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Letter from +Rodgers to +McQuaid. He asks +McQuaid advice about taking up a collection for the people of Hungary. +McQuaid annotated a reply that he always distributed such money through the Pope by giving it to the Nuncio.

Henry, Geoffrey, 20 Ashfield Park, Stillorgan Road, appealing to the Archbishop to use his influence with the rulers of the Republic to show mercy to Nurse Cadden, who is under sentence of death.

Correspondence relating mainly to non-parish issues but involved the parish priest. Includes letter form Fr. R. Glennon to +McQuaid thanking him for the donation of £1000 for the poor of the parish. Also mention of the ‘The Miracle’, a film reviewed by Fr. Glennon; the body of a baby found on the church porch wrapped in a copy of the ‘Clonmel Nationalist’; bingo in St. Anthony’s Hall and husbands complaining about its effects on their wives; paid salespeople visiting the parish on behalf of various charities; and trees donated by the Archbishop to be planted around the church and school.

Letter from +John O’Hara to +McQuaid thanking him for his thoughtfulness and prayers. 1 item

Letter from G. Hackett, Raheny, requesting permission to read Ulysses. Annotated by + McQuaid -no!

Extract from The Newsletter. Pat O’Donovan spoke of the need to create a workers’ republic in Ireland.

[Ginard, Gracie], Dublin, thanking + McQuaid for his sympathy on the death of her mother.

[Copy] letter from +McQuaid to +Sensi stating it will not be possible to send a choir to the Pueri Cantores Congress.

Newspaper cutting from the ‘Irish Times’ entitled ‘Censorship and Edna O’Brien -a special case’ by Bruce Arnold.

Letter from +Herlihy to +McQuaid thanking him for attending the celebrations. 1 item