Letter from Fr Michael O'Flanagan to Canon Timlin, 27 September 1918 Letters 1916-1923 Fr Michael O'Flanagan

This work was originally published by Maynooth University in Ireland in 2017. In 2026 this data, stored in a relational database was extracted and converted into this TEI/XML document.

 Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities Vienna, AT 2026

This is an open access work licensed under Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0).

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 reiterates his request for the name of the originator of the false rumour stating he made a public display of removing his clerical collar whilst on retreat. He states that Timlin's criticism of his Sligo speech and Crossna letter have no bearing on the definite accusations he feels is being made by Timlin about O'Flanagan threatening to leave the priesthood.

 O'Flanagan Private Collection https://letters1916.ie/item/6720 English Fr Michael O'Flanagan 1918-09-27 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin Canon Timlin Skreen, Co. Sligo Male 1942 The Rising Tide (1917-1919)

The data in these XML files was generated based on a data dump from the Magellan database (https://github.com/Maynooth-Center-for-Digital-Humanities/Magellan). Each database record has been converted to a JSON file (https://github.com/letters1916static/letters-data/tree/main/json). The element section of the JSON file contains the TEI-encoded contents of the letters. The TEI XML has been cleaned and made well-formed using a Python script (https://github.com/letters1916static/letters-data/tree/main/src).

 SINN FÉIN 6 Harcourt StreetDublin 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 wantto know from you is your authority for the story which youheard. In telling the story to Mr Keohane I presume you did soas a friend. I should be very sorry to think that you did it inthe only otheer possible alternative capacity. In either case I think it would be your duty to tell mewho is your authority. I want to go to Mill Milltownpark and trace the story toits origin. I have no desire to do anything more than protectmyself in a purely ecclesiastical manner, and I wish to do it ina way that would cause the least possible amount of unpleasant-ness to you; but I cannot do this unless you are prepared toco-operate with me as a friend. The criticism of my Sligo speech and Crossna letter towhich you refer has no bearing upon the definite chargecontained in your story. Yours Sincerely, M O'Flanagan 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