Letter from Mgr. Alibrandi to Rev. Michael O’Connell, acknowledging a cheque for £5.8.6. which will be transmitted to Rome on behalf of the Catholic Societies Vocational Organisation Conference, in respect of the Workers’ Gift to Mary.

Letter from Mgr.Gerada to Dr. O’Connell, Archbishop’s House, thanking him for the cheque for £5 which was received from the Bishop of Clonfert, Dr. Philbin, for the Catholic Hospital in Tehran.

Letter from Mgr. Storero to Rev. Dr. Michael O’Connell thanking him for a cheque for £20.1.3. This was given by an anonymous client of Messrs. Monks & Gaynor, Solicitors, for the relief of refugees.

Letter from +Sensi to +McQuaid stating that the honour of Domestic Prelate has been bestowed on Fr. Michael O’Connell, Parish Priest of Rathmines. The tax owing on This is £20. The Benemerenti Medal is also been given to Mr. Edward Doyle. The tax owing on this is £12.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid thanking him for enclosures relating to the Lenten Regulations and the Apostolic Constitution ‘Christus Dominus’. He much admired the statement in relation to attendance at Trinity College and the declaration on Catholic education. He also thanks him for allowing Dr. O’Connell to accompany him on a recent trip to Northern Ireland and the ‘West Coast’.

Letter from Mgr. Benelli to Fr. O’Connell thanking him for the cheque for £2 which will be forwarded to the Sacred Congregation.

Letter from +O’Hara to Fr. O’Connell thanking him for the cheque for £4 in respect of a rescript for the Dominican Institute, Cabra.

Letter from +MacNeely to Rev. O’Connell. He acknowledges receipt of sum for the Hierarchy University Fund but has not received the Dean’s Report for 56-57 and hopes O’Connell can help. Printed annotation.

• 1 March 1961 Correspondence from + MacNeely to Dr. O’Connell relating to cheques to the Hierarchy University Fund, the Emigrants’ Fund, and the Blaney Charity.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Dr. John F. O’Connell, T.D., on the overcrowding in the Lynch household, Ballyfermot. Fifteen people share a two-bedroom house. Asks what action can be taken in a matter such as this on moral grounds.