1 Croena
Boyle
Dec 9th 1916. My dear Canon Doorly I had a letter
from Dr. Coyne a few days ago
telling me that you informed
him that I had some Cliffoney
Parish Funds that I had not
handed over to you. There is only one thing that
I know that you can refer to. A sum of £27-4-8 was
held in the Hibernian Bank
in the joint names of Father
Shannon Father Michael Keane
and Mr Bernard Clancy. This
deposit receipt was lost or
mislaid. In Dec. 1914 I got
the three named, to sign an
indemnity form for the amount 2 The Cliffoney Church Account
is in the joint names of the
Bishop Father Shannon and
myself. The Bishop retained
posseion of Bank Book and
Cheque Book. As this account is,
as I understand, overdrawn,
it can be transferred without
consulting me. You will remember
that I spoke to you about it last
Summer, but at the time you did
not wish to assume liability for
it. Until you were prepared to do
so, I did not feel called upon to
make any other returns to you. I
now send you a statement of
Cash Transactions up to the time
I left Cliffoney. No Cheques were
drawn upon the Bank Account
during my time, but two deposits
were made amounting to £84-13-9.
There are two bills to be paid, one for
£5-8-11 to Mr. D. Hanly of Sligo, and
the balance shown £5-11-5 to me. 3 and Mr. McCaffrey issued a
new deposit receipt in the
names of Father Shannon
Mr. Clancy and myself. The
interest accruing at the
time was £2-14-7, making
when added to the principal
a sum of £29-19-3. Father Keane told me that
this money was collected by
Father O'Reilly for the purpose
of building a ball court. Before
the ball court could be erected
Father O'Reilly was charged,
and so the matter has not
been attended to ever since. At the time that I got this
money I had on hand a sum
of £13-13-6 collected for the
Volunteers. Not wishing to
have too many separate deposits
in the Bank, I put in this 4 last named sum alone with
the other, and so the new
deposit receipt dated Jan 9th
1915 was made out for the
sum of £43-12-9. Afterwards the Volunteers
called upon me for the £13-13-6
to pay for equipment which
they had purchased. I knew
if I sent the receipt to
Father Shannon for signature,
that it would lie in danger
of being lost like the other
one, and so I was unable to
get the money at the time. Now
I hope to get the Bank to transfer
the money without Father Sahnnon's
signature, when I shall be
happy to turn over the £29-19-3
and interest, to you and Mr
Clancy, and any one else that
you may name.