Fr. Liam Rigney was appointed Parish Priest of Maynooth in July 2007. He came from the Parish of North William St. a Parish in Dublin City Centre.

Born in Dublin in 1957, he was educated in St Laurences National School, Kilmacud and St. Benildus De La Salle College. He entered Clonliffe College in 1974 and was ordained a priest for the Dublin diocese in Seville Place in 1981.

He has held various appointments in the Dublin Diocese beginning with his first appointment teaching in Stillorgan and Blackrock VEC while being Chaplain to the St John of God Brothers in St. Augustines, Carysfort avenue.

He continued his studies in UCD where he completed a doctorate in history. He was appointed to Mount Merrion Parish for Three years and then worked as prison chaplain for seven years in Mountjoy prison and Arbour Hill. For the last twelve years his appointment was in North William St.

Fr Liam was active in the North City Centre Deanery where he was Vicar Forane for six years and he also served as Secretary to the Dublin Diocesan Council of Priests.

Fr. Paul Coyle has been curate of Maynooth since July of 2003. “The Scottish Priest” was born in Glasgow, and educated at St. Roch’s Primary & Secondary Schools, Glasgow.

After leaving High School, he worked for 2 years with the Scottish Catholic Observer (the Scottish equivalent of the Irish Catholic).
Whilst with the SCO, he studied Business Administration in the College of Commerce, Glasgow.

In 1996, he left Scotland for Dublin, to begin studies for the priesthood with the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (SCJ), in Philosophy and Theology at the Milltown Institute, Ranelagh.

During these years, he worked pastorally in the Capuchin Day Center for the Homeless, Church St.; with his dear friends, the Poor Sisters of Nazareth, Malahide Road; Cherry Orchard Hospital; the CCD Classes for Rathgar Parish School; Wheatfield Prison. Each of these placements were for 1 year.

In 2000, he was accepted as a candidate for Priesthood with the Archdiocese of Dublin. His first appointment (as Pastoral Assistant) was to the Parish of St. Therese, Mount Merrion, County Dublin, assisting Frs. Frank Herron, Brian Lawless, and the newly appointed PP, Fr. Pat McManus.

For 2 years, he worked in Mount Merrion, before being Ordained to the Diaconate in St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, by Bishop Jim Moriarty, on April 1st 2002.

Following Diaconate Ordination, in November of 2002, he was moved from Mt. Merrion to work with Fr. John Deasy in the Parish of St. Agnes’, Crumlin.

In January of 2003, he was given a date for Ordination – May 1st 2003. Fr. Paul was ordained a priest by His Eminence: Cardinal Desmond Connell, in his home parish of St. Roch’s, Glasgow. Cardinal Connell travelled to Glasgow and was assisted in the ceremony by the Archbishop of Glasgow, Archbishop Mario Conti, and many priests from Glasgow, Dublin and further a field.

July 12th 2003, opened a new episode in Fr. Paul’s life when he was transferred from Crumlin, to what he thought was the ‘country’ parish of Maynooth. Boy was he in for a shock, in a most pleasant way!!!