My dear people, It gives me great joy today to be associated with the Golden Jubilee of the Marian Grotto here in Stonebridge. The Grotto dedicated in 1955 was the work of the people of the Parish under the skilful direction of the late beloved priest of the Parish, an tAth. Pol Mac Seain. 
The Grotto was erected to celebrate the Marian Year - a year dedicated to mark the Church's teaching on the Immaculate Conception. Over the decades this Grotto was the focus of devotion of the people of this Parish to Mary the Mother of God. The story of the work involved in building this Grotto is a story of the faith of the people of the Parish of Kilmore. It is appropriate that we celebrate this Golden Jubilee in the Year dedicated by the late Pope John Paul II to the Eucharist, a year in which he called on all of us to rekindle our amazement of God's gift to us in the Eucharist. He calls us to renew our devotion to the Mass and to the presence of Christ in the Eucharist. I pray that through the intercession of Mary the Mother of God all of us may be directed towards her Son Jesus Christ. I pray God's blessing on all of you. Guim rath De oraibh agus ar bhur saothar.
+ Gerard Clifford.