Letter from +Herlihy to +McQuaid stating he has been invited by Abbot Dowdall to give a talk to the Conference of Major Religious Superiors on ‘Religious in the light of the Vatican Council’. It is to be held in the Capuchin Hostel in Raheny. Annotated by +McQuaid. 1 item

Letter from +Herlihy to +McQuaid thanking him for attending the celebrations. 1 item

Letter from +Herlihy to +McQuaid thanking him for sending him material.

Letter from +Joyce, Rome to +McQuaid extending good wishes and also thanking him for the help given by Mgr. Herlihy, Mgr. Ryan and Br. Welsh.

Letter from +Riberi to +McQuaid stating that the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities has organised the first National Italian Congress for Ecclesiastical Vocations. It is hoped this will assist in increasing the number of vocations. Cardinal Pizzardo, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation would like a representative from each country to attend, preferably the person in charge of diocesan vocations. As there is no National Director in Ireland, and there is not much time before the event, it is hoped that the Hierarchy would allow the appointment of Mgr. Donal Herlihy of the Irish College.

Message from Fr. J.A. MacMahon to + McQuaid informing him that Sergeant Herlihy telephoned concerning a Fr. Ryder, a Benedictine at Ramsgate, and apparently belonging to the Diocese of Aberdeen. A suitcase containing his clerical clothes and his breviary were washed up at the East Wall. Dunkeld

Letter from +Herlihy to +McQuaid stating he has been asked by Dr. Mulcahy to give one of the three conferences on the Church to the Nullamore Association. He has also been invited to assist at a wedding in University Church and seeks permission for both events. He mentions the pilgrimage to the Holy Land and the Emigrants’ Easter week congress. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Copy of typed letter from + McQuaid to + Donal Herlihy, Ferns, saying he would not admit Fr. Liam Ryan and Fr. Fergal O’Connor, O.P., to carry out a Survey of Clonliffe as part of a survey of Irish Seminaries with a view of rationalising Seminary facilities.

Handwritten note from + Herlihy to + McQuaid accepting an invitation to lunch. Galway

Typed letter to Fr. Liam Martin, Secretary, Archbishop’s House, from Fr. Tom Fehily, Director, D.I.C.S. He had a meeting with Mrs. Helen Fowler and Mr. Michael Callinan from Australia regarding the Credit Union System there. She attended the meeting in Jury’s Hotel last Sunday and is convinced that their image of the Credit Union is materialistic. Main speaker Miss Nora Herlihy, N.T.