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.

Invitation to Fr. James McMahon to a reception in honour of the Most Rev. Donal J. Herlihy on the occasion of his Consecration as Bishop of Ferns.

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

• 8 August 1947 Correspondence between +Kinane, +O’Brien of Kerry, Dr. Herlihy and +McQuaid regarding the appointment of Dr. Herlihy as Vice Rector of the Irish College, Rome.

Letter from +Herlihy to +McQuaid inviting him to the ceremony of enthronement in St. Aidan’s Cathedral, Enniscorthy. The Nuncio will preside. Annotated by +McQuaid.