Letter from +Fergus to +McQuaid regarding an Order of Nuns. He mentions the La Sagesse Sisters but suggests the Archbishop contact the Bishop of Elphin also. Ardagh & Clonmacnois

Handwritten note to + McQuaid informing him that the Bishop of Ardagh to hold the pilgrimage at Clonmacnoise. Would he now give permission?

Handwritten letter from Fr. Ciaran Ryan, Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, to + McQuaid. He is to take up a position as lecturer in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics in UCD and in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Seeks his permission to reside in Dublin.

Copy of typed letter from + McQuaid to + Fergus noting that all Episcopal Commissions are to make a report. Ardagh & Clonmacnoise

• Correspondence relating to the presence in Dublin of one priest and two lay-brothers of the German Missionary Congregation of St. Ottilien. Letters and Memoranda. Already pre- war fund-collecting in several parts of Ireland by one of the lay-brothers (Ferns, Ardagh, Limerick). Immediately before outbreak of war the trio were in Ireland, escaping interment in Britain as Enemy Allies; their house in Hendon (Westminster) having as Superior a priest (English?) who was the only member of the community not interned. Archbishop gravely displeased at the trio’s residence in Dublin. Plan for temp. Hospitality at Glenstal fails. Superior at Hendon takes issue with Archbishop. Report of Dept. of External Affairs Benedictines Monasteries-General

Handwritten letter to Fr. MacMahon from Seamus Grace, 11, Ardagh Park, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, reporting on the Nigerian Students’ Conference. The High Commissioner, Alhaji Abdul Maliki, gave the students a lot of encouragement and at the same time expressed the view that the Union was occupying itself too much with politics to the neglect of other things.

15-19 April 1958 Correspondence between +Levame, +McQuaid & Fr. Mouly, Sacred Heart Fathers, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Fr. Mouly wishes to ascertain if there is any information in the Archives on the Irish College, Paris and in particular Fr. Higgins from Ardagh. +McQuaid replies that a new Archive has recently been opened and Mgr. O’Regan and Mgr. Curran will be asked to see if any items of relevance exist. One letter in French.

Typed letter to Chris from Tom Harty. The Bishop of Ardagh is quite thrilled with the idea of bringing workers from Dublin. 1 item

Letter from +Cathal Daly, Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, to +McQuaid, stating he will be unable to assist at the Liturgical Reception as he is leading a Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock on the same day.