Annual Report 2015

Help is given across the board, regardless of religious or ethnic background

Protestant Aid dispenses every cent received from subscribers in grant aid Chairman’s Statement

Increasing requests for expenditure increasing by over 8% to assistance despite a €805k compared with €742k in 2014. growing economy Our Charitable Services area has been extremely busy and mid-year Notwithstanding the fact that the we welcomed Ms Joyce Sparkes, economy grew significantly above who replaced Mrs Pat Adam as Case the European average, the demands Secretary - this area continues to for PA assistance increased on those be very well supported under our received in the previous year. Charitable Services Officer, Mr Geoff Scargill. As in previous years, Our Charitable Services Significant progress in we distributed well expenditure increased IT development in excess of one euro by over 8% to f805,000 f Our IT has been enhanced and this for every euro we compared with 742,000 enables us to process requests more received in donations in 2014 efficiently while our new website allows our supporters to donate online as The number of General Grants received well as keeping visitors to the site fully grew by 3% compared to 2014 - this informed on all the latest developments came on top of a growing number of and news. requests for educational assistance, As well as our own loyal donors, we resulting in our Charitable Services again received grants of €150,000 and €30,000 from the Department of This will result in a 56-bed state-of- Chief Executive retires Environment, Community and Local the-art facility which will be second to Government. As in previous years, we none. We are saying farewell to Mr Robin George (above) distributed well in excess of one euro We are retaining the existing frontage for every euro we received in donations. who has been our Chief of the present St John’s building and Executive for some twenty State-of-the-art facility our Chapel will also be refurbished to seven years as he takes a cater for spiritual needs. at new St. John’s well-earned retirement. development Special thanks to Dr Michael Webb and With responsibility for the Mr Gordon Richards for their untiring administrative and finance On the St. John’s House new work in this venture and also thanks to functions of the charities development, exciting times are ahead. the planning team. within the PA Group, it been an extremely busy Although some six months behind and varied role. During this time the number of schedule, the contractors have now Brabazon Trust employees has grown from twelve to over one arrived on site and the first stage is hundred and fifty as the work of the charities in Brabazon Trust caters for over one scheduled to be completed in April the PA Group has grown and developed. We wish hundred residents of whom fifty are in 2017, with full completion of the him and his wife Shirley many happy years of the Nursing Home area. project by the end of 2017. retirement. We are finding that in the Sheltered I am pleased to say that Robin will be continuing Housing section new potential with us in a caretaker capacity pending the residents are coming into us at a much New potential residents appointment of a new Chief Executive. are coming into us at a more advanced age and further care has to be provided in this area to suit Finally, my sincere thanks to all the Board much more advanced age their requirements. members and members of the various and further care has to be committees for their support over the last We continue to upgrade properties of year and for their ongoing dedication and provided in this area to suit Strand Trust in Pembroke Gardens and commitment. their requirements Seafort Crescent and we continually have requests for accommodation. Arthur Vincent, Chairman Charitable Services Report

The stories that the confirm that there continues to be a huge statistics will never tell. need in our society, with General Grant Applications received through Clergy For many people, reports of our channels alone increasing by 13% in growing and dynamic economy are 2015 (this coming on top of a 32% overall often no more than irrelevant and increase in General Grant Applications alien concepts when compared to in 2014). their own difficult situations where unemployment, poor health and poverty are the stark realities of There is nothing abstract everyday life. about the need that exists GENERAL GRANTS BY NEED / VALUE Official CSO figures confirm that one in Ireland today - it is real One parent families and it hurts! 20% Ill health in five children is now at serious risk 28% of poverty, while one in ten is living in consistent poverty. These are children Thankfully, the generosity of our donors Addiction growing up in environments where the 2% continues to provide a beacon of light to choice often has to be made between those in need and we are very grateful for education, clothing and heating while this kindness. Other crises balanced with the very basic need of 7% putting food on the table. It’s not a pretty As always, we very much depend on your continued support - it is your help Unemployed / other picture but it’s happening every day. 43% that provides that light to so many At Protestant Aid, our own statistics families who need help.

Connaught Ulster 11% 5% Munster 20%

Dublin 38%

Rest of Leinster 26% Every euro you give is re-distributed in The 2015 grant of €150,000 along with a Wife struggles charitable grants without deduction so subsequent top-up grant of €30,000 made with bills following your donations work hard in providing a huge difference to our work and is a the lifeline that alleviates the stress and vital component of our annual funding, husband’s death poverty in countless situations. The call particularly in the light of the continued on Protestant Aid for assistance continues demand for assistance. Problem: and increases year after year but the When her husband passed solutions we can provide in partnership There are many hidden heroes in away after a long illness, with our donors is significant. Protestant Aid - not least of these are Sarah was left with two the exceptionally hard-working charity Thank you so much for committee members who give many children and a very small your continued generosity unpaid hours of time and expertise as they income. Utility bills were - it is vital to our work. meet and assess specific cases relating weighing down on this Our Visitor Network continues to grow to a wide range of grant applications - young mother and she did and we are delighted to welcome Elizabeth sincere thanks to Robert Bell, Canon David not have the resources to Temple to the team. Elizabeth brings her Gillespie, Glynis Good, Jean Miller, Mary cope. considerable talents to the experienced Neill, Robert Neill, David Pierce and Alison panel of Mildred Gilmore, Phyllis Grothier Young for their unstinting dedication, Protestant Aid’s and Jenny Shaw who remain so generous compassion and hard work. Response: with their time and talents. We continue to operate on a strictly PA responded by supplying non-denominational basis in the funds to clear the utility bills As always, we are extremely Republic of Ireland and all cases and pay for a fill of oil. This grateful for our annual are handled with compassion and gave Sarah a fresh start and grant from the Dept. of the confidentiality, regardless of religious removed this financial stress or ethnic background. Environment, Community from her life. and Local Government Geoff Scargill, Charitable Services Officer New Case Secretary Appointment ……..“On the first day of the New Year, our family awoke to the river having burst its banks and our house being flooded - we were overcome with despair. At that moment, PA was we were homeless and we didn’t know what to do, where to go or who to turn to. delighted to Because of your help, we were able to find temporary accommodation while our home appoint Joyce was being cleaned and repaired, and we could provide security and safety to our Sparkes to children in the midst of this crisis we were facing. I cannot thank you enough for the role of your willingness to help us in our time of need.” Case Secretary ……“I was overwhelmed with gratitude when my Rector told me of your kindness. in May 2015 I will never forget this help as I start a new beginning in my life. You have made it following the easier at this difficult time - I can now look forward with hope as my future begins retirement of to take shape.” Ms. Pat Adam who filled the role with dedication and commitment for ten years. Joyce has brought significant skills Special Thanks to her new role, not least of all in document management and computer literacy. She has already The Department of the Environment, additional €30,000 amount for those made a significant contribution to Community & Local Government has with urgent needs, and as with all the streamlining and management been a consistent supporter of PA’s donations to PA, this was distributed of many administrative processes work over the years - in fact, since the without any deductions for overheads. as the responsibility of this mid-90s - and 2015 was no exception. PA is most grateful for this generous position continues to grow and The Department again provided an addition to its funds. develop. annual grant of €150,000 as well as an One parent families 20% Ill health 28%

Addiction 2%

Other crises 7%

Unemployed / other 43%

ALL GRANTS BY REGION

Connaught Ulster 11% 5% Munster Illness causes Subscribers’ 20% financial despair

Generosity Problem: 38% When MS struck unexpectedly, Fiona had to eventually give Thanks to the on-going generosity of Rest of Leinster 26% up her job due to the rapid loyal subscribers, who consistently acceleration of her illness. contribute every year by cheque or Living alone in a rented standing order, Protestant Aid is able to Protestant Aid and there are also tax house, she felt isolated, alone distribute every euro it receives. advantages for self-employed persons and fearful of the future. The personal tax element of and corporate donors, while those With all her savings used and bills beginning to pile up, subscriptions over €250 from PAYE giving a gift of assets can do so without Fiona felt more vulnerable taxpayers can be reclaimed by the imposition of Capital Gains Tax. than she had ever been in her life. What was she to do? Legacies Protestant Aid’s Response: Fiona got in touch through her Rector who played a key role in the help we were able In recent years, legacies have become entrusted to PA by those who have left to provide. PA was able to an increasingly important contribution provision in their wills for the continuity clear Fiona’s utility bills and to PA’s funds and because they can be of PA’s work, so current subscribers are provide an annuity to help invested wisely for use in the future, asked to consider Protestant Aid and its Fiona face the future with they are an invaluable resource. They are work when making out their Will. confidence. Job loss causes St. John’s Redevelopment anxiety

Problem: Exciting new nursing Richard and Olive were home planned by This new development managing reasonably well on Protestant Aid for will comprise the a day-to-day basis but when St. John’s House, complete upgrading to redundancy struck at the same Merrion Road. time as increased medical the front portion of the expenses, they had a problem. Protestant Aid is delighted to existing building, and the Even the smallest and most vital announce the commencement of household necessity seemed to the re-development of the nursing construction of 54 new put a strain on their budget, home facilities at St John’s House, bedrooms at the rear, causing much anxiety and many Merrion Road, Dublin 4. providing state-of-the-art sleepless night. St John’s House forms part of the care for 56 residents Nursing Home and Sheltered Housing Protestant Aid’s Response: division of Protestant Aid, which also We were pleased to make a includes the Brabazon Trust at nearby Each new room will have en-suite General Grant available to this Sandymount. facilities and the new development will family that bridged the gap to With its origins dating back to the provide communal spaces including Richards’s new employment. It 1890s, St John’s House provides high sitting rooms, dining rooms, quiet allowed utility bills to be paid quality nursing home accommodation rooms, hairdressing salon, etc. on time and helped to alleviate with facilities for up to 38 residents at The Nursing Home will retain its some of the strain and pressure its location at Merrion Road, opposite existing Chapel for the use of the from this challenging period in St Vincent’s University Hospital. residents. their lives. Architects Drawing

Earlier this year, the trustees of St. Mary’s Home, Pembroke Park, Dublin 4, announced their plans to combine with Protestant Aid and to re-locate their residents The Archbishop of Dublin, The Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, is pictured at the signing to St. John’s House at the of the contract with Arthur Vincent (centre), Chairman of Protestant Aid and Dr Michael Webb of the St John’s Development Committee. Watching on are (from left to right): completion of the project Robin George, PA Chief Executive, with Audrey Craven, David Pierce, Alanna Carter, Trevor Watkins, Robert Neill, Barbara Davis, Revd. Canon David Gillespie and Graham Richards. “Just a short line to thank New PA Website Launched everyone at Protestant Aid for their help during my recent difficulties. After months of planning, With PA’s mantra “Care and The financial support I Protestant Aid is pleased Compassion in Action” clearly on received from you was to announce the launch view, the new style website includes up-to-date information on grants and given in a spirit of empathy of its new website. and understanding of my annuities, charity news and the facility situation and for this I am It has been totally re-designed to of a ‘Donate’ button on every page to so grateful. give a fresh new look, and includes much improved navigation, which make donating funds much simpler Thank you for helping me allows information to be found and easier. get back on my feet - it has more quickly and easily. helped me to face the future with confidence.” It is hoped that supporters and subscribers will welcome the revamped website as a modern source of information on the work undertaken by All the existing information has Protestant Aid been reviewed and updated so that everything on the website is as current as possible. www.protestantaid.org Business collapse Protestant Aid

Problem: Administered Charities When Tony’s business went under during the recession Charities administered under the Protestant Aid umbrella include: he did not know where to turn. He had used his savings • The Brabazon Trust • Irish Distressed Ladies’ Fund in an attempt to keep his • St. John’s House • Jubilee Fund business going but this had not • Strand Trust Ltd (includes Pembroke • Irish Clergy Sons Education Society prevented the collapse. Tony Memorial Cottages Trust) • The Molyneux Home did not have funds to heat • Old Men’s Home Charity the family home and with a wife and three school-going children, he worried constantly about how he could protect his Protestant Aid children. Grant Schemes Protestant Aid’s Response:

A grant from Protestant Aid The primary areas of support given by PA include: covered the family’s immediate bills and covered heating • General grants to alleviate poverty • Second-level education fees grants expenses for one year. Tony or distress to assist pupils to attend Protestant- was able to concentrate on • Annuities for the elderly managed schools re-building his career without • Heating allowances for the elderly these stressors in his life. PROTESTANT AID (a Company Limited by Guarantee) - Extracts from the Audited Accounts Year ended 31 December 2015

Income & Expenditure Unexpected repair bills worry pensioner INCOME 2015 2015 2014 2014 Subscriptions and donations: F F F F - Private 388,906 360,176 Problem: - Corporate 11,821 6,105 Vera managed well on her Church/parish contributions 63,164 68,530 Department of Environment, Community small pension until her roof & Local Government started leaking and causing - Annual grant 180,000 180,000 considerable damage. Her

643,891 614,811 meagre savings having been Other income: wiped out with this expense, Investment income 299,258 243,583 Rent receivable 49,867 57,222 she could no longer afford to Department of Environment, Community heat her home. & Local Government - Social Partnership funding 14,130 14,130 Protestant Aid’s Response: 363,255 314,935 PA was pleased to provide TOTAL INCOME 1,007,146 929,746 a Heating Annuity that covered Vera’s heating bills Charitable expenditure (804,740) (741,954) during the winter months. Administrative expenses (267,317) (280,994) This help gives great relief to OPERATING (DEFICIT) FOR YEAR (64,911) (93,202) her as she knows a portion

Transfers from reserves 46,859 75,201 of her annual heating bills Reduction in Dublin Corporation loan 3,300 - is covered - at 76 she is

(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR (14,752) (18,001) delighted with this assistance. CORPORATE DONATIONS Dennison Trailers Ltd 325 Fredna Limited 600 Murray Consultants 100 Dublin Conservative Club 100 Fyffes 100 Nichols Funeral Directors 100 Avoncourt Packaging Limited 200 Dublin Solicitors Bar Association 150 Grant Engineering 100 O’Flaherty Holdings 500 Carey Glass 50 Duffy Express Freight Ltd 1,000 Hills of Bray 100 Wright Consultancy 1,675 Colliers Funeral Service Ltd 1,000 Ecclesiastical Insurance 1,500 Irish Cement 250 CORE Credit Union Shankill 1,000 EI Electronics 2,000 Marketshare Enterprizes Limited 1,000

PRIVATE DONATIONS Ms P Barr Mrs A Bowen Mrs Audrey Carney Mr Rory Connaughton Dr Brian & Joan Barrett Revd & Mrs HH Boyland Ms Hilary Carr Mrs A M Conner Ms P Aarnes-Olsen Mrs Dorothy Barrett Mrs Myrtle E Boyle Mr Harry Carroll Mr & Mrs P Connor Mrs Olive Abraham Mrs Frances Barrett Mr Winston Boyle Mr WM Carson Mr & Mrs Basil Cook Mr Stanley Acres Miss Joyce Barrett William Bracken Mrs Flora Carter Mrs Marion Coombs Mr George Adams Mrs Margaret Barrett Mrs M Brambell Mrs Marie Carter Mrs JWA Cooper Astirah Adeoti Mr & Mrs W Barrett Mrs Brenda Branigan Mr & Mrs Mark Carter Mr & Mrs Leslie Cooper Mr Victor Agar Mr Trevor Barry Mrs Marie Brassington Trevor & Dorothy Carter Mr Frank Coote Alexandra College Revd Prof J Bartlett Mr P D Brennan Mr & Mrs F Cassidy S G Copeland Mrs K M Allander Mr KG Bateson Mr JC Brett Rev Canon David Catterall Mr Fred Cornwall Mr & Mrs GM Allen Mrs B Baynham Mr Richard Brett Ms Suzanne Chadwick Mrs May Corrigan Mr AJ Allison Ms Sheila Beckett Lady Melissa Brooke Mr & Mrs J Chamney Mrs P E Corson Mr & Mrs GN Allison Mrs Aileen Bell Mr GR Brown Ms J Chavasse Ms Philippa Cottle N & M Alton Mr & Mrs Alec Bell Mr & Mrs Jim Brown Miss Judith Christmas Mr JAL Course Mrs E Anderson Mr & Mrs Robert Bell Mr Kenneth Brown David F Churchward Mr Alan Cox Mrs Miriam Anderson Mrs Stella Bell Ms Elisabeth Browne Mrs D Clarke Dr Ronald Cox Mrs L Appleyard Mr Brian Belshaw Mrs Joan Browne Mrs Emma Clarke Mr John Craig Mr Ernest Armitage Mr Douglas Bennett Mr Eddie Brownell Mr Gordon Clarke Mr & Mrs TW Craig Mrs Adrienne Armstrong Mr JM Bennett Mr Jeff Brownlee Mr Jeremy D Clarke Mr & Mrs A Craigie Mr CTC Armstrong Mr Neil Bennett Mrs O Brownlee Mr JS Clarke Mr D Crampton Mr George Armstrong Mrs Edith Berry Mr & Mrs MG Brownlow Ms Lorna Clarke Mrs Hilary Cran Ms P Armstrong Mr Jonathan Bewley Mrs Joan Bruton Mr Thomas Clarke Mrs A Craven Mrs Myrtle Aston Helen J Binions George & Betty Buckley Mr & Mrs James E Cleary Mr Derek Crowe Aileen Atcheson Mr JAD Bird David & Ann Burnett Mr J Clegg Noelle Crowe Mr Brendan Athey Mrs P Bird Mr & Mrs Alex Burns Frank & Deirdre Close Mr N & Revd J Crowley Mrs Daphne Athey Ms Caroline Black Mrs Cynthia Burns Neville & Hazel Cobbe Mr John Culbert Ms Barbara Atkinson Canon & Mrs R J Black Mrs June Burns Mr & Mrs TRM Cobbe Mr & Mrs William Cullen Mrs L Auchincloss Mr Elliott Blakely Mr Tom Butler Mr FJ Cochrane Ms Clare Daly Mr & Mrs Denzil J Auchmuty Mr & Mrs Arthur Blennerhassett Mrs Margaret Buttanshaw Mr Richard P Codd Mrs Leonora Dand Mr Clive Bagnall Mr David Blennerhassett Mr RL Buttimer D R Cody Mr & Mrs DE Dann Mrs KM Bagwell Mr & Mrs J Blennerhassett Ms Azelie Buttimore Mr Terence Coghlan Mr James C Darling Freddie & Gillian Bailey Mrs Lesley Blood Mr John F Buttimore Mr & Mrs Alan & Jill Cole Mrs KM Davies Mrs Sheila Bailey Mr & Mrs David Bockett Mr Roger W Byers Mrs Audrey Cole Ms Jean Davis Mr Alec Balding Mrs Dorothy Bolster Mr & Mrs Robert Calder Right Rev Dr Paul & John & Barbara Davis Mrs A Bannister Mr & Mrs BL Bond Mr & Mrs C Campbell Mrs Susan Colton Mrs Hope Davis Mr & Mrs Frank Bannister Mrs Rosemary Bond Mr Desmond E Campbell Mr & Mrs MA Collie P Davison & A Byrne Ms Janet Barcroft Ms Valerie Bond Mr & Mrs TG Campion Mrs Dorcas Collier Mr Joseph C Davy Mr RC Barklie Mrs Muriel Booth Mrs Betty Cantan Mrs Jane Coman Mr & Mrs Derek Dawson Mr & Mrs Ernest Barnwell Mr David Bourne Mr David Carberry Ms Susan Compton Mr RW Dawson Miss Amelia Day Mr & Mrs George Dyett Bob & Doreen Gardiner Revd S Gyles Mrs Audrey Hunter Mrs Margaret Deacon Mr & Mrs G Eades Mrs Isabel Gardner Mrs Valerie Hade Ms A Elizabeth Hurley Mr Cecil Dean Mrs Sheila Eager John and Claire Gash Mrs M Hamilton Mr & Mrs C Hurley Mrs Esther Deane Mr Victor Earle Mr Cecil A Geelan Mrs Ruth Hamilton Mr SC Hutchinson Mr Howard Deane Mr JH East Mrs Doreen Geelan S Hamilton Miss S Hutton Mr & Mrs S J Delahunt Mr & Mrs RI Elder Mr David George Mrs Clara Hanna Mrs Gladys N Irvine Mr Joseph A Dempsey Mr Derek Elders Mr Robin George & Family Revd Peter & Mrs Joan Hanna Mrs M Irvine Mr W V Denard Mrs Gladys Ellaway Mr David Gillespie Mrs Sheena Harper Mrs Helen Irwin Mr W H Dennison Mr & Mrs Ian Elliott Mr Ken Gillespie Miss SV Harris Fred & Heather Jackson Mrs Ann E Denton Betty & David English Mr Douglas Gillis Mr Tom Harris Mrs Joan Jackson Mr & Mrs Robin Dickinson Seamus English Mr Alan Gilmer Mr George Harron Mrs Joyce Jackson Mrs Christine Dickson J W Evans Mrs Betty Gillmor Mr G Harte Mr Peter Conn Jackson Mr Robert Dier Mr Stephen Fairbrother Mr & Mrs Douglas Gilmore Barbara & Harry Haskins Ms Shirley Jackson Mr Adrian Doak Lyla Fannin Ms Anna C Glasgow Mrs Barbara Haslam Mr Philip Jacob Mr Bryan Dobson Mr Desi Ferguson Mrs J A Gleasure John & Millie Hassett Mr Thomas James Mr & Mrs J Dobson Yvonne & Robert Ferguson Mrs Vivienne Glendenning Mr & Mrs Anthony Hawkins Mr Thomas BH Jameson Mrs Violet Dobson Mr John Ferrall Allan & Dorothy Glynn Miss L Hawkins Mr & Mrs K Jay Mrs Ruth Dodd Mr Frank F Ferris Mrs Heather Godfrey Mr Paul Hayes Mr George Jeffery Mrs Judith Donlon Mr William Finn Mr & Mrs N Golden Mr John Healy Mr Michael Jenkins Mr & Mrs Cecil & Morag Donovan Mr David Finney Mrs C J Gollock Mr R Graham Heather Mr Noel Jennings Mrs Elizabeth Dorman Maud Fitzgerald Mr & Mrs G A Good Mr Mark Heaton Mr Peter Jennings Victor & Rosemary Dorman Smith Mr Trevor Fitzherbert Mr & Mrs Ivan Good Mrs Elizabeth Heckett Mrs Pamela Jephson Mr Mark Douglas Maureen Fitzmaurice Mr & Mrs Jeffery Good Ms A Henderick Mrs Mary Johnson Mr Norman Douglas Mr & Mrs R Fitzsimon Mrs Olive Good David & Dorothy Henderson PR and NS Johnson Mr & Mrs R Douglas Mrs Alison Flack Mr Raymond Good Mrs I Henderson Mr Derek Johnston Mrs B Dowd Miss Muriel Flewett Mr Robert Good Mr and Mrs W Heron Mr & Mrs G Johnston Mr Patrick Dowling Mr George Flower Mr W S Goodwin Mrs M J Hesford Mrs Geraldine Johnston Mr David Dowse Mrs Esther Fogarty Mr Alan Graham Mr JRB Hewat Mrs Gladys H Johnston Mrs Frances Dowse Miss Elsie Foley Miss EJ Graham Mrs Pamela Hewitt-Byrne Mrs June Johnston Gerald Dowse Mr & Mrs NJC Foley-Fisher Mr FS Graham Mr F Higgins Mervyn & Karen Johnston Mr Joseph J Dowse Mr Desmond Foot Ms Rosemary Graham Mr James Hill Mrs V Johnston Mrs Pamela Dowson Mr & Mrs George Ford Miss Marion Granleese Oliver & Patricia Hill Mrs Gladys Jones Mr Ken Doyle Mr John B Forde Mr Gordon Graves Mr Adrian Hilliard Ms Janet Jones Mrs Violet Draper Clifford and Jill Forsyth Mrs Hazel Gray Mr JRF Hilliard Mr Reg Jones William & Eva Draper Revd Mark Forsyth Mrs Jennifer Gray Drs R & S Hingston William & Georgina Jones Ms Barbara Driver Mr & Mrs T Forsyth Philip & Sandra Gray Ms Margaret Hipwell Mrs Sheila Joseph Mr & Mrs V W Dudgeon Ms Elizabeth Fowler Mrs Phyllis Gray Mr & Mrs V Hislip Ms Violet Kells Ms Nuala Dudley Ms Lily Foxall Mrs Sylvia Gray Mr T M Hogan Mr Wilson Kells Mrs Sally Duggan Mr SG Franck Mrs May Greene Mr & Mrs John & Audrey Hogg Eric & Hilary Kemp Mr Trevor Dumbleton Mr Brian R Freeman Mrs Rosemary Greenlee Mr Richard Hogg Mrs Caroline Kennedy Mrs Helen Dunbar Mrs H Frost Ms Elizabeth Greer Mrs Elizabeth Holden Ms Eileen Kennedy Ms Valerie Duncan Mrs Helen Furlong Mrs Maura Griffin Mr and Mrs Norman Holmes Mrs Georgina Kenny Revd Hilary Dungan Mr Philip Fyfe Mrs Elizabeth Griffith Mrs Gladys Hope Mrs Ruth Kenny Mrs Iris Dungan Mr & Mrs Abie Galbraith Mr and Mrs Roy Grindle Mrs P E Hopkins Stephen & Heather Kenny Mr Keith Dungan D Galbraith Ms Christine Grogan Mrs Noel Hosford Ms AM Kerr Mrs Alison Dunlop Mrs Ruth Galbraith Major & Mrs H Grogan Mr G Hubbard Mr Arthur Kerr Revd Stella Durand Mrs B Gallagher Mr Joseph Gubbins Mrs M N Hughes Mr & Mrs R Kerr Mrs Dorothy Durrant Mr Jack Gallagher Mrs Margaret Guy Ms Phyllis Hughes Mr & Mrs Robert & Peggy Kerr Mr John Ketch Mr & Mrs MC MacMillan Mrs Helen Middleton Mr Allen Owens Mr Ronald Robins Mr John Kidd Robert & Hilda MacShane Mrs Emily Milne Robert & Peggy Paget Ms Joan M Robinson Ms Jane Kidney Mr Robert Maharry Mr Ivor Moloney Mrs Frances Pakenham-Walsh Mrs P Robinson Mr David Kinch Mrs Joan Mahony Mr Arthur Montgomery Mr & Mrs Brian Palmer Victor & Joan Rockley The King’s Hospital Mr Michael Malcolmson Mr George Montgomery Mrs Carole Pappin Mrs Ella Rodgers Mr & Mrs Frank King Mr Richard G Mallet Mr J J Moody Fay & Lovell Parker Roy and Joan Rohu Mr Trevor King Mr JM Mannix Capt DJ Mooney Mrs Muriel Parnell Mr Don Ross Mrs Valerie King The Mansion House Fuel Fund Mr Roy Moore Mrs Margaret Pasley Mrs Gertie Ross Mrs Olive Kingston Rev William Marshall Revd Adrian Moran Mrs Anne Patterson Mr JF Ross Mr William Kinlan Mrs H M Martin Mr John H Morris Mr Alan Patton Mr Noel Ross Mr HK Kinsman Ms Theresa Martin Mr John Morrow Mr & Mrs Roy Payne Mr James Rothwell Mrs M E Kirker Mr & Mrs Victor & Iris Martin Mr David Morton Miss RJ Peacocke Mr Eric Rountree Mr Roger Kirker Miss Phyllis Mason Mrs Jill Moss Mr Frank Peard Mr David Rowe Ms Edith Kirkpatrick Mr B L Matson Edmond & Elizabeth Moynan Mrs Roma Peare Mr & Mrs Stanley Rowe Mrs Eileen Kirkpatrick Mr Brian W Mattsson Margaret Moynan Mrs Susan Pedlow Mrs Elizabeth Rowland Mrs Rosemary Knight Ken & Joy Mawhinney Mr Roger Muller Mr Neal Peevers Royal School Cavan Mr W Lait Mrs Elizabeth Mayes Mrs Caroline Murphy Charles & Suzanne Pegley Mr & Mrs John Roycroft Mrs Joan Lambert Miss Rita McAssey Ms Deirdre Murphy Dr Tom Peirce Mr Gordon Russell Ms Rosalind Lane Mr Desmond McCaig Mr John Murphy Mrs DFU Perceval Mr Raymond Russell Mrs Joan Larke Mr S McCamley Mr Leslie H Murphy Mrs Doreen Pigott Revd Peter & Dr Janet Ms Rosemary Latimer David & Lynn McCleane Mrs Sarah Murphy Dr Rachel Pike Rutherford Mr Denis Lawler Beatrice McConnell The Naira Trust Mrs Yvonne Pim Miss Heather Rutledge Bob and Yvonne Laycock Joan McConnell Navan Kells Youth Group Mr John Plant Ms Lin Ryan Mr Frederick Lee Ted & Dorothy McCormack Mr Bernard Neary Mr Peter Pollock Mrs Sowntharaleela Ryan Jack & Elizabeth Lee Dr Joan E McCormick The Neill Trust Harriet Pomeroy Michael & Elizabeth Ryder Mrs Ethel Leech Mrs F McCoy Mr Richard Neilson Robert & Hilda Porter Mr & Mrs S Rynhart Norman & Sylvia Leeson Mr & Mrs Gordon McCoy Mr Justin Nelson Mr D Potter Mr Clive Salter Tony & Gladys Leeson Kevin McCoy Mrs Doreen Newell Mr Peter Powell Canon G Salter Mr Trevor Leopold Mr Bobby McCready Stephen & Jane Newell Ms Georgina Power John & Marjorie Salter Mr Alan Lewis Mr David McCullagh Mr Anthony Nicholson Ms Hilary J Prentice Miss Peggy Satchwell Norman & Agnes Lewis Mr Robin McCulloch Mrs JE Nicholson Mr Desmond Preston Mr Brian G Saville Dorothy Lillie Mr Fergus McCullough Mr David Norris Mr Hamilton Pringle Mrs D Sawyer-Chapman Ms Christina Lillis Mr Rodney McCullough Mr Bruce O’Brien Mr & Mrs David Proger Mr Geoff Scargill Archdeacon Gordon Linney Mr & Mrs P McDowell Mr Douglas O’Brien Mr & Mrs Robert Prole Mr John Schofield “Live Alone” Lunch Committee Alan & Elizabeth McGloughlin Neville O’Byrne Mr L Purser Mr Ian A Scott Mr & Mrs G Lloyd Ralph & Olive McGuckin Mrs Joan O’Connell Mr George Quinn Miss Lucy N Sealy Mr Richard Locke Mr & Mrs Alan McGurdy Martin O’Connor Mrs K Reamsbottom Mrs Joy Searight Mr E Logan & C O’Malley Mr Derek McHugh Ms Monic O’Connor Mr & Mrs Paul Redding David & Hilary Semple Revd Kingsley E Long Mrs Elizabeth McHugh Mr LL Odlum Mrs I Reid Mr Rodney Senior Mr Ronnie Long Mr W McIlreavy Joe & Ellen O’Donnell Mrs Gillian Reynolds Mr Derek W Seymour Mr David Lovegrove Mr Liam McKenna Mr C O’Dowda Maurice Rice Mrs Mary Shackleton Mr John W Lovell Mr & Mrs B McKeon Mrs Winifred O’Keeffe Mr GC Richards Dr & Mrs G Shanik Norman Lowry Ms Betty McKinley The & Madam O’Morchoe Mr Reg Richards Mrs Adrienne Shannon Mrs Anne Lysaght Mrs Jean McMullen Mr BG O’Neill Mrs NJ Richardson Mrs Dorothy M Shaw Lyndon MacCann Mr Stan McMullen Jim & Helen O’Neill Mrs Rose Richmond Mr J Leslie Sheil Dr J MacDougald Mr David Mee Mr Robert O’Neill Mrs Rosemary Robertson Joe & Gillian Sheils Mr Nicholas MacGillycuddy Mrs V Meneely Mrs Doreen Orr Mr & Mrs Norman Robins Mrs Elizabeth Sheppard The Sheppard Trust Mr David Sykes Mrs Geraldine Watts LEGACIES Andrew Chambers Mrs VA Sheridan Mr Albert Symes Basil & Olive Waugh Tom & Gwen Chambers 250 Mrs Joan Morton 6,500 Mrs Heather Sherlock Mr Francis Symes Drs Michael & Elizabeth Webb Claire Chavasse Mr Glascott Symes Mr Leslie Weekes Mr David Pyle 2,000 Ms Catharina Sherrard Mr H Chavasse 250 Mr Robert Sherwood Mr Jim Tait Mr Desmond Weir Mr Mervyn Shorten Mrs MJ Talbot H Weir Patrick Clayton Mr & Mrs E Shortt WR & AB Tarleton Dr Hugh WL & the Hon Mrs Weir ANONYMOUS DONATIONS Mrs Barbara Clayton 100 Ms Joy Simmons Mr & Mrs D Taylor Mrs Irish Weir 1 x 10 1 x 20 Joan Cooke Leslie & Vera Simmons Mrs D Taylor Mrs Mabel Weir 1 x 63 1 x 350 Eric & Hilary Kemp 100 Mr David A Simpson Dr MRH Taylor Mr & Mrs JR West 1 x 1,000 1 x 3,000 Mr Herbert Sixsmith Mr Quentin Teggin Ms Gillian Wharton & Alan Mrs Etta Daly 4 x 5,000 1 x 7,000 Mrs Ruby Sixsmith Mrs Anne Thompson Rowden Funeral Collection and 1 x 10,000 1 x 15,000 Mr WH Skelton Mr Gordon A Thompson Mr Thomas Whelton Daly Family 1,000 2 x 20,000 2 x 50,000 Mr & Mrs D Skerritt Mr John Thompson Mr Ted Whitaker 1 x 85,000 Graeme Dawson M Skuce Kenneth Thompson Trust Mr & Mrs Arthur White Mr L K Dawson 100 Mrs Georgina Smith Mr & Mrs Mark Thornburgh Mrs Mary White Anne Denard Mr Kenneth Smith Mrs S Thornhill Mrs Maud White IN MEMORY OF Ms Winifred A Smith Brian and Beatrice Thorpe Mrs Deirdre Whitley Mr W V Denard 300 Mr & Mrs MH Smyth Ernest & Cynthia Tracey Miss Joy Whittaker Ian Bailie Samuel Downes Mrs R Smyth Ms Adele Trapnell Mr & Mrs Victor Whye Mr John Wilson 78 Mrs Florence Downes 100 Mr A E Somerfield Mr & Mrs CW Treadwell Mrs Jean Whyte George & Ruth Bannister John Durrant The Southern Store Trust The JVM Trench Will Trust Mr Derek Wilkinson Mrs Gladys Doyle 50 Frank & Jennifer Sowman Mrs Joan Troy R & E Wilkinson Mrs Dorothy Durrant 200 Fred & Deirdre Spendlove Mr John Tunstead Mr & Mrs David Will Rt Revd Peter Barrett Allan Gardner Mr George Spotswood Ken & Margaret Turner Mr Alwyn C Williams Mrs Anne Barrett 130 Mrs Isabel Gardner 40 Rev J White Spunner Mrs Thelma Turner Mrs Esme Williams Rt Revd Michael Burrows 130 St Andrew’s National School Lucan Mr & Mrs William Turner Mrs Heather Williamson Rt Revd Dr Donald and Walter G Greer Ms Eveline St Leger Mr B J Tyrrell Mr DPB Willis Mrs Nancy Caird 50 Ms Elizabeth Greer 25 Arthur & Myrtle Stanley Mr & Mrs Unger T G T Willis Carnegies Funeral Home 121 Dorothy Haughton Mr & Mrs John Stanley Mr Derek Vaughan Mrs Nancy Willoughby Mr N & Revd J Crowley 100 Mr & Mrs Stuart Walker 200 Ms Y Stanley Ms Hazel Vickery Mr & Mrs Arthur Wills Michael and Mary Hayes 100 Hazel Mr & Mrs D Steedman Mrs Ruby Vigors Eleanor Wills Dr James R Houston 20 Mr Cyril Sherwood 50 Mr Michael Steen Mr Berkeley Vincent Mrs Hazel Wills Mr Michael Jenkins 25 Mr & Mrs Sydney Stephens Mr Stanley Vogan Mrs Sheila Wilmet St Canice’s Cathedral, Eileen Hogan Mr & Mrs Howard Stewart Mr & Mrs C G Walker Mrs Agnes Wilson Kilkenny 200 Mr T M Hogan 250 Professor & Mrs C Stillman Mr & Mrs Stuart Walker Mrs Alison Wilson Dr Kathleen Marshall 100 Revd Canon Horace Eric Hughes George & Audrey Strong Ms V Walker Mrs Marion Wilson Mrs M N Hughes 100 Mr & Mrs S Strong Mr WJR Wallace Robert & Jane Wilson McKinley 75 Mr & Mrs Stephen Strong Mr George Walpole Ms Ruth Wilson Revd and Mrs Robert Emily Kerr Miss MH Stuart Mr & Mrs George Walsh Mrs Violet Wilson McMullan 50 Mr Arthur Kerr 20 Mr & Mrs WJ Stuart Mrs Deirdre Wann Mr Philip Wingfield George Briscoe Violet Latimer Brian & Clodagh Studdert Mrs E A Wardlaw Dr G Brian Wisdom Mrs Jean Briscoe 200 Ms Rosemary Latimer 30 Mr Donald Studdert Rt Revd & Mrs Warke Mr Mervyn Wisdom Violet Buchanan Mrs D Styles Mr William Warren Jimmy & Margaret Woolmington Myra Leeson Mr Dudley Buchanan 300 Mrs Ruby Sullivan Mr Bruce Watchorn Mrs Evelyn Wright Mr Alan Leeson 250 Mrs R Sutton Sam & Ruth Watchorn Mr Edward Young Alice Campbell Percy Lovegrove Mr R Swainson Mr Ronnie Watt Canon Noel Young Mr Alan J Campbell 75 Mr David Lovegrove 100 IN MEMORY OF (continued) Mr & Mrs Arnold Horner 100 Jean Scott 100 Andrea Murtagh Florence Rowden Mrs Denise King Mr & Mrs C Hurley 100 Rhona Scott 20 Mr Eugene Murtagh 250 Mr Cecil Rowden 100 Mr & Mrs S Anderson 100 Henry and Marianne Irvine 50 Mrs Adrienne Shannon 25 Polly S & E Shore Mrs Dorothy Barrett 200 Mrs Helen Irwin 50 Ms Joy Simmons 50 Mr WGJ Kidd 250 Mrs Violet Rothwell 10 Stuart & Maeve Bayley 50 Mr Alan King 100 Mrs Georgina Smith 40 Ted George E Benn 50 Frank & Margaret King Phyllis Taylor 30 & Cicely McSorley 500 Mr and Mrs Norman Walker 500 James Potter Mrs B Slater 100 Mr Jonathan Bewley 50 Mrs O P Potter 25 Mrs A Bowers 100 Roger and Heather King 150 Mr & Mrs Stuart Walker 50 Donny Thompson Valerie King 100 Azelie Buttimore 100 Royden Prole Mr John McDonald 10 Mr John F Buttimore 300 Mr Alan Leeson 250 Canon Basil McCrea Mr & Mrs Robert Prole 200 Valerie Mrs Violet Cathcart Private Mr and Mrs John Leeson 100 Dr Deirdre McCrea 50 Mr John Ferrall 75 Corinthian Commercial Lodge 250 Barry & Rosalind Little 50 Peter McDonough Jeffrey David Rea Dr C and Mrs J Dick 100 Mr & Mrs G Lloyd 40 Maud White Maurice & Pam McDonough 300 Mr DC Rea 50 Graham Farrell 100 Dee & Geoff Lovegrove 100 Neville & Hazel Cobbe 50 Alan and Caroline Foster 50 David and Lynn McCleane 100 Mr J Moore Robert F Richmond Eddie Wilkinson Mr Robin George & family 100 Sean McDermott 100 Catherine Hay 50 Mrs Rose Richmond 50 Mrs Eleanor Wilkinson 250 Carolyn Gordon 50 Mrs Helen Middleton 30 Valerie Grimes & Joan Jackson 20 Mrs Geraldine Poff 50 Pat Moloney Henry Robinson Samuel Wilson Ruth Heard 50 Carol M Pollard 10 Ms J Chavasse 100 Ms Joan M. Robinson 25 Mrs Agnes Wilson 200

CHURCH/PARISH DONATIONS Cloydagh Parish 260 Methodist Church Dublin North Circuit 100 St. Mary’s, Blessington 200 Donegal Group of Parishes 200 Mullinacuffe Parish 130 St. Mary’s, Ardee 170 Abbeyleix & Killermogh Union 100 Dorrha Parish 80 Navan Union of Parishes 200 St. Mary’s, Crumlin 300 Aghold Church (Tullow Group) 159 Douglas Union 200 Nenagh Union of Parishes 500 St. Mary’s, 1,150 Actors’ Church Union 654 Drumcondra/Nth Strand & St Barnabas 1,000 Newcastle-Lyons 463 St. Mary’s, Rathvilly 144 All Saints, Blackrock 1,000 Dunboyne Union of Parishes 550 Newcastle & Newtownmountkennedy 420 St. Matthew’s Church, Irishtown 100 All Saints, Rahaney 750 Enniscorthy & Monart Union 500 Powerscourt and Kilbride 1,500 St. Matthias’ Church, Ballydehob 211 Athlone Union of Parishes 100 Fiddown Union of Parishes 250 Parish 1,000 St. Nicholas, Galway 230 Athy Union of Parishes 200 Glasnevin Parish 218 Rathmichael Parish 1,000 St. Ninians Convoy Parish 40 Aughadown & Kilcoe Union 75 Heynestown Union (St. Paul’s) 400 with Harold’s Cross 2,400 St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 4,500 Calary Parish Church 500 Holy Trinity Church, Crosshaven 200 Roscrea Group of Parishes 500 St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim 500 Carrigaline Union 500 Holy Trinity Church, Frankfield, Cork 200 Sandford Parish 250 St. Patrick’s Church, Dalkey 500 Castleknock & Mulhuddart w/Clonsilla 1,000 Holy Trinity, Killiney 1,000 Santry Parish 600 St. Paul’s, Collooney 235 Castlepollard & Oldcastle 700 Kells Union 200 Shinrone Parish 367 St. Paul’s, Glenageary 1,000 Centenary Methodist Church 800 Kilbride Parish, St. Brigid’s 50 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Bray 200 St. Peter’s, Drogheda 242 Christ Church Bray 150 Kildallon Parish 160 St. Ann’s 4,000 St. Peter’s, Kiltegan 250 Christ Church Cathedral 1,000 Killiskey Parish 112 St. Brigid’s, 850 St. Philip & St. James, 1,500 Christ Church Delgany 765 Kill-O-The-Grange Parish 1,000 St. Canice’s, Finglas 200 St. Philips Church, Milltown 200 Christ Church Gorey 150 Kilmore Diocesan Committee 1,007 St. Columba’s Church, Tullow 200 St. Saviours Church, Arklow 125 Christ Church Leeson Park 520 Kilsaran Union 200 St. George’s Parish, Balbriggan 150 St. Thomas’s, 2,313 Christchurch with Mariners 2,000 Kilternan Parish 400 St. James Church, Crinken 5,319 Swords, Clonmethan, Killsallaghan 100 Clondalkin & Rathcoole Parish 600 Kingscourt & Syddam 275 St. John’s Cathedral, Sligo 300 Taney Parish 2,500 Clontarf Parish 1,300 Kinsale Union of Parishes 1,100 St. John’s Church, Rossnowlagh 168 Whitechurch Parish 800 Clontuskert Parish 50 Leixlip Union of Parishes 900 St. Jude’s & St. Laurence’s 200 Wicklow Parish Church 425 Cloughjordan Group 350 Malahide, Portmarnock & St. Doulagh 1,000 St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tuam 400 Zion Parish 1,758

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