Bathurst, Wellington, etc, NSW

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Uarbry, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 3 March 1894, p 19,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115552194:

(From a Correspondent)
An Old Colonist Gone.— At his residence, Camble Creek, on the 11th inst., Mr. James Devoy, senr., at the age of 94 years, passed quietly away to the silent majority. Deceased was a native of County Kildare, Ireland, and with his family emigrated to N.S.W. some 54 years ago. Mr. Devoy was a resident of Camble Creek for over 40 years, and by steady savings and thrift leaves considerable property there. His wife, poor old Mrs. Devoy, died nine years and a month previous to Mr. Devoy's decease. They have left a large family, consisting of two sons and three daughters, 34 grandchildren, and 19 great-grand-children living ; one daughter, Mrs. Hobbins, died in 1877. Mr. Devoy was a liberal and faithful member of the old faith, and was attended by the Rev. Fr. Long, from Gulgong, who also attended the funeral and read the last prayers at the grave. The funeral was the largest in the district as yet, and would have been larger only for the short notice; but with one accord all join in wishing peace and rest to poor old Mr. Devoy.

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Liverpool Plains Revisited. No. 1, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 1 September 1894, p 17,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115550556:

[...] Dear old Gunnedah, the home of my boyhood, has held its own in the race of existence. [...] There are two priests, Dean O'Sullivan and Father Long. When I left there was no priest nearer than Tamworth, of which Gunnedah was then an out-station. What an advance has taken place in this direction ! a fine church, a splendid presbytery, and a magnificent convent, with two two priests and ten nuns to look after the spiritual wants and the education of the people. [...]

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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Long, Patrick

Listed in E J Doody, Acta et Statuta 1951, Appendix VI, Obituary List, in the section headed 'supplementary list of priests who have also worked in the diocese', but with no details other than the period he reputedly worked in the diocese, in this case 1893-1895.
No details are held about a priest by this name or somebody closely resembling this name living and working in New South Wales at about this time. The source that resulted in Bishop Doody's listing is unknown. There is a single reference to a Fr Long being based at Gunnedah with Dean John O'Sullivan in an article published in the Freeman's Journal of 1 September 1894, by an unnamed correspondent, entitled 'Liverpool Plains revisited'. Date and place of death unknown. Place of burial unknown. (Sources: Doody, FJ 1 Sep 1894 p 17, MDHC A-Z L74).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)