Letter from W. H. Grattan Flood to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 15 September 1916 Letters 1916-1923 William Henry Grattan Flood

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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.

 Limerick Diocesan Archive LDA/BI/ET/M/6 https://letters1916.ie/item/636 English William Henry Grattan Flood 1916-09-15 Rosemount, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland Edward Thomas O'Dwyer Limerick, Ireland Male Country and City Life

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 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. William Henry Grattan Flood Letter from W. H. Grattan Flood to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 15 September 1916 Edward Thomas O'Dwyer Letter from Michael O'Riordan to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 12 May 1916Letter from Eoin McNeill to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 18 April 1916Letter from C. Moran to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 15 August 1916Letter from W. H. Grattan Flood to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 15 September 1916Letter from R. Barry O'Brien to Bishop Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, 12 February 1916Letter from General John Grenfell Maxwell to Bishop Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, 6 May 1916Letter from General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell to Bishop Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, 12 May 1916Letter from Arthur to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 14 January 1916Letter from Fr. C. F. Maher to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 16 April 1916Letter from Fr. Peter C. Yorke to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 26 June 1916Letter from Michael O'Riordan to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 27 May 1916Letter from Michael O'Riordan to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 10 June 1916Letter from Michael O'Riordan to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 23 October 1916Letter from M. M. Carroll to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 1 June 1916Letter from the Limerick City Regiment of the Irish Volunteers to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 14 September 1916Letter from Bishop Edward Thomas O'Dwyer to General John Grenfell Maxwell, 17 May 1916Letter from Patrick Carey to Edward O'Dwyer, D.D., 29 November 1915 Limerick, Ireland Letter from Stephen Purcell to Anna O'Rahilly, 24 December 1916Letter from C. Moran to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 15 August 1916Letter from W. H. Grattan Flood to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 15 September 1916Letter from General John Grenfell Maxwell to Bishop Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, 6 May 1916Letter from General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell to Bishop Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, 12 May 1916Letter from William M. Nolan to Robert Chalmers, 2 June 1916Letter from Kate O'Donnell to Dr Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, 10 June 1916Letter from the Limerick City Regiment of the Irish Volunteers to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 14 September 1916Letter from G. Craig to J. S. Gaffney, 20 June 1916 Rosemount, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland Letter from W. H. Grattan Flood to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 15 September 1916