Fr John Jacob must surely be accorded a special place in the history of our parish (click on photos to enlarge them and see
here for his death notice). His association with us stretches over a whole lifetime, from his childhood in the family business on Main Street, Saggart, to his long years of service as a priest in the Dublin diocese. And now he has taken up final residence in the cemetery just a stone's throw down the road from his home. There, along with generations of local people, including some priests who served here in former days (the most recent being Fr Laurence O'Sullivan, P.P. 1984-2004, d.2007), he waits
in spe resurrectionis (in hope of the Resurrection).
