Fagan, Patrick, Lr. Drumcondra Road. Thanks + McQuaid for the use of the cottage for the retreat, and Fr. Carey for the way he conducted it.
Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from F.H. Boland wishing to transmit a dispatch which has just arrived by bag from the Embassy for the Archbishop.
Letter from +Robinson to +McQuaid thanking him for the information he has provided with regard to the fund given by the Holy See for the relief of Polish and other refugees in Ireland.
Letter from Fr. Michael Troy re International Youth Conference.
Clery, John, 3 Tyrconnell Park, Inchicore, and Organist to Franciscan Friary, Merchant’s Quay. He suggests that the Archbishop should consider having Our Lady’s Choral Society perform Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli as a fitting end to the Holy Year.
Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Sean MacBride, enclosing a copy of the statement he made to the Clann na Poblachta Ard Fheis.
Letter from +Gilroy to +McQuaid delighted that he terminated his journey by ship and continued by air. He speaks of the deaths of Mgr. Clark and Mgr. Meany.
Letter from Mgr. Jean Rupp, Emigration Centre to +McQuaid asking him to welcome the Mission Saint Michel which will be visiting shrines in Ireland The group is being led by M. Cerbeland-Salagnac. Annotated by +McQuaid.
Letter from Padraig O Caoimh, Secretary of the GAA enclosing cheque for Pound405 being the proceeds from games played at Croke Park.
Typed report on CPI and KO activities. John Nolan, Sean Murray and Desmond Greaves are to attend a joint Executive Committee in London between the British CP, the Northern Ireland Executive and the Irish Workers’ League. The meeting of the 10th July discussed the apathy of League members and the fall-off in attendance at meetings. While in London Nolan will visit book suppliers regarding credit.