-3 October Letters form Thomas Wall, Irish Folklore Commission to Mgr. Curran regarding an article on Dr. Carpenter, former Archbishop of Dublin. 1955

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 Mgr. Michael Curran seeking permission to buy land at the upper end of the Rosemount holding. This would link the church with Blacklion.

Copy of typed letter to The Governor, No. 1 Internment Camp, The Curragh, Co. Kildare, informing him that the undersigned interned Irish Republicans intend to go on hunger strike from the 24th instance for their unconditional release. They sent communications to Mr. de Valera, Mr. Gerard Boland, His Eminence Cardinal MacRory, His Excellence Most Rev. Pascal Robinson, Nuncio Apostolic, requesting that these be forwarded. Signed by Sean MacCumhaill, Sean Maxwell, Peadar Houston, J.G. O’Doherty, Seamus Gerard Bohan, John Curran, Christopher O’Callaghan, Terence McLoughlin. This is an eleven-page document.

Letter from Mgr. Michael Curran asking for a Celebret.

-17 Letters from Fr. John Brady, Dunboyne to Mgr. March 1958 Michael Curran regarding ‘Reportorium Novum.’

Letter from Fr. M.J. Curran to +McQuaid mentioning articles in Reportorium.

Letters from [Tom], Garville Avenue, Rathgar to Mgr. Curran regarding the ‘Old Dublin Society.’ He mentions L.D. Bergin, editor of ‘The Nationalist’. Also mentions historical articles.

Copy of typed letter to the Secretary, Office of Public Works. The Archbishop has no objection to taking over an extra portion of the Grangegorman Military Cemetery. Mgr. Curran to consecrate plot.

-25 February Letters from Fr. Peadar MacSuibhne to Mgr. Michael Curran regarding Cardinal Cullen and his family. 1958