18 - 19 September 1944 Correspondence between + Thomas Keogh, Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin, and + McQuaid regarding the marriage of Christopher Cummins and Catherine Foley at St. Patrick’s Church, Kilkenny.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Jorge Escalante Posse, Legacion de la Republica Argentina, regarding the erection of a memorial to General John Thomond O’Brien, Aide-de-Camp to General Jose de San Martin. The most appropriate place to erect the memorial would be the house where O’Brien was born in Baltinglass, but as this no longer exists he enquired if it could be placed on the exterior wall of the church. + Keogh, Kildare and Leighin, pointed out that a memorial can only be erected when the corpse is interned there. A solution might be found if +McQuaid thinks the case is worthy.

File relating to parochial property. Mentions Solent Villas, 21 Kimmage Road East; 3 Woodstock Villas or 26 Terenure Road East; Templeogue Lodge; Beech Lawn or Terenure Laundry owned by Mr. Keogh; 77 Terenure Road East;

. Byrne, M., 54 Ventry Park, Cabra W., Dublin 7. Asks the Archbishop if he is aware of the difficulty for workers to get to Mass on Holy Days and Sundays due to Mass times, the living conditions in Keogh Square and Griffith Barracks, landlords not renting to couples with children and old people not having enough to live on.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Cowderoy advising against sending Fr. Keogh to the Secondary Schools. He suggests they should concentrate on the ecclesiastical colleges.

Letter from +Cowderoy to +McQuaid regarding Fr. Keogh and the search for candidates for the priesthood.

Letter from +Keogh to +McQuaid offering him his sympathies for the tragic events of the previous night in his archdiocese.

Letter from +Keogh to +McQuaid. He would be glad to visit Kilkenny but is hesitant as he has a heavy cold.

Receipt written in the hand of +Keogh for money received from +McQuaid.

Letter from +Keogh to +McQuaid concerning a student who has received a county council scholarship which can only be availed of at the national University and not Maynooth and so wondered if the student could live in Clonliffe College and attend UCD. Annotation that it is a pleasure to fix him up and he is directed to write to the president.