Fachtna O'Driscoll, is an Irish priest with the Society of African Missions.
[2] A keen sportsman, he played hurling for Bride Rovers GAA,[3] and represented Maynooth, winning medals in the Fitzgibbon Cup for hurling in 1973 and 1974[4] and the Devine Cup for soccer.
[citation needed] Fachtna O'Driscoll became a permanent member of the Society of African Missions in 1978 and was ordained as a priest in 1979.
[citation needed] His first assignment was to Ekiti Diocese Nigeria where he lived until 1986 and learned Yoruba.
[citation needed] After completing a master's degree in counselling at Boston College Massachusetts, he was named rector of the SMA house in Maynooth and was elected to the Irish Provincial Council of SMA in 1995.