The funeral details of a former bishop of Ferns and Clontibret native, Brendan Comiskey have been announced.
The former bishop died earlier this week died at the age of 89 in Louth County Hospital Dundalk.
The emeritus Bishop of Ferns' funeral mass will take place on Thursday 1st May at 1 pm in the Church of the Sacred Heart, St Johns Drive, Clondalkin, Dublin.
The Clontibret man was a priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and became auxillary bishop of Dublin in 1979 before then being appointed to the Ferns diocese.
He resigned from the post in 2002 following the findings of the Ferns Report into clerical abuse