Word: hagan
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...sleepy parish of Ballyclare and Ballygowan, in rural Northern Ireland, 40 parishioners sit silently in the Church of the Holy Family. Shortly after 9 a.m., the sanctuary doors open, light floods the modest building and Father Eugene O'Hagan glides down the aisle in a white cassock, singing, "In my justice I shall see your face, O Lord...
...tiny flock has long known O'Hagan as their shepherd, guiding them from baptism onward. But in recent weeks they have also come to know him as one of the three ordained clergymen who make up a much-ballyhooed singing trio called the Priests, which recently signed a $2 million recording contract with music giant Sony BMG. O'Hagan, 48, sees no contradiction. "I have two arms - the ecclesiastical arm and the musical arm," he says after Mass. "If one is tied behind the back, I'm not functioning at my fullest potential...
...Father Eugene and his musical collaborators - his brother Martin O'Hagan, 45, and their childhood friend David Delargy, 44 - the path to stardom seems ordained from above. Earlier this year Epic Records, a division of Sony, scoured Europe for clergymen with the chops to record a Latin Mass album. Word of mouth led them to the trio, who started singing together 35 years ago at a Belfast boarding school, and later performed at their seminary in Rome. After hearing a demo tape, Nick Raphael, the managing director of Epic in the U.K., raced to sign them...
Murphy’s coaching mettle was tested again, as starting quarterback Liam O’Hagan went down for the remainder of the season in a 20-13 loss to Lehigh, and the Crimson faced the task of developing another quarterback...
...season opener, 31-28, with a 40-yard strike with 19 ticks remaining, just seconds after Harvard linebacker Glenn Dorris dropped what would have been a game-sealing interception. Game three stung even worse. To add insult to injury, after the Crimson lost starting quarterback Liam O’Hagan to a season-ending injury, backup hurler Chris Pizzotti fumbled the ball in Mountain Hawk territory with the game tied at 13 and 30 seconds left on the clock. Lehigh defensive tackle Paul Bode scooped up the ball and ran it back 27 yards for the score, giving his team...