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Letter from +Wall to +McQuaid acknowledging postponement of Vicar General’s meeting. Also discusses delays in postal system. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Typed letter to Fr. O’Connell from Mrs Dunphy. She is delighted that His Grace will accept a copy of her book, and informs him of the grant from Dr. Douglas Hyde of a gold medal for the best painting of an Irish historical subject to be presented annually.

MacLochainn, Ailfrid, National Library. Seeks permission to be dispensed from the obligations on reading prohibited books.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid thanking him for the information provided by Fr. Norbert O’Leary in relation to Mr. Heagney. He is delighted that Mr. Heagney’s children are back in a Catholic school and he hopes Fr. O’Leary will maintain contact with the family.

Mrs Georgina Farr/Parr seeks help in tracing a relative whose surname is Bevan. Gives family history of nervous tic.

File relating to parish finances. Includes correspondence regarding the financial difficulties surrounding the building of the new church at Bluebell and the reluctance of the parish priest to organise a Planned Giving campaign.

Letter from Fr. Thomas O’Reilly, North William Street to Fr. Mangan regarding a leaflet by Charbel Press on St. Philomena. It was produced under the direction of Fr. Paul O’Sullivan, O.P. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Letter from +O’Hara to Cardinal D’Alton regarding the International Congress of Catholic Doctors which is to be held in Dublin in June. The Holy See is anxious that this be an opportunity for proclaiming Catholic teaching in the field of medicine.

Letter from +O’Hara to Cardinal D’Alton regarding Catholic principles and policies in relation to UNESCO. He states the Holy See is concerned with the activities of the programme and policies of OMEP as they deal with the education of children of pre-school age. This is a delicate matter ‘…since there is considerable Masonic influence at work in OMEP, which is tinged with communism’. The Holy Father wants Ireland to bring its influence to bear at the Congress in Rome in August. He also asks that a competent ‘layman’ to establish contact with the International Catholic Co-ordinating Centre for UNESCO in Paris. He also suggests that the Irish Hierarchy establish a National OMEP Committee in Ireland.

Letter from Joseph A. Carroll to +McQuaid submitting a manuscript. He will not issue a licence without first referring the booklet to the Archbishop. Annotation by +McQuaid refusing official authorisation.