A Dictionary of Irish Saints by Professor Pádraig Ó Riain was successfully launched on Thursday 10 May at 6.00pm in the Aula Magna of Collegio S. Isidoro, Via degli Artisti 41, Rome by An tOllamh Mícheál Mac Craith OFM, Guardian of S. Isidoro.

Professor Ó Riain presented His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, with a complimentary copy of A Dictionary of Irish Saints prior to the launch.

  Professor Ó Riain with former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese