Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid, marked Confidential. He encloses a copy of a letter he is sending to Cardinal D’Alton and the Archbishops of Tuam and Cashel in relation to Fr. Edward Lodge Curran, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn who is due to visit Ireland where he wishes to give a number of open-air public addresses. The priest is persona non grata in many American Dioceses. He had visited Ireland previously and addressed several public meetings. Fr. Lodge Curran claims there was never any objection to these by the Irish Hierarchy. He wishes the Cardinal and Archbishops to inform their Bishops. Annotated by +McQuaid stating ‘The address was given in O’Connell Street without my knowledge. I should never have allowed it’. See item 483.

Letter from + Gerard O’Hara to Dr. Michael J. O’Connell seeking his advice in helping Margaret O’Leary obtain employment.

Copy of typed letter to Sean McEntee, Minister for Local Government and Public Health, from Michael P. O’Connell, Secretary, informing him that St. Patrick’s Home, Navan Road, is now part of the parish of Chapelizod and that Fr. Bernard McMahon is its Chaplain.

Typed letter to Mgr. Michael O’Connell, Irish College, Rome, from Michael Flynn, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Ireland, seeking a meeting with +McQuaid.

Typed report by Dr. O’Connell. Mr. Joseph P. Walshe phoned to say notes were being posted to say that Mass will be offered in the Church of the Visitation, Fairview, on Sunday, 3 June, 1945, for the repose of the soul of Herr Hitler. Further, a notice appeared in the Irish Independent, saying a Mass was to be celebrated for Mussolini at Merchant’s Quay Church. Mr. Walshe feels that the Franciscans were deceived. Fr. Hans also deceived. He thought that the Mass for Hitler was a private matter.

Handwritten draft of letter to Miss MacEntee from Michael P. O’Connell acknowledging receipt of the letter.

Typed letter to Dr. O’Connell from Brian Durnin, Dept. of External Affairs, informing him that Mlle. Marguerite Marie Dubois is recovering from illness and will not be able to visit Ireland this year. The visit is not cancelled, merely postponed.

Draft handwritten letter (in +McQuaid’s writing) to John F. O’Connell, Esq., M.B., T.D. from the Secretary. The Archbishop did not say he would not grant an interview, he is surprised that his name was used in the Dail, and if Dr. O’Connell has any practical proposals to make asks that they be sent to him in advance that His Grace may decide if it is necessary or useful to see him.

Draft handwritten letter (in +McQuaid’s writing) to John F. O’Connell, from the Secretary. His Grace will take what measures he considers suitable.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Dr. John F. O’Connell, T.D., enclosing a copy of a letter he has sent to Dublin Corporation in connection with overcrowding in a mixed adult family.