Great evening of celebration with Fr Niall

There was a large and happy turnout of parishioners to the celebration of Fr Niall Mackey's Golden Jubilee last evening, writes Brian Byrne.

Following a concelebrated mass with Bishop Eamonn Walsh, Fr Martin Harte, and Fr Eugen Rybansky from River Valley Parish, there was a reception in the Parish Centre where presentations were made to Fr Niall on behalf of the parish, and the schools of the parish.

Many of his former parishioners at River Valley in Dublin came along to express their own good wishes to Fr Niall, who has been here since 2013 when he replaced Fr Michael Murphy.

There was also a large contingent of Fr Niall's own family.

All of the pictures from the evening can be seen here. Or play the slide-show.