Ian Callanan (born 17 March 1971 in Cork, Ireland), is a composer of Catholic liturgical music and a contemporary Christian songwriter best known for composing the hymn "Comfort My People" and "Take and Eat, This is my Body".
"[1] He hails form Cork and has been involved with liturgical music his entire life.
He has been composing music for over 20 years and recently has produced his first recording for GIA Publications[2] in the United States.
[citation needed] He holds an honours masters' degree in Religion and Culture from Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin and an honours degree in Music from NUI Maynooth.
[citation needed] The Source of Life has been described as 'a surprisingly powerful collection of thirteen songs celebrating the Liturgical year'.