File relating to clerical appointments. 11 items
Letter from Edward Gleeson, solicitor, to Fr. Williams regarding land sold to a property developer by the Dominican convent, Sutton. They now wish to run a surface drain through the convent and parochial property.
- Correspondence between + Patrick J. Winters, Mbulu, and
Copy of Commission on Higher Education: Reservation of Members on the Commission’s Report, Volume 1, Chapters 1- 19/
- 15 October 1957 File relating to the water supply to the Curate’s house and the Glen Heste Hotel, Manor Kilbride. 15 items
- 2 September 1959 Letters from Fr. John Nolan to +McQuaid regarding the Centenary of the Constitution of the Parish of Enniskerry.
MacClancy, M.J., 60 Eccles Street, Dublin. Seeks the Archbishop’s help to acquire a position.
File relating to parish schools. Includes teacher appointments and a day secondary school at Baltyboy (Baltiboy) House managed by the Congregation of Jesus and Mary.
Handwritten draft letter, penned by + McQuaid, and signed by Michael O’Connell, Secretary, to ‘Sir’ regarding the burial of the four executed I.R.A. men in the diocese. These men were buried as Catholics, with the assistance of a priest, in a blessed grave. By requesting that these men receive a Christian burial there is the implication that the Archbishop refused some rites which were due. The Archbishop deeply regrets the implication, and would prefer to believe that the implication cannot have been meant as a reflection on his actions in such cases.
Travers, Mary, Bundoran, Co. Donegal. Her three year old son suffers from infantile paralysis and wants to know if he could go on the pilgrimage to Lourdes.