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IE IE/DDA IE/DDA/AB8/XXIII./13/728
Title
8 December 1945
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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 + McQuaid from Fr. Denis McGrath. Refers to a meeting in newspaper cutting regarding the formation of the Irish – Soviet Society in Dublin. The meeting took place in Hynes Restaurant, Dame Street. The proprietor is Mr. Hess, a Swiss convert. A sergeant in the Guards gave him a flier announcing the meeting. He visited Mr. Hess and asked him not to allow the meeting to take place as it was a Communist meeting. He agreed but the group ignored his protests and carried on. He will not allow them use his restaurant again.