Reference code
IE CA IR-1/7/3/26
Title
Reply to the Pastoral issued by the Irish hierarchy in October 1922 / the following reply to the bishop’s pastoral is written by a priest
Date(s)
- 1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4 pp; Typescript
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A pamphlet authored by a ‘priest’ referring to the stance taken by the Catholic Church in supporting the Free State administration, and denouncing Anti-Treaty Republicans, and refusing to administer the sacraments to irregulars. On 10 Oct. 1922, the Catholic Bishops of Ireland issued a formal Pastoral, describing the anti-treaty campaign as ‘a system of murder and assassination of the National forces without any legitimate authority …’. Published in [Glasgow: 1922].