Invitation to +McQuaid to attend a Reception at the Mansion House on the occasion of conferring the freedom of the city to President S.T. O’Kelly and Cardinal D’Alton. 56/

Copy letter from +McQuaid to Cardinal D’Alton regarding Fr. McGrath and the Constitutional General Assembly of the Catholic International Education Office.

Correspondence (21 items) relating to the organization of a meeting between the Hierarchy and the Government to allow the Hierarchy the opportunity to express their views on the legislation amending the licensing laws. The correspondents are + Fergus, Taoiseach de Valera, Cardinal D’Alton, Minister for Justice Oscar Traynor, +McQuaid, + Lucey, + Browne, + Conway, Francis Lenny.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid thanking him for the hospitality shown to him at Archbishop’s House and wishing him well on his trip to Sydney.

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

Letter from Cardinal D’Alton, Ard Coeli, Armagh, to McQuaid thanking him for the notice regarding the arrangements for the Litugical Reception. He is not yet sure whether he will be able to attend.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid regarding the Faculties of veterinary Science.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid, marked Confidential. He encloses a copy of a letter he is sending to Cardinal D’Alton and the Archbishops of Tuam and Cashel in relation to Fr. Edward Lodge Curran, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn who is due to visit Ireland where he wishes to give a number of open-air public addresses. The priest is persona non grata in many American Dioceses. He had visited Ireland previously and addressed several public meetings. Fr. Lodge Curran claims there was never any objection to these by the Irish Hierarchy. He wishes the Cardinal and Archbishops to inform their Bishops. Annotated by +McQuaid stating ‘The address was given in O’Connell Street without my knowledge. I should never have allowed it’. See item 483.

Copy letter from +D’Alton to Joseph Walsh, Ambassador to the Holy See seeking his assistance in securing an audience with the Holy Father for the first National Pilgrimage from Ireland.

Note of congratulations from +McQuaid to Cardinal D’Alton on his Golden Jubilee.