Copy of typed letter to + D’Alton from +McQuaid requesting that he call a meeting of the Hierarchy to consider the Standing Committee’s statement.

Letter from Fr. H.J. McKernan to Fr. Mangan thanking him for informing him of His Grace’s approval of Dr. D’Alton as preacher and Fr. Collier for the retreat.

Note to + McQuaid informing him that The Irish Independent reported that Cardinal D’Alton will attend Cardinal Godfrey’s funeral. Should he inform the evening papers that Mgr. Hurley is to represent the Archbishop?

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid. He regrets that he won’t be able to be with +McQuaid on Tuesday but has already scheduled confirmation for that day. He further writes about the government declining the offer of +McQuaid to mediate in the teacher’s strike.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid regarding a proposed meeting with the Council of Ireland.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid regarding regarding the Jubilee Mass in Maynooth for the Catholic Truth Society of Ireland.

Letter from Sean T. O Ceallaigh to McQuaid stating that he has learned that McQuaid wishes to witness the presentation of credentials by the new Nuncio at he Arus. He states the Archbishop is more than welcome and he is also inviting Dr. D’Alton of Armagh.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid thanking him for the ‘gracious letter that I received from the Hierarchy of Ireland through His Eminence, the Most Reverend Cardinal D’Alton and their Lordships the Most Reverend Secretaries of the Hierarchy on the occasion of my departure from Ireland to take up new duties that have been assigned me in Great Britain’. He especially thanks the Archbishop for all his help and that he will treasure the memories he has of Ireland, whose people have a deep practical catholic faith. He asks for continued prayers in relation to his new position on ‘…the other side of the Irish Sea…’

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid suggesting

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid. He thanks +McQuaid for his letter of congratulation and writes of the heavy burden he now faces.