Item 25 - The Diocesan Press Office:

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IE IE/DDA IE/DDA/AB8/B/B//25

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The Diocesan Press Office:

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John Charles McQuaid
(28/07/1895- 07/04/1973)

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Dublin Diocesan Archives
(1500-2022)

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Dublin Diocesan Archives

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Letters and memoranda from Dowling to +McQuaid and Fr. MacMahon. Topics covered include the opening of the Press Office, the Sunday Bulletin, requests from Tim Pat Coogan and Tony Gray for interviews with +McQuaid, Dr. David Thornley, ‘Nuns in Ireland Today’. Includes a letter to +McQuaid from Archbishop Martin J. O’Connor, President of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications offering congratulations on the founding of the Press Office. c. 50 items Apr. – May 1965

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