Letter from Fr. Patrick Leahy to +McQuaid in relation to his proposed work at the Nunciature. He hopes this will not affect his position as Curate in Aughrim Street. He will be working from 11am until 4-5pm and worries about how he will complete his duties to the parish.

Ringsend. The people protest at the failure of the curate to start Mass on time as he is late getting up.

File relating to the site of the Curate’s house. 10 items

File relating to the building of a bungalow for the curate. 7 items

Letter from Fr. John Masterson to +McQuaid thanking him for the report on the curate’s house in Delgany. 1 item

Letter from +McGrath to +McQuaid sympathising with him on the death of his sister. He mentions Fr. Quinlavin is currently on holidays but has settled in and is working as a curate. He discusses the problem of Irish emigrants and mentions the Sisters of Nazareth who wish to establish a convent in Dublin.

Letter from +Joseph A. Carroll to +McQuaid regarding a suitable priest for the Nunciature. He suggests Fr. Enda Lloyd, a curate in Sutton or Fr. John Jones, chaplain to the Mercy Convent, Arklow. One obvious difficulty is their present location within the Archdiocese.

Note from +McQuaid to Fr. John Moloney, Curate, Pro Cathedral asking him to examine the possibility of ‘our’ taking part in the Pueri Cantores Congress. He needs to take into account the brevity of notice, the difficulty of the programme, the expense and assurance of genuine success. He states the Nuncio is aware that if we can not guarantee a worthy performance, then we should not go.

File relating to the Curate’s house and presbytery at Brittas.

Letter from Fr. John Fitzpatrick to +McQuaid to consider giving him one curate and two readers instead of two curates and a chaplain.