Letter from +O’Hara to Cardinal D’Alton regarding the International Congress of Catholic Doctors which is to be held in Dublin in June. The Holy See is anxious that this be an opportunity for proclaiming Catholic teaching in the field of medicine.

• 19 December 1946 Letters from Fr. MacMahon to +McQuaid saying he had a meeting with Fr. Kennedy S.J., regarding the purchase of a corner of the Sports’ Field at Baggot Road.

Letter from Fr. W. Field to Fr. Mangan seeking permission to hold a fund- raising carnival at Portmarnock for repairs to the church roof.

Invitation to +McQuaid from the President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan to luncheon.

Correspondence from Fr. John Sheehan to +McQuaid regarding the purchase of a field which might be a convenient site for a Parochial Hall or school extension.

File on parish property including mention of trustees, purchase of parochial house, 125 & 138 St. Lawrence’s Road, 8 & 119 The Stiles Road and Donnelly’s Field and Murray’s Paddock.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Des O’Malley, Minister for Justice, appointing Fr. Raymond Field as Chaplain to St. Patrick’s Institution and Fr. William Farrell as part-time Chaplain to the female prisoners in Mountjoy.

• Correspondence regarding routine details of community life and apostolate. Fr. M Browne O.P becomes Cardinal. O.P. plans regarding their churches at Tallaght and Athy district. Archbishop: Lack of consultation, doubtful design. Text of a Roman lecture on Scripture by Fr C Kearns O.P. Archbishop inspires Irish Province to consider opening a mission in South America. Fr Flannery O.P. causes concern. CF also file No 7. O.P offers Archbishop free site for a church in Tallaght; will not cede a field to Christian Brothers, but are willing themselves to undertake a secondary school.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from T. O Raifeartaigh requesting a meeting regarding developments in the university field.

File relating to the field at Cornelscourt. 35 items