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Appointment book of Irish God rarely empty (5)

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I believe the answer is:

diary

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'appointment book' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'irish god rarely empty' is the wordplay.
'irish god' becomes 'dia' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'empty' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'rarely' with its middle removed is 'ry'.
'dia'+'ry'='DIARY'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for diary that I've seen before include "Log of daily activity" , "Personal journal" , "Daily record of personal activity" , "Appointment book" , "Pepys's record" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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