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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

16 Mar 2025

Page 28

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 2025

Page

28

Time Machine Look Back at Eastern Iowa Figures

The piece chronicles Father P. J. Flynn born in 1870 in County Clare Ireland, his 1908 arrival in Cedar Rapids as Mercy Hospital chaplain, and his role as a prolific Catholic columnist for the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Cedar Rapids Republican. It notes praise from a 1909 Gazette article and mentions Flynn’s Irish political reflections and annual hospital charity Fruit Day events.

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Flynn and the Saint Patrick's Day debates in Iowa history

A biographical sketch covers Father Flynn's tenure in Iowa from early 1900s journalism to his St. Patrick's Day protests in Ames and Van Horne, his hospital charity notes, European trip, WWI chaplaincy, and death in 1930. It highlights his writings on culture, religion, and Irish-American identity in Cedar Rapids, Ames, and Dubuque.

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Benton County van Horne Flynn Iowa City The Press Citizen Ames St. Patrick Ireland
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