/1 Beaumont
17 November 1942 - 1971 72 items

Correspondence relating to details of community life and apostolate Letter from a sister re the status of lay sisters (cf. File Carysfort - Changes to Constitutions) Difficulty over sites and funding of new secondary school Correspondence Beaumont Convalescent Home Conveyancing of land from Sisters of Mercy to Sister of St John of Correspondence between +McQuaid's and official Solicitors Arthur O'Hagan re proposal to repossess Kilmore Lodge and impending court case. Correspondence + McQuaid and Arthur O'Hagan and Mrs Josephine Hughes re repossession of lodge (variously described as Front and Back Lodge) at Beaumont Convalescent Home, not to be confused with Kilmore Lodge above. Sale of land to ESB

/2 Cork Street
4 July 1941 - 17 December 1965 27 items
Correspondence relating to details of community life and apostolate, including fundraising

/3 Dun Laoghaire
5 March 1941 - 21 February 1967 32 items
Correspondence relating to details of community life and apostolate, including fundraising A Secondary Top at Glasthule

/5/1 Arklow and Rathdrum
21 February - 11 December 1941 12 items
Much undated material causes difficulties in filing Undated list of community members by seniority; list of post held in various communities Curate to continue as Manager at Rathdrum Beginning of long correspondence from Se M Laurence alleging anomalies in administration in Arklow; roots of problem in past.

/5/2 Arklow and Rathdrum
16 May - 6 July 1942 27 items
Letter of complaint from Arklow sister Dispute of farewell gift for priest Expulsion and reinstatement of student from Arklow school on intervention from Archbishop. Routine testamentary matter

/5/3 Arklow and Rathdrum
June - 2 August 1942 4 items
Visitation of Arklow and Rathdrum by archbishop in July 1942; extensive notes Financial statement re Arklow convent and boarding school Examination of each member of two communities Letters from 2 sisters clarifying their responses on occasion of visitation

/5/3/1 Arklow and Rathdrum
1 items
Large brown envelope in Chancellery Stationary marked `Secret', Sisters of Mercy, Archiepiscopal Visitation of the Convents at Rathnew and Arklow, July 1942. Three unbroken seals on back of envelope, slit indicates opening across top to envelope. The Contents of the above envelope (notes on the depositions of the individual sisters) constitutes the matter contained in File No. 3 above.

Large cream envelope `Relatio' contains archbishop's drafts and notes preparatory and actual summaries and recommendation to the Holy See. Rescript of the Congregation.

/5/4 Arklow and Rathdrum
23 August 1942 - 13 August 43 26 items
Correspondence between Arklow and Carysfort re Amalgamation Holy See has given approval for amalgamation Each community agrees to amalgamation: Arklow unanimously, Carysfort by large majority. Archbishop formally declares amalgamation

/5/5 Arklow and Rathdrum
14 August 1943 - 7 March 1946 43 items
Correspondence concerning implementation of amalgamation recommendations, closely supervised by archbishop Some minor Arklow property issues

/5/6 Arklow and Rathdrum
15 June 1946 - 20 April 1956 70 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate School staffing in Arklow Proposed property purchases Arklow and Rathdown Project of new secondary school in Arklow and question about one at Rathdrum Letter of complaint from Rathdrum resident

/5/7 Arklow and Rathdrum
13 September 1956 to 9 February 1972 73 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate Complaint of Wicklow town resident against Rathdrum sister Memo re teenage morals in Arklow Possible withdrawal from The Rock NS Dispute with Rathdrum employee Internal dispute

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17 July 1941 - 27 April 1955 52 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life. Proposed building development adjacent to convent would be detrimental to community life Archbishop agrees to a modified plan in accord with opinion of Monsignor. Fitzpatrick VG Community votes in favour of taking solemn rather than simple vows (cf Carmelites Convent Ranelagh, letter 8 October 1949 for reference to incident at Colettine Covent)

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23 November 1954 - 16 December 1971 50 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life. Small errors in Congregations's Quinquennial Report (1947-1953) to the Holy See Letter from Poor Clare in Tanzania re safeguarding of enclosure Malawi. Requests archbishop to sign petition to Holy See. He refuses on grounds of verbosity, repetition and irrelevance. Ernest Cronin OFM appointed Visitor of Pool Clares, official appointment in Latin enclosed, replaced by Fr. Alexis King Building modifications to Simmonscourt Rd monastery Correspondence re proposed transfer of sisters from Newry to Dublin and another from Dublin to England Former Poor Clare wrote to Secretariat of State, Vatican, asking permission to establish a secular institute. Letter forwarded to Archbishop McQuaid, no response in file. Two requests for dispensation, granted, documents removed to separate file.

"A list of questions to which replies are to be given by Religious Congregations, in the Report they are bound to send t the Holy See every five years …".

Includes; file includes an extract from the “Cork Examiner” 21 April 1951 entitled ‘Famous Cork Nun, Dr. O’ Rahilly to lecture on Nano Nagle; programme for Lecture by Dr. Alfred O’ Rahilly Nano Nagle pioneer of Catholic Education in Cork and Concert, Capitol; Cinema 22 April; two typed pages of extract from Nano Nagle’s life relating to her questing for alms in Cork; photocopy of a letter from Nano Nagle to Teresa Mullally 29 September 1776; letter from Sr. M. Ignatius, Presentation Convent, Carrick-on Suir (29 March 1930) concerning the copy of the Direction and the Revision of the Rules; letter from Maude McHardy, Bray ( 11 September 1932), she is claiming to be a descendant of Nano Nagle and she has a cousin who is very anxious to get the life of the foundress Nano Nagle; letter from M Holland, 8 North Mall (10 January 1933) where he mentions books and paintings referring to Nano Nagle and her family; letter from Arthur Leupold, Portrait Studios, 6a Patrick Street, Cork ( 26 January 1933) in connection with locating three paintings; letter from Sr. M. Joseph, South Presentation Convent, Cork ( 14 December 1944) in relation to an old account book; note with heading Bond for £2000 dated 18 September 1771; notes from “The Cork Journal”, December 1760 mentioning the house at Ballygriffin; handwritten notes on Apostolic Brief, concerning the Sisters taking Solemn vows dated 15 May 1804, Dublin; type written pages of the Annals from June 1801 to September 1803; article on ‘The Girls’ Apostolate of “The Grail”, from America, 21 July 1934 by John G. Rowe; letter from M.F. Tobin, Presentation Convent, 18 September 1803 to John detailing the financial circumstances of the Community after Nano Nagle’s death; notes on the establishment of the Ursulines in Cork; copy of Act of Profession of Mary Anne Collins, in Religion Mary Angela, 15 August 1793; notes in French in relation to the Infant Jesus Sisters – Rouen 1983; notes in relation to women joining enclosed orders; notes on Annonciades-First congregation dedicated to the Sacred Heart; notes on wills in the Nagle family dated 13 May 1812; letter from J.W.Skells, Map Room, British Museum, 21 January 1933 concerning Charles Turner’s painting of Nano Nagle; handwritten notes relating to Mr. Callanan [Fr. Laurence Callanan] and how he helped Nano Nagle to set up the rules which were necessary to establish the congregation; handwritten notes on the Charity Schools; empty brown envelopes addressed to Professor A. O’ Rahilly, University College, Cork, Ireland; notes on the missions Australia, India and England with foundation dates and names of the Sisters who were sent on these missions; Conspectus of the Presentation Order, from its foundation in 1777[1775] to the year 1875, including the date, convent, filiation, First Superior, Diocese, number in Community, 1874, average number of pupils for 1874 and remarks; and notes written in pencil on questions answered by Superiors of Institute professing Simple Vows in their Report to The Holy See (c 1923).

Letter from +King to +McQuaid regarding the Institute of The Blessed Virgin Mary of Ascot who enjoy the full approbation of the Holy See. They wish to visit Ireland in the hope of finding new postulants. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Browne regarding a Domestic Prelacy award for Dr. P. Browne, who is President of University College Galway and a priest of the Dublin Diocese. As he is a Dublin priest, the Diocesan Council believe the Archbishop of Dublin should petition the Holy See for the honour.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Browne stating he should have awaited a response from Dublin before petitioning the Holy See. The matter has been referred back to him by Mgr. Montini. He has responded stating Dublin should make the petition. He has heard nothing further.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Robinson thanking him for his help in assisting the Holy See understand the love and devotion of Dublin in regard to the Holy Father. He also is delighted that the Holy Father and Cardinal Maglione appreciate the small contributions that are sent.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to Cardinal Conway regarding better relations between the bishops and the Holy See.

Copy letter from +D’Alton to Joseph Walsh, Ambassador to the Holy See seeking his assistance in securing an audience with the Holy Father for the first National Pilgrimage from Ireland.