Disestablishment.
The Times, 7th Sept 1868
The following resolution was unnaminously adopted on Saturday last at a conference at Navan, and which no less than 115 clergymen of the diocese were present, including the two Vicars general.
“At a meeting of the clergy of the entire diocese of Meath, held at Navan on the 29th day of August, 1868, the Most Rev. Dr. Nulty in the chair, The following resolution was proposed and unaminously adopted by the meeting-
Resolved “ That we regard the Established Church as one of the most unjust and oppressive grievances of our country, and, therefore, that we cordially approve, and will earnestly and vigorously co-operate in, every effort for its disendowment and disestablishment.
The Times 23-3-1869.
House of Commons.
Petition against the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church presented by Lord Bective from Ballyboggan and Castlejordan, Navan, Nobber and other places.
The Times 2-4-1869.
At Navan, there seems to have been a more temperate spirit than elsewhere; some of the delegates were disposed to consider Disestablishment as inevitable, and to be anxious to make the best terms that could be obtained. But the wisdom of the serpent is not yet in favour in church circles.
Oliver Goldsmith
Registrar of the Diocese of Meath.
Irish Times 20-12-1859
TO THE EDITOR OF THE IRISH TIMES
Diocese of Meath Registry Office
Navan, Dec. 17 1859
Dear Sir, – As there has been much talk lately about Oliver Goldsmith, I send you an extract about his father, from an old book written about 1733, and which is now in my custody, as Registrar of the Diocese of Meath; it shows where Goldsmith got his idea of
No. 107 – Kilkenny West: Charles Goldsmith, Curate. – This is a Rectory intirely Impropriated, it was in the late Archbishop of Dublin, and the legal estate at present is in Mr. Wynn, the librarian of St. Sepulcres, but with a trust, as I suppose, to give it up for the benefit of the church. – it contains 4303 acres. The church is in very good repair and furnished with everything necessary, and so, likewise, is the chancel; the curate used to pay his late grace of Dublin £20 per annum for the tythes, which rent was applied to some pious uses in his own diocese, and the curate was, in consideration of the bargin, which was reconed to be worth £30 or £40 a year to him, to perform the duties of this parish.
” In the parish of Kilkenny West are 12 church families, and 108 Popish; there is divine service and preaching every Sunday in the church of Kilkenny West.”
P.S. – The spelling is as in the original. T.A.S.
The Rev. Mr. Moore, recently curate of the Roman Catholic chapel in this island, after having accompanied the Rev. Dr. Fleming on his way to Dublin, who had disembarked at Liverpool from Newfoundland, was present at the reception of six, young ladies, five of whom are of English extraction, in the convent of our Lady of Mercy in Dublin. These converts, after having passed through a year’s noviciate, will repair to Birmingham, there to found a large convent. Mr. Hardman, father of one of the novices, having given the site of the building and £1,000 towards its construction. This edifice will receive 20 nuns and 40 orphans. Mr. Moore, to whom the spiritual wants of these young ladies is entrusted, pronounced an excellent discourse on this occasion. The numerous friends of Mr. Moore in this island will be gratified at hearing that he has received this appointment, and his excellent conduct when among us is the best guarantee that he will judiciously discharge the delicate duties of his situation.— Guernsey Star, Aug. 31.