Letter from +O’Donnell to +McQuaid thanking him for his offer in relation to the pilgrims. He states Mgr. Carlton has returned home and was delighted with the welcome he received in Ireland. He also mentions the impasse re the appointment of an Australian ambassador to Ireland. 1 item

Fr. O’Donnell has been approached by Fr. Lynam from Wolverhampton for permission to say Mass for his scout troop at Larchill. Granted.

Typed draft of an article/speech titled ‘The Writer’ by Peadar O’Donnell. Would come near defining a writer when they reveal people “behaving and misbehaving towards one another.” The writer needs freedom and in Ireland he enjoys less than any other country. Irish writers are shut in and silenced by their job and “conditioned to bark if they want to prosper as emigrants to America.” Perhaps Ireland’s greatest cultural crime has been her waste of the poet Patrick Kavanagh.

Letter from Stephen J. Brown, S.J., to Dr. O’Donnell a asking for a meeting with the Archbishop.

Copy of release and conveyance from Archbishop McQuaid to Rev. Patrick Dunne and Rev. Thomas O’Donnell regarding the purchase of the remaining one fourth part of the rent on the property at Crumlin.

Release and conveyance from Archbishop McQuaid to Rev. Patrick Dunne and Rev. Thomas O’Donnell regarding the purchase of the remaining one fourth part of the rent on the property at Crumlin.

Wording of telegram from +McQuaid to +O’Donnell sympathising with him on the death of +Duhig.

Letter from Fr. Hurley, St. Kevin’s to +McQuaid regarding a discussion on censorship. He quotes Peadar O’Donnell and Fr. Connolly.

Letter from +O’Donnell to +McQuaid thanking him for the formal farewell at the airport in Dublin. He mentions the trip home and an oil leak which delayed them in Tehran. He had a Liturgical Reception at the cathedral on his return and he broadcast an address. He will lunch with the Governor of Queensland the next day. Ballarat

Typed letter to Dr. O’Donnell, Secretary, Archbishop’s House, from Miss Murphy, Department of the President, enclosing the design for the Postage stamp to be used in connection of the Eucharistic Congress.