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Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid relating to the translated Italian correspondence and encloses another letter which has arrived from the Rev. President of the Marian Year Committee.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid thanking him for the information on the Requiem mass for Mgr. Felici. He also thanks him for the information on the proposals to microfilm the parish registers.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid concerning the anniversary mass for the 300th anniversary of the death of Mgr. Rinucinni. A requiem mass will cause some problems and seeks the Archbishop’s advice. Annotation by the Archbishop suggests Mass on the 8th, the feast day of the Immaculate Conception, and this would cause very little attention.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid in relation to the new edition of the Catholic Directory. He believes it would be better for the publisher to contact each diocese directly in the future.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid, marked ‘Confidential’. He wishes to give a mark of Papal recognition to the present President of Maynooth College, Rt. Rev. Mgr. Edward Kissane. He has made a great contribution to the College and feels he should be appointed a Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary by the Holy Father. This honour would be hailed in Ireland and abroad. He asks for the Archbishop’s opinion which can be sent to Mgr. Benelli as he is leaving for America in a few days.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid thanking him for his recent correspondence and for the cheque for £10 in respect of the Bene Merenti medals.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +O’Hara regarding an article in ‘Foreign Affairs’ by Professor John V. Kelleher, Department of Modern History, Harvard, entitled ‘Ireland’. He states the article is incorrect and gives the general impression of ‘…desolating pessimism’.

Telegram from +O’Hara to +McQuaid sympathising with him on the great flood which affected Dublin. 1 item

Letter from +G.P. O’Hara to +McQuaid stating that the date for the Liturgical Reception is acceptable. He also states he is looking forward to meeting him.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid thanking him for copies of the letters he addressed to priests of the diocese. He is sending one of the copies to Rome. He states the Holy Father will be very pleased that special prayers have been requested for the persecuted Catholics of the Oriental Rite during Church Unity Octave.