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There was deep sadness last week that Fr James Ayuba of Clogheen is being transfered to Abbeyside Parish in Dungarvan.
Fr James has spent 19 months in south Tipp and has made many friends in the area.
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He will be replaced in the Clogheen/Burncourt and Ballyporeen parishes by Fr Luke de Masie, he is a native of the United States of America and will take up duty from the 1st of September and will reside in Clogheen Parochial House.
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Fr Luke is a priest of the Servants Home of the Mother Order and may be joined by another priest, we wish Fr James God's blessing in his new parish.
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