File relating to special collections. 16 items
Correspondence relating to the Inchicore & Ballyfermot Co-operative Society. Mr. Fay, Chairman of the Committee, objects in the strongest way to the pressure the local clergy are putting on people and this could lead to a breach of the peace. 13/45. Note to +McQuaid regarding a child’s First Communion.
Copy of letter from the Secretary to Mrs. Dunne regarding a certificate for her child.
Copy of World News, Vol. 2. No. 39.
Letter from Fr. Ernan T. Neville to +McQuaid informing him that James Donovan did his Leaving Certificate at Synge Street.
Letter from +Walsh to +McQuaid. He thanks +McQuaid for his kind letter of congratulation regarding his new appointment though he is not happy about it and hopes that +McQuaid’s holiday has done him good.
Letter from +Knox, New Delhi to +McQuaid stating that the secretary, Mgr. Cassidy has left for Rome and Dublin. He has had health problems and hopes his time in Dublin will see him return to good health. He says that the appeal from the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians is genuine and they often get food and medical supplies through the Catholic Relief Service. The Order runs orphanages. The authorities are not always happy about these appeals. Mr. Shah, the former Charge D’Affairs of the Indian Embassy in Dublin sends his greetings and has been appointed Ambassador to Laos.
File relating to parish finances.
Letter from +Conway to +McQuaid regarding the visit of Cardinal Beran.
Handwritten letter from + Neil Farren, Derry, to + McQuaid thanking him for his gift of £5,000 to the Distress Fund in Derry. Down and Connor