Hundreds of people attended a vigil against the transfer of a "gentle giant" parish priest.
Up to 300 residents lit candles and recited the rosary outside St Columba’s Church in Kilmacrennan in Co Donegal.
Fr Paddy Dunne, who has been based in Kilmacrennan for the past 13 years, is being moved to become the parish priest in Kilbarron in Ballyshannon.