File relating to the construction of a vault for the remains of Matt Talbot.
File relating to a proposal by the Talbot United Club to set up a community centre.
Letter from Canon Talbot to Monsignor Walsh regarding the will of Mary Behan.
- 23 July 1947 Correspondence between Fr. Henry F. Talbot and +McQuaid regarding Priests’ Conferences and Confirmation.
Letter from +Levame to +McQuaid thanking him for the copies of the journal ‘Reportorium Novum’ and ‘The Life of the Servant of God, Matthew Talbot by Mary Purcell. These will be transmitted to the Vatican without delay.
Letter from Fr. Henry Talbot to Fr. Glennon mentioning the new Poulaphuca water works and Patrick Butler. 1 item
File relating to lay organisations and events. Includes mention of the Salvation Army Hostel, York Street, Catholic Boy Scouts, Catholic Temperance Club, Catholic Commercial Club, flood relief, Rotunda Girls’ Aid Society, Catholic Girl Guides, Our Lady’s Choral Society trip to Berlin, concert by the Madison Madrigal Singers, the Matt Talbot Sodality, a donation from an 80 year-old man and the pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Letter from H.M. McKernan to Fr. Mangan informing him that the number of meals being served in the Matt Talbot Food Centre has reduced from 370 meals per day in 1948 to about 50-60 now. In his opinion the need for the Centre is now over. Those who attend for meals can easily transfer to Holles Street.
Note written by Fr James Ardle MacMahon. +Lennon has asked +McQuaid to grant permission to one of his priests who has lost his arm to concelebrate in Talbot Lodge. Killala
Letter from +Agnozzi, Talbot Lodge, Blackrock, to +McQuaid stating he met with Bishop Dunne and will travel to Ballaghadarren to meet with +Fergus. He then travels to Spain in the search for more priests for his diocese. ASIA Burma