The letters of Hibernicus :
extracts from the pamphlet entitled "A report of the committee of St. Mary's, Halifax, N.S.," and a review of the same.
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English
- Published
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Pictou, N.S. : [publisher not identified], 1842.
- Note
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During the 1830s relations between Bishop William Fraser, a native of Scotland, and the Catholics of Halifax, almost completely of Irish origin, deteriorated steadily. The Haligonians claimed that the bishop, who resided in Antigonish, was neglecting them and asked for more clergy in the town. Reluctantly the bishop agreed. The new priests, Lawrence Joseph Dease and Richard Baptist O'Brien, had been trained in Irish seminaries and thus felt closer to their countrymen than Fraser could. They were unacceptable to the bishop, however, and a power struggle of sorts developed. Most of the Irish Catholics of Halifax took sides against Bishop Fraser and his vicar in Halifax, the Reverend John Loughnan. Hugh O'Reilly threw his support behind Fraser. Under the pseudonym of Hibernicus, he published a series of letters in the Pictou Observer from 21 Dec. 1841 to 10 May 1842 in which he defended Fraser and attacked the Halifax Irish. (Hugh O'Reilly (he also signed O'Reilley, O'Reily, O'Riley, Reilly, Riely), Roman Catholic priest and polemicist; b. c. 1794 in County Meath (Republic of Ireland); d. 22 or 23 June 1859 in North East Margaree, N.S.)-- Dictionary of Canadian biography
Includes fourteen letters signed Hibernicus and one letter to the Acadian recorder signed Veritas, Halifax, February 24, 1842.
Dedication page: "To Charles W. Wallace, Esq., president of the Highland Society of Nova Scotia, and to the Right Reverend, reverend, and other members of the society, these letters, &c. addressed to Roderick McDonald, Esq. editor of the "Pictou observer," are most respectfully dedicated, by a sincere and devoted friend to the ancient and honorable Scottish nation, who claims the honor of subscribing himself, with all the due sentiments of respect and esteem, their most obedient humble servant. Hibernicus."
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[9], 2-160 pages ;
20 cm
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