Parish Priest's of Aughavas
Cloone, Aughavas and Gortletteragh once formed the Parish of Cloone. The dates when they became separate Parishes is unclear. But we know that certainly by 1820 if not long before Aughavas had its own Parish Priest.
The dates give below are taken from the 'Chronicon' of the Parish of Aughavas and from the history of the Diocese of Ardagh by Bishop James Joseph McNamee.
The records for the Parish of Aughavas date from 1845. It must have been difficult to keep records given all the difficulties of the time. The priests resided in different houses in the Parish until the first Parochial House was built in Aughavas in 1890. Parochial Houses or Presbyteries were not built in all parishes of the Diocese until the early nineteen hundreds.
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| Anthony Dunne O.F.M. - 1820 |
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| Fr. Hugh Kiernan 1820 - 1837 | Fr. Daniel Gaffney |
| Fr. John Eivers 1837-1839 (Trans. Mohill) | Fr. Thomas Monks - 1836 |
| Fr. Francis Maguire 1839-1847 (Trans. Rathcline) | Fr. Nicholas McKeon 1836 -1855 |
| Fr. Edward Mulrooney 1847-1861 (died 9/12/1861) | Fr. Eugene O'Reilly 1855 - 1862 |
| Fr. Nicholas McKeon 1861-1865 | Fr. Michael Monaghan 1862 - 1863 |
| Fr. Patrick O'Farrell 1866 -1876 (Trans Kiltubrid) | Fr. Christopher Reilly 1862 -1864 |
| Fr. William Brady 1876 -1887 (Trans Streete) | Fr. John Briody 1864 - 1866 |
| Fr. Francis Duignan 1887 -1903 | Fr. William O'Connell 1866 - 1869 |
| Fr. Patrick Dolan 1903 - 1920 (Trans Bornacoola) | Fr. Edward O'Reilly 1869 - 1871 |
| Fr. Joseph McGivney 1920 - 1930 (Trans Killoe) | Fr. John McKeon 1971 - 1877 |
| Fr. Edward Dalton 1930 - 1932 (died 27/8/1932) | Fr. Denis Gray 1877 - 1878 |
| Fr. Patrick O'Reilly 1932 - 1950 (died 22May 1950) | Fr. Eugene Kearney 1878 - 1879 |
| Rev. Francis Reynolds 1950 - 1961 (Trans Ardagh) | Fr. John Kelly 1879 - 1881 |
| Fr. Patrick Mollaghan 1961-1971 (Trans Lanesboro) | Fr. Thomas Hourican 1881 - 1882 |
| Fr. Patrick Kearney 1961 - 1980 (Trans Ardagh) | Fr. John Greene 1882 - 1884 |
| Fr. James Prunty 1980 - 1995 (retired) | Fr. John Galligan 1884 - 1886 |
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Fr. Michael Nangle 1886 - 1898 |
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Fr. Francis O'Reilly 1898 - 1901 |
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Fr. James Bannon 1901 - 1908 |
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Fr. John Casey 1908 -1914 |
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Fr. Patrick Higgins 1914 - 1918 |
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Fr. Edward Ryans 1918 - 1923 |
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Fr. James Foley 1923 - 1929 |
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Fr. Edward O'Carroll 1929 - 1932 |
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Fr. Terence Meehan 1932 - 1937 |
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Fr. Patrick Mollaghan 1937 - 1943 |
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Fr. Aloysius Flynn 1943 - 1952 |
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Fr Thomas Kelleher 1947 - 1950 |
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Fr. Peter L. O'Flynn 1952 - 1967 |
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Fr. Eugene Cox 1967 - 1972 |
| In 1995 Fr. Cathal Faughnan was appointed 'Priest in Charge' of Aughavas & Cloone. | *In 1995 Fr John Wall was appointed 'C.C' of Aughavas & Cloone. |
| Fr. Sam Holmes 2008 - 2014 Fr. Peter Tiernan 2014- |
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