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 to +McQuaid from W.C. Hankinson, British Embassy, Dublin, [Swindon], Commonwealth Relations Office, Downing Street, and the Lord Mayor of London, thanking him for the cheque for £100 for the victims of the flood disaster in England.

Letter from Fr. Patrick Dargan to Dr. O’Connell regarding a bequest of the late Richard O’Brien to the late Canon Flood, P.P. 1 item

Hannon, Hugh, Flood Street, Galway. Asks the Archbishop to intercede on his behalf with the Revenue Commissioners due to his inability to pay death duties.

Telegram from +O’Hara to +McQuaid sympathising with him on the great flood which affected Dublin. 1 item

Wording of telegram from +McQuaid to +Heenan offering sympathy on the death of Canon Flood.

Letter from Mgr. Benelli to +McQuaid acknowledging a further offering of £2000 for the relief of the Italian flood victims.

Clinch, Patrick, c/o 110 Bunting Road, Walkinstown. Dr. McQuaid thanks him for the donation of 200 dollars for the flood victims of Dublin on behalf of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.

Letter from Fr. J.J. Flood to +McQuaid regarding assistance for a widow.

• 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)