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.

Typed letter from + John D’Alton to + McQuaid regarding ‘Rowan’s letter.’

Correspondence between James Ardle MacMahon, Most Rev. G. O. Simms, Archbishop of Dublin, + McQuaid, + William Conway, and the Town Clerk, Arklow, regarding the death of Cardinal D’Alton.

21-23 July 1958 Correspondence between +Levame & +McQuaid stating that 1959 marks the 20th anniversary of the accession of the Holy Father to the Throne of Peter and also marks the Diamond Jubilee of his ordination. The Secretariat of State wishes these days to be acknowledged in the form of religious celebrations, with the recitation of the ‘Pro Pontifice nostro Pio’. The Nuncio suggests that a special ceremony be held in the Pro Cathedral on 2 March and on 2 April to hold a special Mass under the presidency of Cardinal D’Alton in a church in the centre of Ireland, which can be selected at a later date. +McQuaid states he will arrange the ceremony at the Pro Cathedral and will inform the Nuncio of other celebrations in the Diocese in due course.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid thanking him for his words of support as he enters his new office.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid regarding a request to the Hierarchy by the Holy See to protest to the Hungarian Government over the detention of Cardinal Primate Mindszenty. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid regarding the stating he will authorise Fr. McGrath to act as the Irish representative at the Lucerne assembly.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid thanking him for his gracious message regarding his elevation.

Handwritten letter from H. D’Alton, Bishop’s House, Mullingar, to Pat thanking him for sending on Lists of Catechetical Instructions. Ossory

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid indicating where he wishes to sit on the night of the Academic session, at the Gresham Hotel, in connection with the Tercentenary of the Death of the Nuncio Rinuccini. He wishes the Archbishop to join him afterwards in greeting President Sean T. O Ceallaigh and the other members of the Diplomatic Corps. He also mentions that Cardinal D’Alton is sending a telegram to the Holy Father, in the name of the Irish Hierarchy, in relation to Rinuccini.