Letter from Mgr. Benelli to Fr. O’Connell stating that the Holy Father has conferred the Bene Merenti medal on James McNally, Athy. The diploma and medal are enclosed and he wishes them to be give to the Archbishop when he returns from Australia. The amount due in taxes is £5.0.0.

Letter from Mgr. Benelli to Fr. Michael [O’Connell]. In Italia.

Handwritten letter to Dr. O’Connell from Sean Collins, T.D. He is unable to attend the reception for the new Papal Legate due to the death of his brother-in-law.

Typed letter to Fr. Michael P. O’Connell, Archbishop’s Secretary, from John A. Costello seeking a job for an unemployed gardener.

Letter from Mgr. Storero to Rev. Dr. Michael O’Connell thanking him for the cheque for £2.5.0., towards the relief of refugees. This will be sent to the Holy Father. He also thanks him for the good wishes sent on his appointment as Secretary to the Apostolic Nuncio.

Letter from Mgr. Storero to Rev. Dr. O’Connell thanking him for the recent correspondence and the enclosed copies of the Appeal of the Archbishop on behalf of the Catholic Social Service Conference.

Letter from +Riberi to Rev. Dr. O’Connell thanking him for the cheque for £33.2.0 which was sent on behalf of the Catholic Women’s Federation of Secondary School Unions for the Holy Father’s refugee fund.

Letter from +MacNeely to Rev. O’Connell. He encloses a cheque for Italian election fund to fight communism.

• 26 April 1969 Correspondence involving John White, C.SS.R., Sant Alfonso, Roma, Fr. Daniel Collier, St. Kieran’s College, Kilkenny, + McQuaid, and + Peter Birch regarding the visit to Ossory of Fr. Bernard Haring, C.SS.R. Fr. Haring was a leading signatory among 87 theologians in America who protested against the Encyclical Humae Vitae. Due to opposition Fr. Haring wrote to + Birch and offered to withdraw. Raphoe A 1038. 15 January 1954 Handwritten letters from + Wm MacNeely to Dr. O’Connell enclosing cheques.

Handwritten letter to Dr. O’Connell from Fr. McCann saying the festival will take place in The Hague, August 2 – 16. Any representatives from Iron Curtain countries will be refugees. Teams from Spain, France, England and Wales have accepted invitations.