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IE IE/DDA IE/DDA/AB8/XXIII./15/854
Title
2 January 1959
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1 item
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(28/07/1895- 07/04/1973)
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(1500-2022)
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Handwritten letter to Ardle from Paidric O [ill.] (Patrick Seery), St. Mary’s, Sandyford, regarding the Farrington family, Ticknock House. Dr. Farrington was Secretary o f the Royal Hibernian Academy. Mrs Farrington, nee Synge, is a niece of Millington Synge. Their son, Conor, is a promising actor. The family are professed Socialists and sympathetic to Soviet Russia. Dr. Farrington is a member of the Society of Friends and Mrs Farrington is a dedicated worker for the abolition of nuclear warfare. Farringtons do not try to influence Catholic parishioners. Mrs Oscar Leach, an English lady, is source of information.