Hilliard, Alan
Fr Alan Hilliard grew in in Dublin’s suburb of Coolock. He is currently Administrator of the Parishes of City Quay, University Church and Westland Row in Dublin's south Inner City. He spent much of his ministry in the world of migration specifically in emigration and prisoners overseas and in third level chaplaincy. He is a regular contributor to RTE’s A Word in Edgeways
Previous titles with Messenger Publications include Dipping into Lent, Dipping into Advent and Dipping into Life.
Alan Hilliard is a priest of Dublin Diocese. He was Director of the Irish Bishop’s Commission for Emigrants and the Irish Commission for Prisoner’s Overseas. He led campaigns to highlight the plight of the ‘Forgotten Irish’ in Britain and canvassed for immigration reform in the United States on behalf of the ‘Undocumented Irish’. He is presently the coordinator of the chaplaincy at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Alan provides facilitation to groups dealing with diversity.