Death of Fr Eamonn O’Brien, retired PP of Rochfortbridge

Fr Eamonn O’Brien, retired parish priest of Rochfortbridge died this morning.

Fr Eamonn O’Brien's remains will repose in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rochfortbridge on Tuesday, August 29, from 5.30pm, concluding with evening prayer at 8pm.

Funeral Mass on Wednesday, August 30, at 12 noon, followed by burial in Rochfortbridge Parish Cemetery.

May he rest in peace.

Fr O’Brien was born on September 9, 1925 in Ballykilmurray in Tullamore parish.

He was educated at the local national school, Tullamore CBS, St Finian’s College and Maynooth, where he was ordained on June 17, 1951.

He was appointed Reader in Carnaross before going to Los Angeles in December 1951 for a four-year work sojourn.

On his return to Ireland, he served as curate in Portarlington from 1955 until 1957, Dunshaughlin from October 1957 until 1969 and Navan from 1969 until June 1976.

He was appointed administrator of Navan parish on June 20, 1976 and remained until February 1981, when he was appointed administrator of Rochfortbridge. He took over as parish priest in September 1985.

Fr O’Brien retired in 2010 and resided in Newbrook Nursing Home, Mullingar from 2011. He died on August 28, 2023.