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18 August 1942  -  4 March 1969
Archbishop required letters in support of a sister travelling to England during wartime. Invitation to open a day secondary school in Donnycarney area, with a primary school to follow. House acquired in Donnybrook Sisters at Rockwell College, (see File St. Joseph of Chambrey No. 1)
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5 May 1941  -  2 August 1944                            62 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate including Convent to serve sisters teaching in Corpus Christi school, purchase of property/field in Clontarf, Haddington Road and Greystones.  Litigation with Conaty, a former Collector for St Brigid's Orphanage.
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17 January 1945  -  18 November 1947                    62 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate Refers to debts congregation incurred in purchase of property for the apostolate. Purchase of Weaver Hall in the Coombe and sites for Donnycarney Girls School. Exchange of correspondence re new foundation in Trinidad
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16 January 1948  -  12 November 1952                    60 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate. News of progress of foundation in Trinidad. Letter from Senator Miss Margaret Pearse dates 18 May 1949, wishing to see the AB to discuss ways of supporting the Trindad mission. Interview arranged. Permissions sought for improvements and extensions in various schools: opening a boarding school in Skerries; and purchase of additional property in Clontarf. Appointment of lay teachers in national schools
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5 January 1953  -  31 December 1955                     75 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate. Project of primary school in Finglas New overseas foundations: Los Angeles and San Francisco in California, Christchurch, New Zealand. New secondary school St.  Wolston's in Celbridge
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31 January 1956  -  29 December 1959                    80 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate Letter re plans for school in Finglas East [no plans attached] Foundations in Auckland, New Zealand (Msgr. cautions against) and Canberra, Australia; secondary school in Finglas Mother Monica given permission to approach Maynooth for student priest to be chaplain at St Wolston's.
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19 January 1960  -  31 December 1964
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate. Archbishop writes to Archbishop of Pretoria re invitation for sisters to take over a school. Request for borrowing money for schools and convents. Says he is in favour of Brisbane, Australia on foot of his having persuaded the sisters to undertake other foundations in Australia and New Zealand.
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1 January 1965  -  19 June 1967                     74 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate. Project of secondary school for Killester and Community school for Tallaght. Project of a foundation in Sydney, Australia
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1 January 1967  -  24 November 1971                     76 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate Congregation to celebrate its centenary, archbishop presides Clarendon convent and schools to close Ordinary General Chapter
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28 January 1959  -  15 May 1970                     37 items
Correspondence relating to General Chapters Ordinary General Chapter 1959: postulation to allow Mother Monica McSherry, a further term as superior-general Ordinary General Chapter 1965: changes to the Constitution re religious habit, tenure of office. Proposals re habit forwarded to Rome, reply two years later Extraordinary General Chapter in 1969, following Second Vatican Council
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9 August 1947  -  16 September 1961                 72 items
Materials relating to dispensations and exclaustrations in respect of eight subjects.
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8 August 1961  -  9 March 1967                  67 items
Materials relating to dispensations and exclaustrations in respect of seven subjects. Some continuation from File 10.
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9 January 1968  -  26 May 1972                  87 items
Materials relating to dispensations and exclaustrations in respect of six subjects.
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8 March 1970  -  25 July 1972                       70 items
Materials relating to dispensations and exclaustrations in respect of two subjects.
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26 August 1971  -  12 September 1972                75 items
Materials relating to dispensations and exclaustrations in respect of three subjects and transfer of one sister to the Augustinians of Meaux, London
Warren, P.J., 109 Donnycarney Road. He wishes to draw the Archbishop’s attention to indecent books coming from England.
Monks, Mrs. Helena, Donnycarney. Asks the Archbishop to take steps to stop Catholics receiving unwanted literature from Merrion Hall.
- 20 November 1952 File relating to the division of debt assigned to Marino and Donnycarney.
Letter from Fr. John Kelly to +McQuaid explaining the financial agreement between the new parishes of Marino and Donnycarney.
Directives from the Lord Mayor stating that portions of the O’Brien Institute, Donnycarney, St. Patrick’s Training College, Drumcondra and the Presbytery, St. Brigid’s, Killester, may be required for use as an Air Raid Siren.
Donnycarney from Marino
12 -23 November 1953 Coyle, David, Avonmore, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin. Two letters to Fr. Mangan regarding food centers in Finglas and Donnycarney.
