Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Count de [Catyn] thanking him for the deep sympathy expressed with regards to the great disaster in Cadiz.
Letter from +Collier to +McQuaid. He deems the conferral of the Freedom of the City to have been a success and apologises for the few things which were forgotten.
Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Sean [ill]. He cannot express the intense pleasure felt when receiving his letter conveying the Holy Father’s thanks. Is grateful for the Archbishop’s drive in leading this matter during the hour of stress for Italian Catholics.
Fitzpatrick, Brian, Rathdown Park, Terenure, Dublin. He has been asked to give lectures on the History of Education with particular reference to Ireland by the Registrar in Trinity College. Asks if + McQuaid had any objections.
Handwritten note in + McQuaid’s handwriting. He saw Fr. Crean and Dr. O’Doherty. Fr. Crean to act as head of group which would pool information and co- ordinate activities to combat Communism. Explained hi dislike of a ‘United Front of Catholic Action’. It left him vulnerable if seen to have a visible dependence on him. He left the group free as he trusted them.
File relating to the provision of a new church in the Kimmage area. Mention of site donated by Carmelite Fathers and trustees.
Letter from +Dunne to +McQuaid regarding a request by Mr. Cantwell to attend the consecration ceremony at the new synagogue in Terenure of which he was the architect. Annotated by +McQuaid.
Letter from James O’Keeffe to +McQuaid thanking him for the plan and papers referring to the proposed school at Navan Road. 1 item
Nagle, John Joseph, Lower Kilmacud Road. He has been dismissed from the Garda and implores the Archbishop to intercede with the Minister for Justice and the Commissioner to be reinstated. 14/1a. Nagle, Margaret. Partial letter complaining about an item being advertised in newspapers and magazines.
. Barrett, Cecil, The Pro-Cathedral. Thanks the Archbishop for requesting that he attend the Catholic Child Welfare Council at Harrogate.