Letter from +Cohalan to +McQuaid thanking him for the information of Stewart’s Hospital. 1 item
Letter from +Craven to +McQuaid inviting him to stay at St. George’s Rectory during his stay.
Handwritten note by +McQuaid. Wrote to + Kinane. Dr. Tierney confirmed that the draft is substantially what they had agreed.
Copy of typed letter to Dr. J. Ryan from Michael Tierney, President, University College, Dublin, presenting a number of points on behalf of Dr. O’Rahilly. These are: the chairmanship; ‘clinical teaching’. He himself is uneasy about the reference in sub- section 2 to ‘one or more than one such College…’
Letter from +Walsh to +McQuaid. He warns +McQuaid about a traveller who has been selling statues in Claremorris claiming to have paid a royalty to the Pope and seeks the advice of +McQuaid. Annotation by +McQuaid.
Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Mr. Fitzgerald has a good name among the people. Has agitated for housing. Fr Paul O’Brien received an anonymous letter concerning the American College of Personnel Efficiency and passed it on to Dr. O’Halloran. It repeats the statements of Mrs Una Byrne (letter, 2 April 1957). Fr. Crean to raise the matter of Dr. Morris with Rev. Dr. O’Doherty. Councillor M. Prescott: Archbishop would like information on him.
File relating to special collections taken up in the parish.
Copy of a typed letter to Sr. M. Concepta from J.A. MacM. His Grace takes grave exception to her writing from a private house, not a convent, and for writing in such inconsiderate haste when the matter of the passport and visa arose. He is unwilling to sanction the taking of this child until she has completed her sixteenth year.
Typed note to +McQuaid saying the Secretary of An tOireachtas seeks permission to arrange Mass to mark the opening of An tOireachtas.
File relating to parish finances.