Letter from John Donnellan, Foxrock, to +McQuaid. He has just returned from Belfast, describing the scene of destruction and homelessness there.
Letter from John R. Callanan, Callanan and Company Ltd., to + McQuaid enclosing a cheque for his Northern Ireland fund.
Letter from Colm Flanagan, Jimmy Hourihan Ltd, to Fr. Williams enclosing a cheque for £7 contributed by the staff.
Note to +McQuaid informing him that contributions have now ceased. His Grace has already sent £20,000 to Bishop Philbin and £7,000 to Bishop Farren. Annotation by +McQuaid instructs that the remaining £1,110 to be sent to Dr. Philbin. BOX 11 Dublin Corporation 56/
Handwritten copy of letter to P.J. Hernon, The City Manager, thanking him for his letter and plans explaining the Cabra West Development Scheme.
Correspondence between John P. Keane, Deputy Manager and Town Clerk, +McQuaid and P.J. Hernon, City Manager, regarding the use of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939, to vest in the Corporation lands at the O’Brien Institute, Clareville and Glasnevin for food production. The Archbishop regrets the form of the letter as ‘gravely hurtful to the dignity of the See of Dublin.’
Correspondence between +McQuaid and D.J. O’Donovan, Commissioner for County Dublin, regarding the location of a cemetery in West Dublin.
Handwritten draft letter to the City Manager from +McQuaid. He is willing to take control of a new hospital at St. Anne’s, Clontarf, if the Authorities wish him to do so.
Document on Public Lighting.
Correspondence between Alan P. Dempsey, Dublin Trade Union Council of Action Food Section, +McQuaid’s Secretary and the City Manager and Town Clerk, regarding School Meals.