Fr Gerald Galvin has served as parish priest of Durrus, Ahakista and Kilcrohane since 2009 - the most remote parish in the Diocese of Cork & Ross.
He recalled many events that occurred during his 12 years serving in Muintir Bháire; the joys of communions, confirmations, weddings, baptisms, alongside the sorrow of funerals and the heartbreak of people's deaths. "Fear, anger, resentment, self-pity, pain and much more are gone. They are replaced with hope and with love."
"I now want to apologise to those people whom I disappointed, upset, or let down in any way. I hope that someday you can forgive me for my failures or for any hurt I may have caused you," he said.
A good man, by any measure.
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