with Norwich. He was part of the Norwich side that won promotion to the Premier League as Division One champions in 2004, but they stayed there for only one season before being relegated. Mulryne then departed from Carrow Road, cancelling his contract by mutual agreement shortly before it expired. He signed for Cardiff City two months later. On 30 August 2005, Mulryne was ejected from Northern Ireland's squad by manager Lawrie Sanchez for a breach of discipline. He had made 27 appearances for the team, a highlight being a headed equaliser against Denmark in 2001. At the end of the 2005–06 season, Mulryne was released from his contract at Ninian Park having made only a handful of substitute appearances, and was not until January 2007 before he found a new club after spells having trials with amongst others, Ipswich Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Polish champions Legia Warsaw and Barnsley. Manager Martin Ling signed Mulryne for Leyton Orient on 23 January 2007 on a free transfer after impressing on a trial. He made his debut against Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4–1 home defeat on 13 February after 16 months without first team action. He was released at the end of the 2006–07 season, having helped Orient avoid relegation which had looked almost certain for much of the campaign. He subsequently had a trial at AFC Bournemouth and played in a friendly against Southampton and then came a trial with St Mirren in Scotland. On 25 October 2007, Mulryne joined King's Lynn FC on a non-contract basis. He was released by the club on 1 January 2008. It was announced on 14 March 2008 that Mulryne was training with Cliftonville. Ordained ministry In 2009, at the age of 31, Mulryne began formation for the Catholic priesthood. It is understood he was invited to enter the priesthood by Noël Treanor, the Bishop of Down and Connor. He had originally intended to become a secular priest and so entered Saint Malachy's Seminary, Belfast, the seminary of the Diocese of Down and Connor. During this time, he studied philosophy for two years at Queen's University Belfast. He then moved to the Pontifical Irish College in Rome and studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Having felt a call to a religious life during his studies, Mulryne entered the novitiate of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in 2012. On 11 September 2016, he