FR Gerry French from Mossbrook, Mayo Abbey, Claremorris, and Dalgan Park, Navan, who died in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, last week, was one noble son of Mayo. H.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis, arrived to Ireland in January 1980, during the bleak Haughey-era economic recession. He lived in Dublin trying to improve his English and study at the College of Philosophy in Milltown.
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