Parish Priest's of Cloone
The Parish of Cloone is a very ancient parish and once included within its boundaries the Parishes now known as Gortletteragh and Aughavas. It appears that the Parish of Gortletteragh was established before the Parish of Aughavas. Aughavas became a Parish sometime before 1820 some suggest even as far back as 1760. The original parish of Cloone was split up due to its size, the growth in population and also due to the increase in the number of Clergy.
The earliest records for Cloone date from 1822 and for Aughavas from 1845. Parochial Houses were few and far between until the early nineteen hundreds. Up till then the priest took lodgings in private houses and this certainly did help in maintaining accurate records.
The information below on the Priests of Cloone Parish is based on Parish Records, The History of Ardagh by James McNamee, Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois and from the "Index of Clergy 1836- 1980" (Based on the Catholic Directories compiled Longford Historical Society)
| Parish Priests Cloone | Curates of Cloone |
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| Nicholas Mac Thecheadháin 1400 |
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| Giolla Iosa Mac Thecheadhain 1400 |
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| Annadh Mac Thecheadhain |
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| Sean Mac Thecheadhain 1421 | Eugene Kean; 1625 |
| Giolla-na-Naomh MacThecheadhain 1421 | Denis Gaffney 1694 - 1714 |
| Pol Mac Thecheadhain 1428 | Hugh Cannon 1704 - 1714 |
| Tadhg Mac Giolla-Shuiligh 1470 | James McTiernan 1714 - 1744+ |
| Aodh Mac Conmidhe 1522 | Francis Moran 1704 - 1714+ |
| Brian O'Duibhgeannain 1677 | John Kean 1744+ |
| Thomas Flynn (Bishop of Ardagh)1704- 1718 | Anthony Dunne 1798 |
| Hugh Brady 1744 - | James Maguaran 1831 -1834 |
| John Curran 1764 - | Laurence Pinkman 1837 -1840 |
| Charles Redehan 1798 - | Farrell Duffy 1841- 1842 |
| John Waldron 1825 - | Francis Kiernan 1841- 1846 |
| James McKiernan 1828- 1850 | Edward Duffy 1846- 1851 |
| Charles Flynn 1850 - 1877 | Patrick Sheridan 1854- 1855 |
| Thomas Cahill 1877 - 1882 (trans. Killenummery) | Thomas Cahill 1855- 1856 |
| Francis O'Beirne 1882 - 1885 | John Brady 1858-1862 |
| James Sheridan 1885 - 1887 (Trans. Annaduff) | John O' Farrell 1863- 1869 |
| Thomas Lynch 1887 - 1892 | James Sheridan 1870- 1874 |
| Farrell Sheridan 1892 - 1894 | Thomas Cahill 1875-79 |
| Felix Doherty 1894 - 1895 (Trans. Mohill) | Thomas Hourican 1879-1880 |
| Thomas Boylan 1905 - 1917 | John Quinn 1881-1882 |
| Thomas Deniston 1917 - 1933 | Matt Conefrey 1882- 1883 |
| Peter Conefrey 1933 - 1939 | Philip Maguire 1883- 1884 |
| Patrick Clancy 1939 - 1964 | William Grey 1884-1885 |
| Edward Boylan 1964 - 1967 (Transferred to Gowna) | Bernard Geraty 1886- 1887 |
| Patrick Frawley 1967 - 1978 (died 1980) | Peter McNamara 1887-1888 |
| Peter Bohan 1978 - 1995 (died 24th July 1995) | James Dawson 1888- 1899 |
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Michael Skelly 1890- 1891 |
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Francis Cahill 1892- 1893 |
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Francis O'Reilly 1893- 1894 |
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James Dawson 1894-1897 |
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Henry Doyle 1902-1903 |
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Peter Butler 1905- 1906 |
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Francis O'Reilly 1906- 1908 |
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Peter O'Connor 1909- 1912 |
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J.J. Meehan 1912- 1913 |
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Edward Dalton 1913-1818 |
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Thomas Masterson 1918-1927 |
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Patrick Masterson 1927-1933 |
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Thomas Lee 1933- 1946 |
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Andy McGovern 1946 -1954 |
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Edward Boylan 1954 -1964 |
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P.J. Fitzpatrick 1977- 1978 |
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| In 1995 Fr. Cathal Faughnan was appointed 'Priest in Charge' of Cloone & Aughavas | In 1995 Fr John Wall was appointed C.C. of Cloone & Aughavas. |
| Fr. Sam Holmes (Cloone & Aughavas) 2008 -2014 Fr. Peter Tiernan 2014- |
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