Once-dominant Catholic church in Ireland closes another seminary

AP Worldstream | August 29, 2002| | Copyright

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Dateline: DUBLIN, Ireland The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, whose network of theological schools once exported priests worldwide, closed another hallowed institution Thursday, leaving only a single seminary in this predominantly Catholic nation.

The directors of St. Patrick's College in Thurles, County Tipperary in southwest Ireland announced that their few remaining seminarians would transfer immediately to the church's flagship seminary, Maynooth College near Dublin, which is struggling to produce enough priests for the next generation of Irish Catholics.

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