One of the best-known Jesuit houses in Ireland, at Rahan in County Offaly, is to close. The order has been there for almost two hundred years and its closure brings a distinguished chapter in the history of the order to an end.

Report shows the Jesuit House at Rahan.

Interview with Fr Bernard Murray, Society of Jesus (SJ), who explains why they have to close the house.

Stained glass windows of the house by artist, Evie Hone.

Interview with Fr John Dardis on the closure.

The reporter is Gerry Reynolds.

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