Letter from Fr Nicholas J Tomkin SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 7 June 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Nicholas J Tomkin

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Letter from Fr Nicholas Tomkin to Fr Thomas Nolan in which he describes the rumours by some French Jesuits from Milltown Park to the French Consul, M. de Longchamp, that the Irish Jesuits were 'Sein Feinners - pro German - anti French'. Refers also to 'the O' Rahilly' and whether he was a past pupil of Clongowes Wood College.Fr Nicholas J Tomkin SJ (1877-1942) was the Rector of Clongowes Wood College, a Jesuit-run boarding school in Co. Kildare. Fr. Thomas V Nolan (1867-1941) was the Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus (1912-1922) and was a member of the Distribution Committee which looked after the welfare and distribution of the the Belgian refugees who arrived in Ireland as a consequence of the First World War. Michael Joseph O'Rahilly, self-described as 'The' O'Rahilly, fought in the G.P.O. during the Rising and was shot in Parnell/Moore Street on 28 April 1916 and died some time later.

 Irish Jesuit Archives IE IJA/SC/CLON/115, IE IJA/SC/CLON/115 https://letters1916.ie/item/709 English Nicholas J Tomkin 1916-06-07 Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, Kildare Thomas V Nolan St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916 World War I (1914-1918)

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 Telegrams 'College Clongoweswood' Clongowes Wood College Sallins 7 - 6 - 16 Very Rev & dear Fr Provincial P C I have heard the following on excellent authority & I think it well your Reverence should know it. Some French S J S from Milltown Park visit frequently Mr De Longchamps French Consul & have reported to him that the Irish Jesuits were Sinn Feiners — pro German — anti French. — Little disputes that turn up in recreation in Milltown Park are reported to him. Mr De Longchamps believes all these & at a recent visit here showed him to have the idea that we Irish Jesuits are anti French & Sein Feiners At a visit that a French boy C Arnold paid to the Consul he was asked what views were held by the Community & boys in Clongowes. Arnold said we were Sein Feiners. I am afraid the Milltown Park people may do harm I don't think the Consul would place much reliance on Arnold's statement. Fr Corr said their report had it that the O'Rahilly was a Clongownian. I told him not to take any notice or to try to verify it. If it is the case ought we to mention this death in the Clongownian? Yours obediently in tr N J Tomkin S J St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin Letter from Fr Francis M Browne SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 21 August 1916Letter from Fr Henry Gill SJ to Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, 11 July 1916Letter from Fr Patrick Morris SJ to Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, 24 September 1916Letter from Fr Jerome O'Mahony SJ to his Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, 25 May 1916Letter from Fr Daniel Roche SJ to his Father Provincial, Thomas V Nolan SJ,, May 1916Letter from Fr Joseph Wrafter SJ to his Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, 6 July 1916Letter from Mr Henry A. Johnston SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 17 February 1916Letter from Fr Nicholas J Tomkin SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 7 June 1916Letter from Fr James Brennan SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 21 August 1916Letter from Fr Henry Gill SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 3 May 1916 Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, Kildare Letter from Fr Nicholas J Tomkin SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 7 June 1916 Nicholas J Tomkin Letter from Fr Nicholas J Tomkin SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 7 June 1916