Company of Mary Our Lady (not to be confused with The Little Company of Mary) above
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17 November 1968  -  30 September 1971
Granted permission to make a foundation to be used as a house of formation ad experimentum for five years. Grace Park, Drumcondra chosen for house. Letter of thanks from individual sister.
Hurley, Jeremiah Francis, St. Elmo, Auburn Ave., Donnybrook. He failed to get promotion in his place of work. His fiancé heard on very reliable evidence that His Grace intervened in favour of the successful candidate. Wants the matter resolved.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from Sean MacBride informing him that the Council of Europe is to send a fact finding mission to Hungary to report on the situation there. He is a member. Asks if His Grace would like him to contact his friends there.
Note saying Fr. Troy is looking out for a property that might suit the Sisters of Charity of Eveux from Cheshire if His Grace decided to give them a foundation in Ballyfermot. Annotation by +McQuaid.
Typed letter to Fr. James A. MacMahon from D. Gaffney thanking His Grace for the relics of Matt Talbot.
(’72) Typed letter to “A Chara” from Tony Heffernan wishing His Grace a long and happy retirement and looking forward to the result of the Archbishop’s examination of this case. Envelop addressed to John Fitzpatrick, Secretary to the Archbishop.
Copy of typed letter to Mr. Berry, Private Secretary, Minister for Justice. If the Minister cannot conveniently come, His Grace is willing to meet Mr. Powell, Senior Officer of the Dept. for Justice.
Allen, Hugh P., 93 Cabra Road. Plainly His Grace has brought influence on the matter, he has had no further threats from the building society and the prospects of sale are now brighter.
Handwritten letter to Fr. MacMahon from Seamus Grace, 11, Ardagh Park, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, reporting on the Nigerian Students’ Conference. The High Commissioner, Alhaji Abdul Maliki, gave the students a lot of encouragement and at the same time expressed the view that the Union was occupying itself too much with politics to the neglect of other things.
Typed note saying the President was anxious to invite His Grace to a luncheon in honour of Bishop Carroll.
