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Moynagh resigned as bishop in 1970 due to the civil war in
Nigeria (all foreign-born missionaries were excluded from Nigeria) and following his return from there, he was appointed Parish Priest of Annaduff, County Leitrim.
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Moynagh was ordained a bishop in 1947, in
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S.P.S. (1903–1985), was an Irish-born Roman
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By Sarah Mac Donald, www.catholicireland.net, 26 March 2015.
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Moynagh was instrumental in the foundation of the
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