Letter from +Gilroy to +McQuaid thanking him for the Christmas greetings. He hopes they will meet again at the next session of the Council. He also mentions the recent death of the Bishop of Christchurch, +Edward Joyce.

Newspaper cutting from ‘Zealandia: the Catholic Newspaper’ on the death of Cardinal Joyce. Wellington

Letter from +Joyce to +McQuaid regarding Lourdes. He also mentions the great success of the Patrician Congress. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Letter from +Joyce to +McQuaid offering his prayers for the Archbishop at Easter.

• Correspondence relating to the controversial festival of 1958 which saw the Archbishop of Dublin refusing the celebration of Low Mass at the start of the event due to the performance of two plays, ‘Ulysses’ by James Joyce and adapted by McClelland and Sean O’Casey’s ‘Drums of Fr. Ned’. 7 June 1960

Letter from +Joyce to +McQuaid stating he will arrive in Ireland on 29 August, before the re- opening of the Vatican Council. He mentions that all are happy with the appointment of Pius XII. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Letter from +Joyce to +McQuaid stating he will be in Dublin in the near future. He hopes that he and some of his colleagues will be able to meet with the Archbishop.

Wording of telegram of sympathy from +McQuaid to +Liston on the death of +Joyce. 1 item

Letter from Fr. A.J. Joyce to Fr. McKiernan regarding a person’s name in the register.

Telegram from Mgr. Cuneen to +McQuaid announcing the death of +Joyce.