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The Priests of St. Dominic's

St Dominic's was only a parish in its own right for a few years.
Fr Daniel Boyd was the parish priest during this period.
For most of its existence St Dominic's was linked with a number of other parishes:
St Paul's Milton of Campsie, St Patrick's Kilsyth and St Machan's Lennoxtown.

St. Dominic's Parish

Fr Daniel Boyd - Parish Priest

St. Paul's & St. Dominic's Parish

Names	Dates
Fr Kevin Murray PP	2008
Fr James Boyle S.J. PP
Fr John Archibald PP
Fr Michael McCullagh PP

St. Patrick's - Kilsyth
(linked with St Paul's and St Dominic's)

Names	Dates
Fr James Tracey PP
Fr Scott Deeley curate
Fr Hand PP (administrator then PP)

St. Machan's - Lennoxtown
(linked with St Paul's and St Dominic's)

PARISH PRIESTS		ASSISTANT PRIESTS
1881-1889	Rev. John Honorius Magini	1882	Rev. Alexander Forbes
		1887	Rev. Joseph Donlevy
		1888	Rev. Peter McDaniel
1889-1898	Right Rev. Mgr. Francis Provost McKerrell	1892	Rev. George Mason
		1894	Rev. Thomas O'Carroll
		1895	Rev. James Stuart
		1897	Rev. Thomas McDonna
1899-1903	Very Rev. Joseph Canon Hannon	1899	Rev. John Joyce (sen.)
		1901	Rev. Daniel Conway
1903-1911	Very Rev. Michael Canon Turner	1903	Rev. Charles McGhee
		1906	Rev. Thomas Ferrigan
		1909	Rev. James Tonner
1912-1916	Rev. Peter McDaniel (later Canon)	1915	Rev. Anthony O'Doherty
1916-1924	Rev. David Robertson	1916	Rev. Daniel Ramsay
		1918	Rev. Daniel Kelly
		1922	Rev. Michael Hession
1924-	Rev. Albert Franklin (later Canon)	1924	Rev. Joseph Ward
1924-1926	Rev. William Mellon (later Bishop)	1926	Rev. Bernard McManus
1926-1930	Rev. James Maguire (later Bishop)	1930	Rev. Gerald Dorrian
1930-1936	Rev. James Mulhern	1931	Rev. James Gaffney
		1936	Rev. Maurice O'Meara
1936-1949	Very Rev. Michael Canon Whelahan	1941	Rev. Edward Gilchrist
		1941	Rev. Denis O'Connell
		1943	Rev. Thomas Watt
		1946	Rev. Peter Donati
		1949	Rev. Roderick Gemmell
1949-1979	Very Rev. William Provost Maccabe	1958	Rev. Richard Somers
		1959	Rev. Stephen Wynne
		1961	Rev. Charles Brodie
		1964	Rev. Desmond McAllister
		1965	Rev. Michael McCullagh
		1967	Rev. James Falconer
		1969	Rev. Alphonsus Rushe S.P.S.
		1970	Rev. Daniel Boyd
		1970	Rev. Francis Doherty
		1977	Rev. William Forrester S.J.
1979-	Rev. John McAllister	1981	Rev. Joseph Murray
		1985	Rev. John Paul

PRIESTS OF ST. PAUL'S PARISH - LENNOXTOWN
(Later St Machan's)

PARISH PRIESTS		ASSISTANT PRIESTS
1831-1839	Rev. Paul MacLachlan (later Monsignor)	-	-
1840-1845	Rev. Charles Green	-	-
1845-1866	Rev. John Gillon	1850	Rev. John Stuart
		1851	Rev. Francis McKerrell
		1862	Rev. William Geddes
		1864	Rev. William Farrell
1866-1881	Rev. John Honorius Magini	-	-

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