Fr Fred Hanson RIP

Fr Fred Hanson

Fr Fred Hanson (left) and Fr Dan Fitzgerald (former pupil of Christian Brothers, Cork)

Fr Fred Hanson (left) and Fr Dan Fitzgerald (former pupil of Christian Brothers, Cork)

who left St Mary’s, Barrack Street in 1933 after Senior Leaving Cert

died on Sunday, 15th February 2015 in his 99th year.

He was ordained as a Columban Father in 1939

and served in Korea, Japan, the Parish of St Teresa and the Holy Family Parish, Belfast, before retirement.

Requiem Mass was concelebrated on Tuesday, 17th February

followed by burial in the Community Cemetery.