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 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.

File relating to lay organisations and events. Includes mention of the Salvation Army Hostel, York Street, Catholic Boy Scouts, Catholic Temperance Club, Catholic Commercial Club, flood relief, Rotunda Girls’ Aid Society, Catholic Girl Guides, Our Lady’s Choral Society trip to Berlin, concert by the Madison Madrigal Singers, the Matt Talbot Sodality, a donation from an 80 year-old man and the pilgrimage to Lourdes.

Handwritten letter from + Vincent Hanley, St. Mary’s, Sligo, to + McQuaid thanking him for this further cheque for the relief of the (Shannon) flood victims. In Athlone a portion of the funds are kept for seeds and manure in Spring.

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

Handwritten letter from Peter Flood, Ealing, to His Grace, offering his resignation from Jervis St. Hospital. Annotated by + McQuaid.

Letter from Fr. J.J. Flood to Fr. O’Connell informing him that house No. 3 Ormond Road is parish property and he is seeking permission to sell it.

File relating to Richard O’Brien and Canon Flood, the executor of his will.

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.

Note to +McQuaid saying Dr. MacNevin and Fr. Griffith are seeking permission to hold a gala performance by Our Lady’s Choral Society in aid of the flood victims.