The death has been announced of a former President of St Flannan’s College, and a long-serving Clare parish priest.
The late Canon Reuben Butler served as President of the Ennis school from 1982 to 1989 and was parish priest of Newmarket on Fergus for 17 years, retiring in 2006, but he continued to minister in the parish until this year.
Canon Reuben also made an important contribution to religious broadcasting.
In the earlier years of Clare FM, he led a small dedicated team of volunteers who researched and produced weekend religious programming.
Founding Chief Executive of Clare FM, Caimin Jones, who worked closely with him at the time, says “a fine rich voice and the ability to craft a good script made Reuben a natural for radio”.
“His ‘Thought for the Day’ broadcasts were always well considered, beautifully delivered, often with a light humorous touch. His amiable personality and inherent good nature made him a popular and respected figure around the station” he concluded.
