1 SINN FÉIN 6 Harcourt Street
Dublin 6 Sráid Fhearchair,
Áth Cliath 27/9/I8 Very Rev Canon Timlin,
Screen,
Co. Sligo Dr. Canon Timlin In reply to your letter of Sept 25th all I want
to know from you is your authority for the story which you
heard. In telling the story to Mr Keohane I presume you did so
as a friend. I should be very sorry to think that you did it in
the only otheer possible alternative capacity. In either case I think it would be your duty to tell me
who is your authority. I want to go to Mill Milltownpark and trace the story to
its origin. I have no desire to do anything more than protect
myself in a purely ecclesiastical manner, and I wish to do it in
a way that would cause the least possible amount of unpleasant-
ness to you; but I cannot do this unless you are prepared to
co-operate with me as a friend. The criticism of my Sligo speech and Crossna letter to
which you refer has no bearing upon the definite charge
contained in your story. Yours Sincerely, M O'Flanagan