Letter from Fr. Wm. J. Fitzpatrick to +McQuaid regarding the progress of private building in the parish and the proposals for housing development from Artane to Howth Junction by Dublin Corporation.

Article in The Irish Times reporting on Rev. H.J.L. Armstrong, Rector of Howth Parish Church, regarding his return from the Warsaw Peace Conference.

File relating to the lease of the site of Howth church.

Carroll, James M., Howth Castle, Dublin, asking him to endorse a Certificate in reference to Thomas Breaden, a candidate for the Cross of Donat of Devotion.

• 28 January1970 File relating to parish property including Betty Glen, 279 & 379 Howth Road, 21 St. Assam’s Avenue, Cameron Lodge Estate, home for elderly, 81 Maywood Crescent, 28 Maywood Lawn, Swan’s Nest & 100, 101 & 122 Grange Park estate.

Correspondence from Fr. P. Clarke to +McQuaid regarding sanction for the Christian Brothers to open a school in Howth.

Harman, J.F., Thormanby Road, Howth, attaching a copy of a prayer he got while attending Mass in Milan Cathedral.

File relating to Fairyhill, a rest home for children in Howth.

Letter from +Alibrandi to +McQuaid informing him that the Secretariat of State has approved the suggestion that Martin Gleeson, 47 Howth Road, Clontarf, be appointed as a delegate to the Holy See to the ‘Stage’ on the “Evolution of Technical and Professional Training” which the Irish Government, under the aegis of the Council of Europe, is orgainsing at Dun Laoghaire from 18-26 September next. He will accompany Br. Louis Boeglen (sic) of the Christian Schools who is the permanent delegate of the Holy See in the Committee of General and Technical Teaching.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from W.J. Fitzpatrick, 594 Howth Road, Raheny. The project has merit. In addition to the help it envisages for children it seeks to improve the home atmosphere through the services of social workers. Points out some flaws as he sees it.