Eadestown from Blessington
Blessington
20 Archival description results for Blessington
File relating to the parish church, Blessington. 44 items
- 28 1959 File relating to the sewage issue at Baltiboys House, Blessington. Mentions the Congregation of Jesus and Mary. 5 items
File relating to Blessington school and adjacent land belonging to John Flanagan.
Clerical appointments. Fr. Tonge to Kilbride, Fr. Lillis to Swords, Fr. Coghlan and Fr. Joseph Collins to Blessington and Fr. Reilly to St. Michan’s.
- 1 April 1958 Correspondence between Fr. Daniel G. Lucey and +McQuaid regarding the Dominicans ‘questing’ in the parish of Blessington.
Letter from Fr. John J. O’Keeffe to Fr. Glennon informing him that a deputation from Blessington may seek the occasion of the Archbishop’s visit to request the erection of an Oratory in Blessington village.
Correspondence regarding routine community life and apostolate. Plan for secondary school at Blessington blocked by Department of Education. ‘Free’ education scheme - Brothers’ dismay at Departmental pressure. Memo about this from Fr. Liam Martin to the Archbishop. (Martin is secretary to Archbishop). Brothers’ reaction to article in ‘Studies’ by Mr. O’Connor, secretary of Department. Undated newspaper cutting giving Archbishop’s laudatory address to Teaching Brothers’ Association. (see also Jesuit files)
Copy of letter from +McQuaid to Fr. Lucey saying he would like the property to be in or close to Blessington. 1item
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12 December 1946 - 28 September 1963 71 items
Congregation seeks entry to Diocese. Archbishop refuses request to open university hostel but permits hostel for their own Indian sisters attending university. Asks a sister to prepare a Church History text for use in secondary schools' project. Property in Roebuck purchased. Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate. Memoranda re Roebuck Grove. Letter from solicitor to AB re difficulty in acquiring a middle interest in this property
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28 January 1964 - 10 January 1971 69 items
New school at Our Lady's Manor develops, Novitiate transferred to Roebuck. Property acquisition, lease hold matters, sales of Dublin property tax concerns. Sharp letter from archbishop to Principal of Our Lady's Grove re proposed action on Departments refusal to recognise two teachers.
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30 June 1955 - 27 September 1959 20 items
Correspondence between M. Del Rosario and archbishop. Concerns; post Visitation observations, needs of her Congregation to which archbishop does not feel obliged to satisfy. She submits a Directoire de l'Education which receives archbishop's praise.
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12 October 1959 - 21 November 1971 96 items
Continuing correspondence between M. Del Rosario and archbishop. More Visitation news from outside Ireland. Question of school in Blessington briefly revived and then abandoned.