Copy of typed letter to General Franco, Head of the Spanish State, from Sean F. Lemass, Taoiseach, regarding the delay in completing the transfer of the Irish College, Salamanca. 4/4//4a. 16 November Correspondence relating to the Solemn Requiem Mass for the happy repose of the souls of our soldiers killed in the Congo.
Letter from Fr. James Doyle to Fr. Mangan regarding a letter requesting a subscription to the Inchicore Branch of the Labour Party. Annotation.
Letter to the Archbishop from Stafford.
Letter from Fr. John McGuirk to Dr. Mangan informing him that men cutting turf in Glenasmole seek permission to attend Mass at Cobb’s Lodge, where some priests from Kimmage live. He has refused all lay attendance at Mass in the Lodge.
Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe. Holland is receiving food and clothes from us to the value of £600,000. Similar arrangements are being made with the French, Belgians, Italians and the International Red Cross. He believes that the Red Cross did not intentionally do anything which they believed would be disrespectful to the Archbishop.
Correspondence between J. Elliott, Deputy Secretary, Dublin Board of Assistance, and Fr. C. Mangan relating to the re-opening of St. Clare’s Infant Hospital as accommodation for the aged and infirm. It is hoped that religious services shall take place in a Day Room. The Archbishop would prefer that there should be an Oratory with reservation of the Blessed Sacrament.
Letter from Fr. Valentine Burke to Fr. Mangan explaining why this happened. He was unable to get a priest to ‘supply’. 1 item
Typed letter to Fr. Fehily, Director, Dublin Institute of Catholic Sociology, from Liam Martin, Secretary, saying he will inform the Archbishop of Mr. Nightingale’s situation.
Letter from +O’Doherty to +McQuaid thanking him for a copy of his address to the Major Superiors of Religious.
Letter from Mgr. Gerada to +McQuaid stating that the Department of External Affairs is aware of the changes to the programme regarding the arrival of the new Nuncio and they have amended their plans to reflect these changes. They have also changed the date for the presentation of the Nuncio’s credentials.