Letter from +McGeough to +McQuaid thanking him for the ‘…marvellous Symposium which you organized for 1st January on the occasion of the World Day of Peace’. A report has been sent to the Holy Father.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Alibrandi thanking him for the information on the World Day of Peace. He is having a Mass in the Pro Cathedral and asks if the Nuncio will celebrate it? He would invite members of the Government and Diplomatic Corps.

Letter from +Alibrandi to +McQuaid stating it would be an honour to celebrate Mass on the occasion of World Day of Peace.

Letter from +Sensi to +McQuaid thanking him for copies of the circular letter which was sent to all clergy regarding the World Day of prayer for Vocations.

Letter from +McGeough to +McQuaid entitled ‘Memorandum For their Lordships the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland’. This refers to the institution of a World Day of Prayer and Meditation for Peace. Co-operation should be sought on this matter with government, Catholic communities, non-Catholic communities and also non-Christian organisations. The 1 January is the date suggested for Ireland and the Nuncio will say Mass.

‘Message of His Holiness Pope Paul VI for the observance of a “Day of Peace”’. 2 copies.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Eamon de Valera accepting the invitation to the High Mass to commemorate the Pope’s Anniversary Day.

Correspondence relating to the need for providing a school for mentally retarded children in the Crumlin area. This could be attached to Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children as the Order of St. Vincent de Paul are experts on the problems of mentally handicapped children. Such a School (Day Centre) has already been set up: St. Michael’s House, Northbrook Road, Dublin. The Association of Parents and Friends of Mentally Handicapped Children wish to have this Day Centre be recognized as a National School and seek State assistance to have a similar Day Centre established on the North side. Ruthland Street National School Project, 1968-69

of Mr. O’Malley was a shock. He had a great and kind heart. His St. Patrick’s Day speech included a word in favour of our nuns, brothers and priests. He was displeased with recent attacks on +McQuaid. 1 item 38A/15/2. Draft of the Address by Mr. Donogh O’Malley, Irish Minister for Education, at the Annual Dinner of the National University Club of New York at the Saint Ragis Hotel there, on Saturday, 16 March, 1968. 38A/16. 30 March Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from + Michael, Galway, regarding the date 22 April for a meeting. 38A/17. 30 March Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from T.J. Raifeartaigh enclosing 2 items

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from [ill], Dept. of Finance, requesting permission to attend Midnight Mass on Christmas Day in the Convent of [ill], Lower Mount [ill].