17 - Letter from ‘A Corkman’ concerning political preaching at Rochestown

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Letter from ‘A Corkman’ concerning political preaching at Rochestown

1 p.; typescript

An anonymous typescript letter sent from Cork, addressed to a ‘Very Rev Father’. The author reports on a Sunday sermon delivered by the Franciscan Capuchin Guardian (Fr. Pius Duggan OFM Cap.) at Rochestown. According to the writer, the priest told his congregation that the current government (Cumann na nGaedheal) was controlled by Freemasons, warning that re-electing them would bring a repetition of anti-clerical events currently occurring in Spain. The writer deplores these political utterances, citing the upcoming Eucharistic Congress and the political influence of rural clergy over ‘country people’, concluding that the local Bishop has already been notified.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition