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1. Our Local Saints (continued)

   

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   of Ballinahown were

   Rev. Ml. Egan O.S.F. died 1772
   Rev. Jno. Weaver O.P. died 1796
   Rev. Jno. Gennings O.S.F. died 1811
   Rev. Richard MacCormick died 1826
   Rev. Andrew Mac Keon died 1843
   Rev, Ml. O'Bierne died 1854
   Rev. Jas Smith died 1858
   Rev. Jno. Dardis died 1880
   Rev. Peter Lee died 1889
   Rev. Mathew Columb died 1922
   Rev. Denis Reynolds

   A parochial house was built in Doon about 1876. Before that time the curates used lodge in the house of Mr. Daly of Togher. The site for the house was given by Mr. King of Ballylin. Two curates resided in it always until the time of the present parish priest, V. Rev. Canon Reynolds. He purchased a residence for one curate from a Protestant from of the name Revington beside the chapel in Boher. Since then the people of the Boher and of the parish have the blessing of a priest in their midst and daily Mass. In 1930 and 1931 the church was reconstructed and added to. It is now a beautifully chaste though simple church. The windows in stained glass are the work of the

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   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr John Ryan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   An Ghléib, Co. Uíbh Fhailí