel and Rockwell College will be ordained to the priesthood tomorrow.

The ceremony for former pharmacist Mark O’Farrell will take place at 3pm in the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford.

The ordination will be conducted by Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan.

Mark became a deacon last January.