sentences:  The next known parish priest was Nicholas Gernon, who departed office in 1733, succeeded by Andrew Tuite, presiding from 1733–1771.Government returns in 1731 note the presence of one resident priest, a chapel at Coolock and several itinerant priests.Tuite was made a canon in 1747 and a report in 1766 noted him as parish priest, with a curate and two chapels.