Letter from Francis O'Hare to Hagan
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Pontifical Irish College
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O'Hare, Francis
Hagan, John, 1873-1930
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Holograph letter from Francis O'Hare, St. Colman's College, Newry (County Down), to Hagan. Inviting him to visit them to discuss the paper, the Irish News. Hoping to appoint the man suggested by Hagan Roman correspondent; wondering whether making the paper an absolutely Catholic organ would be the best way to defend Catholic interests in Ulster. The priests who do not support the paper enough forget it is the only organ that spoke out against the governments 'during the terrible time of the Pogrom'; it is already in financial difficulties. The Catholics in Ulster are without a proper organisation and stand to lose their only daily paper. He met the cardinal and Joe Devlin one time, and the former expressed near disdain over the lack of unity among the Catholic minority: 'the Socialists are quietly and very rapidly absorbing them' and the attendance at the sacraments means merely outward appearances. Advocating the formation of an organisation under a name such as 'Liberty League'; a so-called 'Catholic' organisation would defeat the purpose. Without it the Catholic position in the North will be irretrievably lost. In the south the Freemasons are already predominant and the government 'honeycombed with them'. Commenting on the 120 new Freemason lodges established in Ireland; not all recruits are Protestant. Apologising for this 'Jeremiah of a letter'.
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1927-07-09Rights Note
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The Papers of John Hagan (1904-1930)
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