Identity area
Reference code
IE DCUA C2/3/1/2
Title
Letter from Jeremiah Newman, Bishop of Limerick, to Colum Kenny.
Date(s)
- 17 May 1976 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 pages
Context area
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(1881-1954)
Name of creator
(1919-1992)
Name of creator
(1951-)
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Newman replies to a letter from Kenny, which had included a copy of a book by Alan Watts [according to Colum Kenny, the book was most likely Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown: A Mountain Journal (1974). Kenny sent Newman the letter and book in response to some reported comments made by Newman. The letter from Newman discusses Catholic attitudes to sex and warns Kenny about Alan Watts' writings on religion: 'I would like to warn you against getting too involved in that kind of literature'. According to Colum Kenny, Bishop Newman spoke about contraception and the relationship between church and state in an RTÉ interview broadcast on 30 March 1976.