Letter from Father Michael O'Flanagan to Canon Timlin, 6 September 1918 Letters 1916-1923 Fr Michael O'Flanagan

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Fr Michael O'Flanagan (1876–1942) was a Catholic priest and well-known nationalist. He was elected vice president of Sinn Féin in 1917. O'Flanagan writes from 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin, this address being Sinn Féin headquarters. He informs Canon Timlin that PT Keohane has informed him about a rumour circulating that O'Flanagan had made a public display of throwing off his clerical collar whilst on retreat. Keohane has told O'Flanagan that Canon Timlin gave him permission to pass on this detail so O'Flanagan wants the name of the originator of the false rumour.

 O'Flanagan Private Collection https://letters1916.ie/item/6718 English Fr Michael O'Flanagan 1918-09-06 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin Canon Timlin Skreen, Co. Sligo Male 1942 The Rising Tide (1917-1919)

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 6 Harcourt StreetDUBLIN 6th September, 1918. Very Reverend Dear Canon, Mr. P. T. Keohane told me last night that you toldhim that a Jesuit Priest who visited the Diocese of Killala sometime ago, was the author of a rumour that has since beencirculated among the priests of the Diocese. The story was that when I was on Retreat at MilltownPark last October, I had made up my mind to throw off my RomanCollar and break my connection with the Priesthood. It wasfurther added that it was only on the earnest solicitation ofMessers. De Valera and Griffith, who appealed to me for the sake ofIreland, and for the sake of the movement with which I was so prominently connected, to change my mind, that I agreed to returnto my Curacy in Cronsa. Mr. Keohane also told me that you gave him permissionto tell me the story and to quote you as his authority. I amsure that you will recognise that in the interests of justice Ishould get an opportunity of sifing this story to the bottom. Ishall therefore be obliged if you will inform me if I have got thestory correct, and if you will also give me the name of theJesuit Priest in question I am,Very Rev. Dear Canon,Yours respectfullyVery Rev. Canon Timlin, P.P.Skreen, Co. Sligo 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin Letter from Father Michael O'Flanagan to Canon Timlin, 6 September 1918Letter from Fr Michael O'Flanagan to Canon Timlin, 27 September 1918Letter from Fr Michael O'Flanagan to Bishop Michael Fogarty, Bishop of Killaloe, 22 October 1918 Skreen, Co. Sligo Letter from Father Michael O'Flanagan to Canon Timlin, 6 September 1918Letter from Fr Michael O'Flanagan to Canon Timlin, 27 September 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