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PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF THE REV. FELIX TREACY, PARISH PRIEST OF BALYNA FOR 31 YEARS. WHO DIED 5TH FEB 1896 AGED 92 YEARS. BORN AT MOUNTRATH. IN 1804 HE MADE HIS STUDIES AT MAYNOOTH WITH DISTINGUISHED SUCCESS AND WAS ORDAINED BY DR. DOYLE IN 1830. APPOINTED TO THE PARISH OF BALYNA IN 1855, HE LABOURED FOR HIS FLOCK WITH EARNEST ZEAL AND BUILT THE TWO GOTHIC CHURCHES OF BROADFORD AND CLOGHERINKOE WHICH WERE COMPLETED IN 1868. RESIGNING HIS PARISH IN HIS 82ND YEAR. HE SPENT THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE PREPARING FOR DEATH AT THE HOUSE OF THE OBLATE FATHERS, INCHICORE. THERE HE DIED FULL OF YEARS AND SANCTITY AND THERE HE IS LAID TO REST BUT THIS MONUMENT IS PLACED IN THE CHURCH WHICH HE HAD THE HAPPINESS TO BUILD FOR HIS FLOCK, THAT THE FAITHFUL MAY BE REMINDED TO PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF HIS SOUL. R.I.P.
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