The passing of Fr Brendan Forde

The Diary has learned of the death of Fr Brendan Forde OFM, Franciscan Friary, Merchants Quay, Dublin 8, peacefully in University Hospital, Limerick.

Son of the late Seán and Ita Forde, Clontarf, Brendan was predeceased by his sister Barbara. He is very sadly missed by his loving sister Anne; brothers Dermot and Kieran (Kilcullen); sisters in law, Geraldine and Joan; nieces and nephews; Aoife, Seán, Hugh and Sinéad; grandnieces and grandnephew Lara Jack, Sophie and It. Also deeply missed by his relatives and friends, and especially his Franciscan family.

Arriving at the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Adam and Eve's), Merchants Quay on Thursday, 13 July 2023 at 2pm. Mass in Spanish at 2.30pm.

Misa de Cuerpo Presente Jueves 13 de Julio 2.30 pm. Presidida por Monsenor Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar. Obispo de Chalatenango, El Salvador.

Reposing from 3.30pm until 7pm. Requiem Mass at 12 noon on Friday, 14 July followed by burial in Glasnevin Cemetery in Franciscan plot.

Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam.