Letter from Fr. Blake to Fr. Mangan informing him that he has examined the Alpa Stones in Mount Merrion and Kilmacud chapels and found them in good condition and rubically perfect.

Owing to the vacancy of the Holy See, there will be a delay in granting faculties etc. sought for by L.; thanks L. fer his generous gift of money; it is not true, as some of the bishops state, that Dr. Blake left the Irish College solvent; tbe latter's papers are in complete disorder; Dr. Kelly intends returning to Ireland at Easter; the Roman climate does not suit him; hopes that Catholic Emancipation will prove a blessing to all and that it will be complete.

Typed letter to Fr. Martin. Name of sender, their address and date of writing deleted. At a meeting of the IHA (Irish Housewives Association) a letter was read suggesting a memorial be erected to the late Jean Coo (word deleted). All the “big shots” were present – R. Mills, R. Jacobs, L. Kingston, Lilly O’Rourke, Mrs Tweedy, Mrs Pike, Miss Blake, Mrs McGregor and Mrs Simms. Committee refused to get involved.

• Letters from Maurice Blake, Theatre for Youth, Birkenhead to Mgr. Edward Gallen regarding the possibility of Blake contacting schools with a view to arranging a tour. A prospectus is enclosed. 30 September 1958

Letter from Fr. Blake to +McQuaid thanking him for his letter regarding the Mass for the deceased German Catholic soldiers.

Blake Sproule, Miss M., 17 Rathmines Park. Writes to complain of the film, Heaven Can Wait, in the Stella which mocks Death and Eternity.

Letter from Fr. M. Blake to +McQuaid telling him that the social work in the area is ‘cheerfully done by our own people.’ 1 item

Dr. W. Goppinger 16 Dr. Blake, ef the Irish College, Rome, is requesting financial support from the bishops; he has not gone about this business very tactfully, and has presumed tee much; the whole future of the Irish Colleges abroad has to be faced by the bisheps, and the Roman establishment especially awaits the decision of the Irish bishops at their next meetinq.