Letter from Mgr. Benelli to +McQuaid thanking him for the cheque for £4000, being the annual offering of the Archdiocese to the Holy Father’s Relief Fund for victims of the recent flood.

Letter from Mgr. Benelli to +McQuaid, forwarding the message of the Holy Father to the recent flood victims. Encloses copy of ‘L’Osservatore Romano’

Letter from Fr. Flood, Ranelagh to Fr. Mangan, secretary regarding Nicholas Barron.

Letter from +Dunne to +McQuaid regarding Canon Flood, The Charitable Commissioners and a bequest of the late Richard O’Brien.

Letter from Fr. Flood to Fr. Mangan regarding Nicholas Barron.

Handwritten letter from P. Gillooly, P.P., Croghan, Co. Roscommon, to + McQuaid thanking him for the donation of £50 towards Shannon Flood victims. Ferns

Letter from Cardinal Conway to +McQuaid regarding the collection for the flood victim’s in Pakistan. Annotated by +McQuaid. 1 item

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Lucey marked ‘Confidential’ regarding the publication by Mercier Press of the ‘Cahiers Laennec’ under the direction of Dom Flood, OSB. This material is manly used by Catholic doctors, lawyers and priests who deal with sexology, normal and abnormal. He fears if it is translated into English it will become a best seller. He asks the Bishop to consider the matter in light of his comments.

• Correspondence relating to various matters with Benedictine Monasteries: Monte Cassino (Italy) - Request help to rebuild after WW2 Ligugé (France) - A monk writes to Archbishop on theological matter. St. Leo (Florida, USA) - Seeking vocations Oxford (Michigan, USA) - A monk seeks information (CF. Chancellery) Plusearden (Scotland) - A monk Promotes Blue Liturgical colour. For B.V.M. Downside (England) - Mainly regarding Dr. Edmund Flood, formerly of Dublin where in medical practice. Buckfast - Mission appeal. Belmont - Monk seeks post in Dublin. Another deplores man’s behaviour. Claretians (CMF)

Letter from Mgr. Montini to +McQuaid thanking him for the monies donated towards the relief of the Italian flood victims and also the offering of £3.10.0 which has been placed at the disposal of the Holy Father on behalf of anonymous donors.