Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Dunne authorising the purchase of the property on Haddington Road by the Holy Faith Sisters.

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9 July 1942 - 15 July 1951 46 items
Routine matters of community life Question of amalgamation proposed by Newry resisted by Harold's Cross and archbishop Archbishop favourable to foundation of commercial college and admission of day-pupils to the national school in view of decline in numbers of orphans. Testamentary matters Change in colour of habit approved Unsigned undated memorandum of history of Irish Poor Clare's.

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2 July 1960 - 15 May 1971 44 items
Routine matters of community life Testamentary matters Archbishop cautious about Franciscan (OFM) interest in Harold's Cross convent Two cases of dispensation from vows, removed from this file 20 January 2023

Poor Clare's Newry
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14 September 1941 - 10 March 1969 59 items
Correspondence chronicles Newry's repeated attempts to establish a foundation in Dublin, each of which was rebuffed by archbishop and Council, with some involvement from Dr Dunne, Haddington Rd. Question of amalgamation with Harold's Cross firmly rejected by archbishop, see files of Poor Clare's, Harold's Cross. Under a new abbess, a foundation is permitted in Donnybrook (cf File `Convents in Ireland outside Archdiocese' for letter from Newry Poor Clare)

This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

Letter from +Dunne to +McQuaid regarding a dispensation from the Eucharistic Fast for Countess O’Byrne due to age and a request from the Holy Faith Sisters to buy a property on Haddington Road, adjacent to their current building. End of letter torn.

Handwritten note from +McQuaid giving permission for the Miraculous Medal Novena in St. Mary’s, Haddington Road.

Haddington Road from Irishtown, Ringsend, Donnybrook and Sandymount

File relating to parochial property including 65 & 67 Haddington Road, parochial house school, the laneway, 37 Fitzwilliam Square and the yard purchased from the Lucan Dairies.

Letter from +Wall to +McQuaid stating Fr. Fallon has returned to his parent’s home on Haddington Road and will offer his resignation as Curate. He will await further instructions on a new appointment from the Archbishop.

Letter from +Fogarty to +McQuaid. He thanks him for his invite to lunch and regrets that he didn’t meet him in Haddington Road.