Host: Kathy Sinnott with guest: Fr. Michael Sheehan

St. Patrick’s parish in down town Belfast lies at an interface between Orange and Green, Catholic and Protestant, Loyalist and Nationalist. The parish has become a flashpoint during the Protestant marching season because it is on-route of Orange parades. Parish priest of St. Patrick's Fr. Michael Sheehan talks to Celtic Connections about the troubled history of the parish, and shares a fascinating account of historic meetings between the Orange Order and a delegation of Catholic clergy including local Bishop of Down and Connor, The Most Rev Noel Treanor.