A priest in Co Derry who helped discover a Spanish Armada shipwreck and briefly offered spiritual guidance to people in the American space programme is this week celebrating 72 years since his ordination.
Fr Michael Keaveney is the longest-ordained priest in the Derry Diocese and, though he denies it, it’s quite possible he holds the same distinction for the Catholic Church in Ireland.
The long-lived cleric, who studied physics and mathematics while completing his BSc at Maynooth, remains sharp of mind at the age of 96 despite poor health owing to a stroke a number of years ago.
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