Letter from Michael O'Riordan to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 27 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Michael O'Riordan

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Note for abstract: Mgr. Michael O'Riordan (1857-1919), rector at the Irish College, Rome

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 Irish CollegeRome 27th May 1916 My Lord Bishop I enclose a Rescript; Isuppose it is for a mixed marriage,about which Fr O Driscoll wroteto me lately. Your letter gave me great joy:I pray that God spare you tocelebrate the Golden Jubilee ofyour Episcopate, for the reply you madeto that military autocrat. Ihope he has brains enough to learn the lesson. I am glad thepeople are awakening from theirpolitical hypnotism. But theprice paid for the lesson is awful.Many in Ireland must have searchingof consciences for their acts and speechesduring the past two years. But for thethoughtless talk of these, that militaryman would not have dared to send yousuch a letter. But they were let feelthat they might do as they willed.Persons have gone mad on both sidesof the war. I never discuss it: but Ienjoy intensely others fighting over ityet my neutrality has not saved me. Afew days ago I heard that Bp Dontonville,(new General of the Oblates) — a Frenchmanor French Canadian, said to a ladyWhat can you think, when the Rector of theIrish College is a Fenian. Directly Iheard it I wrote to him for an explanation& for evidence of my Fenian tendencies,and asked for an immediate answer.He sent me; very apologetically. I wroteback to say it was not satisfactory.He came back personally twice to the Collegeto see me, & explain. He found me inthe second visit. He was like adrowned rat: and his explanationwas not very intelligent; but offeredto do whatever I told him about thematter. I said I did not want him todo anything more than he had donealready: that should take no morenotice of it, unless I found that he'sword was going the round, on whichhappening I wouldwill have the matter laid before the Pope. That ends thataffair: It will make others take care. I have not seen the Pope sincethe troubles in Dublin. I hope tosee him in a few days. I suppose hewill ask me about it. I have inmind what I shall say as to thecause of it; and curious to say, thetrain of thought I have had aboutit is practically what Mr Birrellhad (partly at any rate) in thestatement he read before theCommission. I am gatheringmaterials from the evidence before theCommission, and from speeches by MrAsquith & c; and I will write astatement on the whole, which I will distribute in the proper quarters.I want others to have time enoughto exhaust their lying first. ThenI will come, with cold facts, basedon official testimony. If it willdo no good, it will prevent possible evil. I transcribe for you a noteCord de Lai sent me for yourlast Pastoral. [Foreign language text.] bene che esso sia fatto e siapubblicals; giacche vervatempo in cui si dira che non tulleerano cieche e sordi, ma c'eranopasori in Israile che vigilavanoet ammoniconao et alzavano lavoce in Salutern. Le prgeo difilicitare in mio home quil VeneraundoTrelato.Con particulao respetts 19.Maggis 1916 I was asked a few days ago, if itis true that Mr Asquith wished tosee the Pope — amongst other things —to get the Bp of Limerick to keepsilent. The person who asked meis one of the officials at the Vicariate.He said he had heard it from meat the Vatican. I told him totell his informant that there is notruth in it whatever; that MrAsquith did not speak of such athing, nor of any such things tothe Pope. It is pretty clear that the wishhas been further to the thought withsome persons, who have been tryingto make persons believe that MrAsquith has spoken to the Pope;that the inference should be thatthe Pope is displeased with you, &so on etc etc. And those peopleare so distracted that they arenot left sense enough to see that to be displeased with yourPastorals would be to feel dipleasurewith himself; since you havesimply followed the line he for peace. I am doubly glad now that thosewritings have been translated anddistributed. For those, whosethoughts are of any value, willhave always been made up, atfirst hand, from the texts themselves,in what you have really written. The fools are forestalled; althoughthat was not my primary purposeoriginally. Still the thought occurredto me now & then. The sametribe and race whisper now as theyhave been whispering always. that to be displeased with yourPastorals would be to feel dipleasurewith himself; since you havesimply followed the line he for peace. I am doubly glad now that thosewritings have been translated anddistributed. For those, whosethoughts are of any value, willhave always been made up, atfirst hand, from the texts themselves,in what you have really written. The fools are forestalled; althoughthat was not my primary purposeoriginally. Still the thought occurredto me now & then. The sametribe and race whisper now as theyhave been whispering always. distribute in the proper quarters.I want others to have time enoughto exhaust their lying first. ThenI will come, with cold facts, basedon official testimony. If it willdo no good, it will prevent possible evil. I transcribe for you a noteCord de Lai sent me for yourlast Pastoral. [Foreign language text.] Michael O'Riordan Letter from Michael O'Riordan to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 12 May 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 Michael O'Riordan to the Right Rev. Monsignor Denis Hallinan, 23 October 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 Irish College, Rome, Italy Letter from Michael O'Riordan to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 12 May 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 Michael O'Riordan to the Right Rev. Monsignor Denis Hallinan, 23 October 1916