Letter from Hagan to Monsignor MacCaffrey

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Hagan, John

Hagan, John, 1873-1930

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[Copy] typescript letter from [Hagan], Irish College, to Monsignor MacCaffrey [Maynooth]. Regretting he will have the proofs ready only in a week. Concerning the happenings in Maynooth, expressing surprise at the Cardinal's views - 'for various reasons I had not been expecting a whole lot of sympathy in that quarter'. Since MacCaffrey's letter he has received hints concerning the decision reached in Drumcondra, stating that 'the outcome was a Terna, of which one of the names is Canon Lyons'. Should such an unconstitutional step have indeed been taken Hagan will leave the College without hesitation; however expressing his disdain over the 'weak and not very clever way of getting over a difficulty' and his reservations against quietly accepting it. MacCaffrey is to make these views known if there is a basis to the hints.