Monsignor Pat Lynch, an internationally known preacher on the Catholic faith, celebrated the jubilee ofhis ordination to the priesthood at the Star of the Sea Church in Desertegney.
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A native of the townland of Aughaweel, Monsignor Lynch was ordained on 15 June 1975 and spent much of the next 25 years in England.
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He celebrated his jubilee in the company of his fellow priests, his family including his brother John, his many nieces and nephews and their children, and the wider community.
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