Letter from +Murphy to +McQuaid regarding the possibility of an award for John Costello, of the C.Y.M.S.I

Letter from +Cody to +McQuaid stating two members of the St. Joseph Sisters will arrive in Ireland towards the end of April. He recounts his own memories of his recent trip. He invites the Archbishop to participate in the Diocesan Centennial. He mentions the recent trip to the States by Prime Minister Costello. He was unable to travel to Canada as his schedule was too full. He hopes he will visit at a later stage and believes it would have a great impact on Irish-Canadian relations. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Handwritten letter and a typed copy of the letter to +McQuaid from John A. Costello, assuring him that his views will receive respectful and earnest consideration.

Copy of a typed letter to Dr. Browne from John A. Costello. Dr. Browne’s letter to the IMA has been brought to his attention. He has directed the Information Bureau not to issue it. The Scheme as outlined will not acceptable to the Government until the reservations made by the Hierarchy are satisfactorily settled.

Two copies of a typed letter to Dr. Browne from John A. Costello. It is clear from +McQuaid’s letter to you, 8th March, 1951, that the objections put forward on the occasion of your interview with him, and the bishops of Ferns and Galway on 11th October last were ‘unresolved either then or later.’ His action since he received the letter from the bishop of Ferns on the 10th October last has been entirely actuated by what he conceived to be a friendly desire to help a colleague.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from John A. Costello. His memorandum establishes that he did not make a declaration of the Republic on his own initiative and without the consent of his colleagues in the then government.

Memorandum on the subject of the supposed declaration of the Republic in Canada by John A. Costello.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from John A. Costello. He and his colleagues will be honoured to be present at the function related to the Anniversary of the Pope’s Coronation.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from John A. Costello accepting the invitation to the Solemn Votive Mass on behalf of his colleagues and himself.

Copy of a typed letter Cardinal Griffin from John A. Costello. The proposal is being approached in a sympathetic manner and he is not without hope that a satisfactory solution will be found.