ID18572
CollectionMcCabe Papers
Collection DescriptionEdward McCabe (1816-1885) was archbishop of Dublin from 1879 and was created Cardinal in 1882. His papers are arranged in chronological order and divided into sub groups. These, for example, include files such as Irish Bishops, Bishops outside Ireland, Secular Priests, Nuns, Male Religious and Laity. There are 34 boxes of material in this collection. A full list of the papers are available in the archive. Extracts included here are taken from the lists, provide some indication of the range of the material.
ReferenceAB 5 (File I, Laity)
Description

Letters from the Laity, January to June, 1879.

337/6/26: Catherine Kenny, the Infirmary, Carrick-on-Suir of which she is matron. She is a relative of the late Cardinal, who was very good to her and her children. She asks Bishop McCabe to do something for her son, aged 11.

AccessContact Repository
Date1879
Century19th
Keywords
Repository NameDublin Diocesan Archives (RC)
AddressHoly Cross College Clonliffe Road Dublin 3
EircodeD03 P2E7
Telephone(01) 837-9253
Email Addressarchives@dublindiocese.ie
Repository Web Addresshttps://dublindiocese.ie/archives/
CommentThe Dublin Diocesan Archive is scheduled to move in 2022 so the address provided will change.
latitude53.36454
longitude-6.25332