3-4 February 1971 File relating to the proposed house and swimming pool for Fr. O’Byrne. 2 items
Letter from Fr. M. Toher to Monsignor regarding a local man, John Byrne, who was ordained for Liverpool Diocese and wishes to say Mass in the local church.
Letter from Fr. Sean Byrne, Administrator to +McQuaid regarding two parishioners, Leo Macken and John Williams who deserve Bene Merenti medals.
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29 February 1944 - 1 May 1970 13 items
Correspondence detailing the Institute's desire to expand their activity in Dublin- a foundation had been made under Archbishop Byrne in Kenilworth Square; eventually McQuaid invitemss them to undertake a secondary school, other foundations eventually made in the Archdiocese.
O’Byrne, Muirin. He has just been appointed Chief Librarian and wishes to make a courtesy call to discuss the development and planning of the City Libraries.
. Byrne, Sr. Antonia, Loreto Convent, Bray, Co. Wicklow. She is seeking financial help for her nephew so that he could attend St. Vincent’s Orphanage.
Byrne, Edward, 211 Bannow Road, Cabra W. He is unemployed and is trying to raise a family of four on 28 shillings a week. His children often go hungry. The clergy are inefficient and Catholic Charitable societies leave him waiting. Says he will take his family to a Protestant Church in order to get a meal. Fr. O’Brien rejects this account.
. Byrne, James, 24 Skreen Road, Navan Road, Dublin. He is appealing for a right home for deafmutes, blind and old speaking men. He asks the Archbishop to give Fr. P. Bidone, father of the poor, permission to come to Dublin to establish such a home. Leaflets on Don Louis Orione enclosed.
. Byrne, M., 54 Ventry Park, Cabra W., Dublin 7. Asks the Archbishop if he is aware of the difficulty for workers to get to Mass on Holy Days and Sundays due to Mass times, the living conditions in Keogh Square and Griffith Barracks, landlords not renting to couples with children and old people not having enough to live on.
Byrne, Margaret, 46 Maryvill, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny. Asks the Archbishop to pray for her poor boy who suffers from epilepsy.