List of parishes of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin by deanery

This is a list of the parishes of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin by deanery.^{[4 1]} The Archdiocese is situated on the east coast of Ireland; its geographic remit includes the city of Dublin and the entire territory of the adjacent counties of Fingal, South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown as well as parts of counties Wicklow and Kildare. There are 200 parishes in 16 deaneries.

Contents

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  1 Pastoral responsibility
  


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  2 Deaneries by civil county
  


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  3 Under the pastoral care of Bishop Raymond Field
  
  
  
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    3.1 Fingal North Deanery
    
  
  
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    3.2 Blanchardstown deanery
    
  
  
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    3.3 Maynooth Deanery
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Under the pastoral care of Rev. Liam Cuiv
  
  
  
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    4.1 Fingal South East deanery
    
  
  
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    4.2 Fingal South West deanery
    
  
  
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    4.3 Howth deanery
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Blessington deanery
  


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  6 South Dublin deanery
  


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  7 Tallaght deanery
  


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  8 Bray deanery
  


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  9 Donnybrook deanery
  


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  10 Dún Laoghaire deanery
  


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  11 Wicklow deanery
  


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  12 North City deanery
  


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  13 South City deanery
  


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  14 Cullenswood deanery
  


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  15 References
  

Pastoral responsibility

Deaneries in the Archdiocese indicating the auxiliary bishop or episcopal vicar with particular pastoral responsibility for each deanery.^{[4 1]}

Auxiliary Bishop	Deanery	No. of Parishes
Bishop Raymond Field	Fingal North	11
	Blanchardstown	10
	Maynooth	19
Liam O’Cuiv (Episcopal Vicar)	Fingal South West	15
	Fingal South East	14
	Howth	16
Bishop Eamonn Walsh	Blessington	12
	South Dublin	11
	Tallaght	10
Enda Lloyd (Episcopal Vicar)	Bray	15
	Dún Laoghaire	9
	Wicklow	10
	Donnybrook	12
Enda Cunningham (Episcopal Vicar)	South City Centre	13
	North City Centre	10
	Cullenswood	13
Total Count (incl. Travelling People)	16	200

Deaneries by civil county

For ease of use, the deaneries, which are subdivisions of the Archdiocese, are presented in tables below, arranged by civil geographical area.

Local Authority Area	Deanery
Dublin city	Cullenswood Donnybrook (part of) Howth (part of) Fingal South East (part of) Fingal South West (part of) North City Centre South City Centre
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown	Bray (part of) Dún Laoghaire Donnybrook (part of)
Fingal	Fingal North Fingal South East Fingal South West Blanchardstown Howth (part of)
South Dublin	Blessington (part of) Maynooth (part of) South Dublin Tallaght
Kildare	Blessington (part of) Maynooth
Wicklow	Blessington(part of) Bray Wicklow

Under the pastoral care of Bishop Raymond Field

Three deaneries are under the pastoral care of the Auxiliary bishop of Dublin, Bishop Raymond Field.

Fingal North Deanery

The deanery is located in the civil county of Fingal.

Parish Grouping	Parish Location	Churches and Chapels of Ease	Creation	Other Details
None	Balbriggan	SS Peter and Paul[1 1]	1842	[3 1]
None	Brackenstown	St Cronan's[1 2]	1974	Separated from Swords[1]
None	Donabate	St Patrick's, Donabate[1 3] Balheary (chapel of ease) St Ita's Hospital (chapel of ease)		Constituted from Donabate, Balheary and Portrane[3 2]
Team Ministry of Rolestown, Garristown and The Naul	Garristown	Church of the Assumption, Garristown[1 4] St Joseph's, Ballymadun (chapel of ease)
	Rolestown	St Brigid's[1 5]	1974	Constituted from Garristown
	The Naul	St Canice's, Damastown[1 6] Nativity of Our Lady, Naul (chapel of ease)[1 7] Assumption of Our Lady, Ballyboughal (chapel of ease)	1630
	Lusk	St MacCullin's[1 8]	1669	Parish dates from around 490[3 3]
None	River Valley	St Finian's[1 9]	1982	Constituted from Swords
None	Rush	St Maur's[1 10]	1730	Constituted from Lusk[2][3]
None	Skerries	St Patrick's[1 11]	1730	Constituted from Lusk[4]
None	Swords	St Colmcille's[1 12] Church of the Visitation, Drynan (chapel of ease)[1 13] Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Dublin Airport(chapel of ease)	1608	[5]

Blanchardstown deanery

The deanery is located in Fingal.

Parish Grouping	Parish Location	Churches and Chapels of Ease	Creation	Other Details
None	Blakestown	Church of Mary of the Servants[1 14]	1979	Separated from Corduff[6]
	Blanchardstown	St Brigid's[1 15]	19th century	Mother church of the deanery[7][8]
	Castleknock	Our Lady Mother of the Church[1 16]	1976	Separated from Blanchardstown[9]
	Corduff	St Patrick's[1 17]	1976	Separated from Blanchardstown
	Hartstown	St Ciarán's[1 18]	1979	Separated Blanchardstown[10]
	Huntstown	Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus[1 19] Mary, Mother of Hope (chapel of ease)	1981 2002	Separated from Blakestown.[11]
	Laurel Lodge / Carpenterstown	St Thomas, the Apostle[1 20]	1983	Separated from Castleknock[12]
	Mountview	St Philip, the Apostle[1 21]	1979	Separated from Corduff[13]
	Mulhuddart / Lady's Well	St Luke, the Evangelist[1 22]	1993	Separated from Blanchardstown[14]
	Porterstown-Clonsilla	St Mochta's[1 23]	1986	Separated from Castleknock[15]

There are other churches that were constituted out of Blanchardstown, but they are not part of the deanery. They are: Chapelizod and Navan Road.

Maynooth Deanery

The table below lists the parishes of the "Maynooth" deanery^{[4 2]} which is mainly located in South Dublin and the north-eastern part of County Kildare.

Parish Grouping	Parish Location	Churches and Chapels of Ease	Creation	Other Details
Palmerstown / Ballyfermot group	Ballyfermot	Our Lady of the Assumption[1 24]	1953[2 1]	197 Kylemore Road Constituted from Inchicore
	Ballyfermot Upper	St Matthew's[1 25]	1972[2 2]	Blackditch Road Constituted from Ballyfermot, Assumption[3 4]
	Cherry Orchard	Church of the Holy Sacrament[1 26]	1993[2 3]	Cherry Orchard Avenue Constituted from Ballyfermot, Assumption[3 5]
	Chapelizod	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary[1 27]	1955[2 4]	Constituted from Chapelizod and Clondalkin[3 6]
	Palmerstown	St Philomena's[1 28]	1972[2 5]	Old Lucan Road Constituted from Chapelizod[3 7]
Clondalkin group[16]	Bawnogue	Church of the Transfiguration[1 29]	1977[2 6]	Bawnogue Road, Clonburris Great Constituted from Clondalkin
	Clondalkin	Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. and St Killian[1 30] Chapels of ease: - Clonburris, Our Lady Queen of the Apostles[1 31] - Knockmitten, Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple[1 32]	1615[2 7]	New Road[3 8]
	Deansrath	St Ronan's[1 33]	1985[2 8]	Westbourne Drive Constituted from Bawnogue
	Neilstown	St Peter, the Apostle[1 34]	1979[2 9]	Moorfield Averue Constituted from Clondalkin[3 9]
	Rowlagh /Quarryvale	The Immaculate Heart of Mary[1 35]	1979[2 10]	Collinstown Road Constituted from Clondalkin
	Sruleen	Church of the Sacred Heart[1 36]	1990[2 11]	St John's Drive Constituted from Clondalkin[3 10]
None South Dublin	Lucan	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary or St Mary's[1 37]	1953[2 12]	Lucan Road Constituted from Clondalkin[3 11]
	Lucan South	Church of Divine Mercy[1 38]	1995[2 13]	Constituted from Lucan[3 12]
	Esker-Doddsboro	St Patrick’s[1 39]	1978[2 14]	Constituted from Lucan[3 13]
None County Kildare	Celbridge & Straffan	St Patrick’s Church, Celbridge[1 40] Chapel of Ease St Brigid’s Church, Straffan	1859[2 15]	It is the largest parish in the Dublin Archdiocese with a population of 22,000 people.[3 14] Constituted from Maynooth [3 14]
	Leixlip	Nativity of the B.V.M.[1 41]	1833 [2 16]	Old Hill, Leixlip Constituted from Maynooth in 1971[3 15]
	Leixlip Confey	Church of St Charles Borromeo[1 42]	1971 [2 17]	Located close to Leixlip Confey railway station. Under the care of the Redemptorist Order. Constituted 1984 from Leixlip.[3 16]
	Maynooth	St Mary's[1 43] Chapel of Ease Lady Chapel	1615[2 18]	Constituted from the old parishes of Laraghbryan, Leixlip, Confey, Donaghmore and Taghadoe.[3 17]
None	Travelling People		1980 [2 19]	This unique parish was established by Archbishop Dermot Ryan to respond to the pastoral needs of the Traveller Community in the Diocese of Dublin.[3 18]

Under the pastoral care of Rev. Liam Cuiv

Three deaneries are under the pastoral care of Rev. Liam Cuiv.

Fingal South East deanery

The deanery of Fingal South East is mainly located in Dublin city with parts located in Fingal.

Parish Grouping	Parish Location	Churches and Chapels of Ease	Creation	Other Details
None	Ardlea	St John Vianney	1965	Constituted from Coolock-Artane.
None	Artane, Dublin	Our Lady of Mercy	1968	Constituted from Coolock.
None	Beamont	Nativity of Our Lord	1977	Constituted from Donnycarney[17]
Team Ministry of Bonnybrook, Darndale & Priorswood	Bonnybrook	St Joseph, the Artisan	1970	Constituted from Ardlea[18]
	Darndale-Belcamp	Our Lady Immaculate	1972	Constituted from Coolock.[19]
	Priorswood	St Francis of Assisi	1974	Constituted from Bonnybrook.[20]
St Anthony's and St John's	Clontarf (St Anthony's)	St Anthony's	1966	Constituted from St John's, Clontarf.[21]
	Clontarf (St John's)	St John, the Baptist	1842	Dedicated on 29 June 1842[22]
	Dollymount	St Gabriel's	1966	Constituted from St John's.[23]
None	Coolock	St Brendan's	Medieval	Based on the district of Coolock and the barony of the same name, the parish was centred on different districts at different times.[24]
None	Donnycarney	Our Lady of Consolation	1952	Constituted from Marino.[25]
None	Fairview	Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary	1855	Under the care of the Franciscan order of Friars Minor
None	Kilmore Road West	St Luke the Evangelist	1972	Constituted from Ardlea
None	Larkhill/Whitehall/Santry	Church of the Holy Child Blessed Margaret Ball (chapel of ease)	1944	Constituted from Glasnevin
None	Marino	St Vincent de Paul	1942	Constituted from Fairview.[26]

Fingal South West deanery

The deanery is split between Fingal and Dublin city.

Parish Grouping	Parish Location	Churches and Chapels of Ease	Creation	Other Details
Glasnevin	Ballygall	Our Mother of Divine Grace	1964	Constituted from Glasnevin parish.[27]
	Ballymun Road	Our Lady of Victories	1969	Constituted from Larkhill parish.[28]
	Drumcondra	Corpus Christi	1953	Constituted from Glasnevin parish.[29]
	Glasnevin	Our Lady of Dolours	1912	Constituted from Fairview parish.[30]
	Iona Road	St Columba's, Iona Road St Alphonsus Monastery (chapel of ease) Glasnevin Cemetery (chapel of ease)	1902	Constituted from Berkeley Road.[31]
Collaborative ministry of Cabra & Phibsborough	Cabra	Christ the King	1941	Constituted from Arran Quay[32]
	Cabra West	Church of the Most Precious Blood	1946	Constituted from Cabra & Aughrim Street.[33]
	Navan Road	Our Lady Help of Christians	1953	Constituted from Chapelizod. Joined the collaborative ministry in 2013.[34]
	Phibsborough	St Peter's	1974	St Peter's church has been under the care of the Vincentian Community since 1838.[35]
None	Balcurris, Ballymun	St Joseph's	1975	Constituted from Holy Spirit, Silloge.
None	Ballymun	Church of the Virgin Mary	1968	Constituted from Larkhill parish.
None	Finglas	St Canice's, Finglas St Margaret's (chapel of ease)	1920	St Margaret's is a small community south-west of Dublin Airport[36]
None	Finglas West	Church of the Annunciation	1962	Constituted from St Canice's[37]
None	Rivermount	St Oliver Plunkett's, south Finglas St Finian's Oratory, Glenties Park (chapel of ease)	1974
None	Silloge, Ballymun	Church of the Holy Spirit	1972	Constituted from Our Lady of Victories parish.

Howth deanery

The deanery is located in Fingal along the shore of Dublin Bay..

Parish Grouping	Parish Location	Churches and Chapels of Ease	Creation	Other Details
Ayrfield, Baldoyle, Donaghmede, Edenmore, Grange Park	Ayrfield	St Paul's	1974	Constituted from Raheny[38]
	Baldoyle	SS Peter and Paul St Laurence O'Toole (chapel of ease)	1899	Constituted from Howth, Sutton and Baldoyle[39]
	Donaghmede-Clongriffin-Balgriffin	Church of the Holy Trinity	1974	Constituted from Grange Park[40]
	Edenmore	St Monica's	1966	Constituted from Raheny and Coolock[41]
	Grange Park	St Benedict's	1971	Constituted from Raheny
Malahide, Yellow Walls, Portmarnock and Kinsealy	Kinsealy	St Nicholas of Myra	1972	Constituted 1972 from Baldoyle
	Malahide	St Sylvester's	1941	Constituted from Swords
	Portmarnock	St Anne's	1972	Constituted from Baldoyle[42]
	Yellow Walls	Church of the Sacred Heart	1996	Constituted from Malahide[43]
None	Bayside	Church of the Resurrection	1971	Constituted from Baldoyle[44]
None	Howth	Church of the Assumption	7th century	The present church was built in 1899[45]
None	Kilbarrack-Foxfield	St John the Evangelist	1971	Constituted from Bayside[46]
None	Killester	St Brigid's	1966	Constituted from Killester-Raheny[47]
None	Raheny	Our Lady Mother of Divine Grace	1966	Constituted from Killester-Raheny[48]
None	Sutton	St Fintan's	1969	Constituted from Howth[49]

Blessington deanery

The deanery is located in the north-western part of County Wicklow and the south-eastern part of County Kildare.

Parishes: Athy, Blessington, Dunlavin, Kilcullen, Narraghmore, Saggart, Ballymore-Eustace, Castledermot, Eadestown, Moone, Newcastle, Valleymount.

South Dublin deanery

TBA

Tallaght deanery

TBA

Bray deanery

TBA

Donnybrook deanery

TBA

Dún Laoghaire deanery

TBA

Wicklow deanery

TBA

North City deanery

TBA

South City deanery

TBA

Cullenswood deanery

TBA

References

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1. 
   ^ Balbriggan
   


2. 
   ^ Brackenstown
   


3. 
   ^ Donabate
   


4. 
   ^ Garristown
   


5. 
   ^ Rolestown
   


6. 
   ^ Damastown
   


7. 
   ^ The Naul
   


8. 
   ^ Lusk
   


9. 
   ^ River Valley
   


10. 
    ^ Rush
    


11. 
    ^ Skerries
    


12. 
    ^ Swords town
    


13. 
    ^ Swords, Drynan
    


14. 
    ^ Blakestown
    


15. 
    ^ Blanchardstown
    


16. 
    ^ Castleknock
    


17. 
    ^ Corduff
    


18. 
    ^ Hartstown
    


19. 
    ^ Huntstown
    


20. 
    ^ Laurel Lodge
    


21. 
    ^ Mountview
    


22. 
    ^ Mulhuddart
    


23. 
    ^ Porterstown
    


24. 
    ^ Ballyfermot, Assumption
    


25. 
    ^ Ballyfermot, St Matthew's
    


26. 
    ^ Cherry Orchard
    


27. 
    ^ Chapelizod
    


28. 
    ^ Palmerstown
    


29. 
    ^ Bawnogue
    


30. 
    ^ Clondalkin, Immaculate Conception
    


31. 
    ^ Clondalkin, Our Lady Queen of the Apostles
    


32. 
    ^ Clondalkin, Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple
    


33. 
    ^ Deansrath
    


34. 
    ^ Neilstown
    


35. 
    ^ Rowlagh
    


36. 
    ^ Sruleen
    


37. 
    ^ Lucan
    


38. 
    ^ Lucan South, Divine Mercy
    


39. 
    ^ Esker-Doddsboro
    


40. 
    ^ Celbridge & Straffan
    


41. 
    ^ Leixlip
    


42. 
    ^ Leixlip Confey
    


43. 
    ^ Maynooth
    

From "Deaneries of the Archdiocese of Dublin". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. Archdiocese of Dublin. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

1. 
   ^ ^ab Overview
   


2. 
   ^ Maynooth
   

From "List of Parishes of the Archdiocese of Dublin". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. Archdiocese of Dublin. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

1. 
   ^ Ballyfermot
   


2. 
   ^ Ballyfermot Upper
   


3. 
   ^ Cherry Orchard
   


4. 
   ^ Chapelizod
   


5. 
   ^ Palmerstown
   


6. 
   ^ Bawnogue
   


7. 
   ^ Clondalkin
   


8. 
   ^ Deansrath
   


9. 
   ^ Neilstown
   


10. 
    ^ Rowlagh
    


11. 
    ^ Sruleen
    


12. 
    ^ Lucan
    


13. 
    ^ Lucan South, Divine Mercy
    


14. 
    ^ Esker-Doddsboro
    


15. 
    ^ Celbridge & Straffan
    


16. 
    ^ Leixlip
    


17. 
    ^ Leixlip Confey
    


18. 
    ^ Maynooth
    


19. 
    ^ Travelling People
    

From official parish websites

1. 
   ^ Balbriggan
   


2. 
   ^ Donabate
   


3. 
   ^ Lusk
   


4. 
   ^ Ballyfermot Upper
   


5. 
   ^ Cherry Orchard
   


6. 
   ^ Chapelizod
   


7. 
   ^ Palmerstown
   


8. 
   ^ Clondalkin, Immaculate Conception
   


9. 
   ^ Neilstown
   


10. 
    ^ Sruleen
    


11. 
    ^ Lucan
    


12. 
    ^ Lucan South, Divine Mercy
    


13. 
    ^ Esker-Doddsboro
    


14. 
    ^ ^ab Celbridge & Straffan
    


15. 
    ^ Leixlip
    


16. 
    ^ Leixlip Confey
    


17. 
    ^ Maynooth
    


18. 
    ^ Travelling People
    

Other sources

1. 
   ^ Official website Archived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. of Brackenstown parish.
   


2. 
   ^ Official website Archived 2014-12-28 at the Wayback Machine. of Rush parish.
   


3. 
   ^ Fingal Independent - The headland of the yew trees
   


4. 
   ^ Official website of Skerries parish.
   


5. 
   ^ Official website of Swords parish.
   


6. 
   ^ Official website of the Parish of Mary of the Servants.
   


7. 
   ^ Official website of the Parish of St Brigid.
   


8. 
   ^ Cronin, Elizabeth, Fr Michael Dungan's Blanchardstown, 1836-1968, Four Courts Press (2002), p 56.
   


9. 
   ^ Official website of the Parish of Our Lady Mother of the Church, Castleknock.
   


10. 
    ^ Official website Archived 2013-02-17 at Archive.is of the Parish of St Ciarán, Hartstown.
    


11. 
    ^ Official website of the Parish of Huntstown-Littlepace.
    


12. 
    ^ Official website of the Parish of St Thomas, the Apostle, Castleknock.
    


13. 
    ^ Official website of the Parish of St Philip.
    


14. 
    ^ Official website of the Parish of St Luke.
    


15. 
    ^ Official website of the Parish of St Mochta, Porterstown.
    


16. 
    ^ [1] South Dublin history
    


17. 
    ^ Official website of Beaumont parish
    


18. 
    ^ Official website Archived 2015-04-28 at the Wayback Machine. of Bonnybrook parish
    


19. 
    ^ Official website of Our Lady Immaculate parish
    


20. 
    ^ Official website of Priorswood parish
    


21. 
    ^ Official website of St Anthony's parish
    


22. 
    ^ Official website of St John's parish
    


23. 
    ^ Official website of St Gabriel's parish
    


24. 
    ^ Official website of St Brendan's parish
    


25. 
    ^ Official website of Donnycarney parish
    


26. 
    ^ Official website Archived 2014-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. of Marino parish
    


27. 
    ^ Official website Archived 2015-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. of Ballygall parish.
    


28. 
    ^ Official website of Our Lady of Victories parish.
    


29. 
    ^ Official website of Drumcondra parish.
    


30. 
    ^ Official website of Glasnevin parish.
    


31. 
    ^ Official website of Iona Road parish.
    


32. 
    ^ Official website of Christ the King parish.
    


33. 
    ^ Official website of Cabra West parish.
    


34. 
    ^ Official website of Navan Road parish.
    


35. 
    ^ Official website Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine. of St Peter's parish.
    


36. 
    ^ Official website Archived 2015-03-08 at the Wayback Machine. of Finglas parish.
    


37. 
    ^ Official website of Finglas West parish.
    


38. 
    ^ Official website of St Paul's parish.
    


39. 
    ^ Official website Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine. of Baldoyle parish.
    


40. 
    ^ Official website of Holy Trinity parish.
    


41. 
    ^ Website of St. Monica's Infant Girls' School - Edenmore parishsh.
    


42. 
    ^ Official website of St Anne's parish.
    


43. 
    ^ Official website of Yellow Walls parish.
    


44. 
    ^ Official website of Bayside parish.
    


45. 
    ^ Official website of Howth parish.
    


46. 
    ^ Official website of Kilbarrack-Foxfield parish.
    


47. 
    ^ Official website of St Brigid's parish.
    


48. 
    ^ Official website of Raheny parish
    


49. 
    ^ Official website of St Fintan's parish
    

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