Correspondence involving the Order, the Archbishop, the Parish Priest of Enniskerry and Government agencies including the Army regarding Glencree foundation which recently ceased to be a Reformatory on the transfer of this to Daingean. Briefly it is serving as a seminary for late vocations for the Order. The government wishes to acquire it for turf-cutting in the circumstances of War-Time Emergency. The Oblates sell it to the government, retaining only the church. There is a tense stand-off between the Archbishop and Provincial which is eventually resolved. Two Oblate priests remain as chaplains to a succession of occupants, principally 400 at the peak of production (turf-cutters). At the end of the Emergency the government prepares to terminate turf-saving.
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IE IE/DDA IE/DDA/AB8/2025-09-25/2269/2025-09-25/2271/30/1
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30 August 1941 - 12 December 1944
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