Letter from Fr. Liam Thackaberry to Fr. Mangan saying he consulted the Parish Priest of Clones.
Letter from +Berry to +McQuaid thanking him for his reply. Prince George
Letter from Mgr. Felici to McQuaid enclosing the original Latin text and English translation of the instruction from the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office about the ‘Ecumenical Movement’.
Letter from Fr. Michael J. O’Halloran to Fr. Mangan reporting the numbers receiving the sacraments. 1 item
Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid stating that the Quinquennial report on Catechetical Instruction has been sent to Rome. He thanks the Archbishop for his comments on Mr. Blanchard who was described by one US Senator as ‘disgraceful and silly regarding his actions on the McCartan Act. He thanks the Archbishop for having attended the dinner for the new cardinal and only learned later that the Archbishops of Cashel, Tuam and Armagh had driven back to their respective diocese following the event. He never realised he had put such great an inconvenience upon them.
Copy letter from +McQuaid to +O’Hara enclosing the Quinquennial report on Catechetical Instruction. He also refers to an anti-Catholic attack by Mr. Blanchard in the Irish Times.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from Alfred O’Rahilly, Vice- Chancellor, National University of Ireland. At their meeting with the Bishops it was decided that the three Presidents should make a preliminary approach to An Taoiseach concerning the autonomy of their Medical Schools in Cork and Galway. He was asked to draw up a statement and while he can do so for Cork he is quite at sea regarding Galway.
Correspondence regarding routine community life and apostolate. Great Stand Street schools’ information. Archbishop approves a primary and secondary school at Coolock-Raheny. Souvenir booklet of opening and blessing of Synge Street school. Subversive propaganda among C.B.S. pupils following I.R.A. raid at Omagh. Project for schools in Little Bray and Greystones explored. Community residence for Brothers teaching in Dun Laoghaire and Monktown. ( see file on Communists and Subversives). 79 items
Letter to the Archbishop from Denis Barrett.
Note to +McQuaid informing him that Canon Keane is refusing the use of the School Hall to the St. John Ambulance Brigade as he did not want to create a precedent.