Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid accepting the invitation to the Golden Jubilee Mass in St. Andrew’s.

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

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid regarding the Pioneer Jubilee rally. 1 item

Copy of typed letter to + John D’Alton, Primate of All Ireland, informing him that Mgr. Montini, Mgr. Kaas and Count Galeazzi, Chief Architect of the Vatican City, have assured him that a Chapel to St. Columban can and will be erected in the Crypt. It would hold about forty people and cost about £10-12,000.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Eamon de Valera inviting him to a dinner in honour of Cardinal D’Alton.

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.

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.

[February 1961] Copy letter and handwritten letter from +McQuaid to +Riberi in relation to correspondence from the Holy Father which was addressed to Cardinal D’Alton on the spiritual needs of South America. He is honoured that the Holy Father wishes his opinion on the subject but he states ‘…I am conscious that my opinions cannot seriously help the Holy Father’. He discusses the Society of St. Columban and mentions the Irish Colleges in Rome and Salamanca.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from John A. Costello thanking the Archbishop for the invitation to lunch with Cardinal D’Alton.

Letter from +O’Hara to Cardinal D’Alton regarding Catholic principles and policies in relation to UNESCO. He states the Holy See is concerned with the activities of the programme and policies of OMEP as they deal with the education of children of pre-school age. This is a delicate matter ‘…since there is considerable Masonic influence at work in OMEP, which is tinged with communism’. The Holy Father wants Ireland to bring its influence to bear at the Congress in Rome in August. He also asks that a competent ‘layman’ to establish contact with the International Catholic Co-ordinating Centre for UNESCO in Paris. He also suggests that the Irish Hierarchy establish a National OMEP Committee in Ireland.