On the 15th Oct, 2025, we bid a fond farewell to Fr. Pádraig Twohig OSA.

Fr. Pádraig will be remembered for the fun interactions he had with everyone he met. A true man of the people, he enjoyed meeting and greeting people wherever he went. He was universally loved. Fr. Pádraig was an attentive listener, a respected advisor and a confidante of many he met in his travels.

He created a role for himself, which he loved, in helping out; at first at Togher (The Church of the Way of the Cross) and more recently at Curraheen (The Church of the Real Presence). Fr. Pádraig was most welcome at both parishes, where he built up a large cohort of very dear friends, all of whom were devastated on hearing of his sudden and unexpected death last weekend.

At his funeral mass on Wednesday, Fr. Richie Goode O.S.A., a confrere of Fr. Padraig, paid beautiful tribute to his friend as only a friend could do, and Fr. Pádraig would surely have loved the idea of the boys from Togher National School leading the congregation in the prayers of the faithful. He might have been surprised at the large congregation there to pay their respects to him, and a little embarrassed at the number of tears shed in his memory.

Fr. Pádraig is survived by his sister Maura and his brothers Micheál and Declan, the extended Twohig family and his Augustinian Confreres.

We pray that Fr. Padraig's gentle soul will rest in Peace.