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Title: Priests and people in Ireland Year: 1902 (1900s) Authors: McCarthy, Michael J. F. (Michael John Fitzgerald) Subjects: Publisher: Dublin, Hodges Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Text Appearing Before Image: heart and courage into our young people !But the priests are masters of the situation. Theyalone can walk in when death is nigh and dictate termsto our broken-spirited people. They alone have energy;they alone have power. And the result is that theClonmels and Carricks of Ireland go dwindling down,but the priest goes mounting up. How often have Icompared the priest to the unjust steward of Ireland,who grows fatter and fatter, while the real owners ofthe property, the Irish people, grow fewer and weakerand poorer year by year ! But let us continue. Here is a maiden lady who diedin Dublin. Mary Shortt, Stamer Street, Dublin, spinster, de-ceased, by her will appointed the Rev. James Baxter,Clondalkin, parish priest, and Rev. James Hickey, St.Kevins, Dublin, Roman Catholic curate, executors,and bequeathed £2^^ each to the clergymen attachedto the Roman Catholic Church of St. Kevins, Dublin,being Canon Connolly, parish priest; Father Hickey,Father Grimes, and Father Stafford; to the Rev.

Text Appearing After Image: All Hallows College, Dublin jC2ootoT Al\ Hallows at Dnimcondra, itc.(pp. 115, 119). It is for priests intended for the foreign mission, and is managed by the Yincentianpriests.

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