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               <p>This is a letter from Sir Edward O'Farrell (1857-1926), assistant under-secretary for Ireland, to Margaret O'Brien.

The writer refers to Mrs. O'Brien's application for permission to move her deceased husband's remains from one grave to another within the Protestant church graveyard in Midleton and instructs her to furnish written consent from the church authorities and the District Sanitary Authority, in this case, Midleton Urban District Council.</p>
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             Any reply to the communication should<lb/>be addressed to:—<lb/>THE UNDER SECRETARY,<lb/>DUBLIN CASTLE.<lb/>and the following number quoted,<lb/>9575.  CHIEF SECRETARY'S OFFICE,<lb/>DUBLIN CASTLE   8th June, 1916.    Madam   With reference to your letter of the 23rd ultimo,<lb/>applying for permission to remove the remains of your<lb/>husband from one grave to another in the burial ground<lb/>attached to the Protestant Church at Midleton, Co.Cork,<lb/>I am directed by the lords justice to request that you will<lb/>be so good at to furnish the consents in writing of the<lb/>authority in whom the burial ground is vested and of the<lb/>Sanitary Authority of the district to the removal of the<lb/>remains.  I am,<lb/>Madam,<lb/>your obedient Servant.   E. O'Farrell        Mrs. Margaret. O'Brien<lb/>The Green,<lb/>Midleton,<lb/>CO. CORK.   
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