Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe, Ambasciata D’Irlanda, Presso La Santa Sede. Montini hopes that Fr. Gordon can arrive in January. He will send information on the terrible state of seminaries in Italy.
Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from F.H. Boland disclosing a dispatch which arrived for him. He is also returning letters from Adelaide, Archduchess of Austria, sister of Archduke Otto, the Austrian claimant. She is about thirty-three years old.
Handwritten letter from + John D’Alton to the Archbishop regarding a Decree of the Council.
Receipts for the Herald Boot Fund.
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.
Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid thanking him for his gracious message regarding his elevation.
Copy of typed letter to + Browne, Galway, requesting that he attend a meeting on 10th December.
. Brewster, Margaret, ‘Lismoy’, Santry, Dublin. Requests interview with + McQuaid regarding the establishment of Les Auxiliaires de l’Apostolat in the diocese.
Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid inviting all the Irish Hierarchy to dinner following Mass in the Pro Cathedral on 15 December. It will be a friendly and informal gathering. He also mentions that any further correspondence on the Marian Year will be communicated directly with the Bishops.
Letter from Mgr. Levame to +McQuaid stating that the Secretariat of State has asked the Irish Hierarchy to solicit prayers of the faithful for the Holy Father’s health.