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Mon 04 Apr 2007400 gather for Mass in new Galway parishAt a time when Catholic parishes are merging or dying out, a new one has been born in the fastest growing city in the State.The Good Shepherd parish on Galway's east side was launched by Bishop Martin Drennan of Galway yesterday who concelebrated Mass along with 20 priests from the diocese.