Reference code
IE CA IR-1/3/1/10
Title
Copy letter from Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. to the editor of the 'Irish Catholic'
Date(s)
- 23 May 1916 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 p.; Autograph typescript
Name of creator
(20 March 1870-2 May 1957)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Copy letter from Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. to the editor of the 'Irish Catholic' protesting against the ‘obvious and unkind suggestion’ made in relation to Thomas MacDonagh in a recent edition of the paper. Fr Aloysius declared: ‘I feel bound to emphatically assert that his preparation for his last moment manifested a depth of Catholic Faith and a tenderness of piety most edifying and impressive and that he received the rites of his Church with a devotion which not easily be forgotten by The Priest who assisted him’