N. Lorcan O Tuathail

Today is also the feast of St. Lorcan O Tuathail, anglicized as “Laurence O’Toole”. He was Abbot of Glendalough and later Archbishop of Dublin. He is now the principal patron of Dublin. His heart is in a reliquary fixed to the wall of St. Laud’s chapel in the Church of Ireland’s Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin.


The premier pipe band in the Republic of Ireland is the St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band – the only Grade I band in the Republic when last I looked. The O’Tooles were only a point or two off making the finals in the World’s Pipe Band championship this year. If you visit their site, they have some nice mp3s – a longish wait if you have a slow connection, though.