Letter from Bishop Bernard Coyne to Fr. Michael O'Flanagan 20 April 1917 Letters 1916-1923 Bishop Bernard Coyne

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Fr Michael O'Flanagan (1876-1926) was a Catholic priest and republican activist. In this letter, Bishop Coyne asks Fr. O'Flanagan if he attended a public meeting in Dublin the day before, defying the Bishop's explicit instructions not to do so.

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 St. Mary's SLIGO 20th. April, '17 Dear Fr. O'Flanagan, Please let me know by return of post if it be a fact asreeported in the Dublin Press of this date, that you attended apublic meeting in Dublin yesterday without making or receiving mypermission in writing, as required in my very plain and definiteinstructions of the 18th. ult. I am, Yours faithfully, (Signed) BERNARD COYNE. Bishop of Elphin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bishop Bernard Coyne Letter from Bishop Bernard Coyne to Fr. Michael O'Flanagan 20 April 1917Letter from Fr. Michael O'Flanagan to Bishop Bernard Coyne, 21 April 1917Letter from Bishop Bernard Coyne to Fr. Michael O'Flanagan, 11 September 1917Letter from Bishop Bernard Coyne to Fr. Michael O'Flanagan, 5 June 1918 Fr Michael O'Flanagan Letter from Bishop Bernard Coyne to Fr. Michael O'Flanagan 20 April 1917Letter from Fr. Michael O'Flanagan to Bishop Bernard Coyne, 21 April 1917Letter from Bishop Bernard Coyne to Fr. Michael O'Flanagan, 11 September 1917Letter from Fr. Michael Flanagan to Canon Doorley, 9 December 1916Letter from Patrick Finegan to Fr Michael O'Flanagan, 29 April 1918Letter from Bishop Bernard Coyne to Fr. Michael O'Flanagan, 5 June 1918Letter from Father Michael O'Flanagan to Canon Timlin, 6 September 1918Letter from Fr Michael O'Flanagan to Canon Timlin, 27 September 1918Letter from Fr Maher to Fr Michael O'Flanagan, 15 October 1918Letter from TP Gilmartin to Fr Michael O'Flanagan, 19 October 1918Letter from Fr Michael O'Flanagan to Bishop Michael Fogarty, Bishop of Killaloe, 22 October 1918 St. Mary's, Sligo Letter from Bishop Bernard Coyne to Fr. Michael O'Flanagan 20 April 1917