Letter from W. H. Grattan Flood to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 15 September 1916

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Letter from W. H. Grattan Flood to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 15 September 1916

1 ROSEMOUNT
ENNISCORTHY 15 Sept. 1916. My dear Lord Bishop, Will you permit me to
offer you my heartiest congratulations
on the splendid reply you delivered
to the Limerick Congregation on
receiving the freedom of the city.
It was worthy of an Irish Bishop
of the olden time - one it completely
coincides with my own views on the
present deplorable situation.
Pray accept accompanying copy
of my recently published History.
of the Diocese of Ferns as a small
expression of my admiration for
Your Lordship's outspoken utterances Yours faithfully W. H. Grattan Flood
Mus. D., K. S. G.

This letter was written by Dr William Henry Grattan Flood (1859-1928) to Bishop Edward Thomas O’Dwyer (1842-1917). In this letter Flood offers the bishop his congratulations on a reply O’Dwyer delivered to the Limerick Congregation upon receiving the freedom of Limerick city. As an expression of his admiration Flood encloses a copy of his recently published History of the Diocese of Ferns.Bishop Edward Thomas O’Dwyer served as the Bishop of Limerick from 1888 to his death in 1917. Flood was an Irish musician and historian. He was also vice-president of the Irish Folk Song Society and president of the music section of the Celtic Congress. His work as editor of the Armagh Hymnal (1915) received many tributes, including praise from Pope Benedict XV, and he received the cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0636.html)