Letter from J. Timmins, Town Clerk of Kilkenny to +McQuaid. He formally informs +McQuaid that they wish to confer the Freedom of the City on him and give him arrangements for the day.

Letter from +Collier to +McQuaid. He wrote about the first meeting of the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious Institutes and commended +McQuaid for his speech on the occasion. He also thanks +McQuaid for his involvement in a dispute with the Capuchins in Kilkenny. Annotation by +McQuaid.

Letter from +Birch to +McQuaid. He writes about the Kilkenny Co Association and their activities in Dublin. They seek to help young people who leave Kilkenny. Annotation by +McQuaid.

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

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Heenan regarding Fr. Andrew Moore who has taken up a position in Kilkenny.

Letter from +Peter Birch, Sion House, Kilkenny, thanking him for the note. He will attend to the matter after the Priests’ Conference which he is attending.

Includes; "A copy of the Bull of Confirmation of the Presentation Order to our venerable Brother Francis Bishop of Cork, Pius VII. Pope" (9 April 1805); "Sacred to the Memory" obituary of Nano Nagle (c1784); "Association of the Sacred Heart of Jesus" which gives details of the plenary indulgences given to the Presentation Sisters (c1805); letter from Ursuline Sister Clare Coppinger to Presentation Sister Francis Tobin reminding of Sister Chantel's profession (8 February 1800?); letter addressed to "Most Honoured Lord" expressing well wishes towards health and a need for a more involved spiritual guidance (undated c1800); letter to Mrs [Angela ?] Collins requesting entry to the Almshouse for the Widow Cohalan (1 February 1802?); letter from Sister T.P. Biggar to Sister Francis Tobin expressing joy on becoming a Sister of the Presentation (27 August 1802); letter from Sister Francis Tobin to Sister J. McLoughlin, request for a more lenient understanding towards a Sister Mary Scott McLoughlin who was having difficulty adapting to Presentation life in Kilkenny (18 May 1802); letter from Bishop Francis Moylan to Joseph Nagle, details of financial difficulties of the Ursulines, reference to a Thomas Roche being aware of "... a considerable residue [financial bequest] [which] would remain for the Sisters of the Presentation Convent." [2 July 1801); letter addressed to "Much Revered Sir" with reference "... to the fears I always had of Mr Roches conduct were not groundless, in the first place he always shewed an unwillingness of coming to a settlement with either of the convents , 2nd he did not seem to wish to produce her will ...." (undated c1800s) (unsigned); writing addressed to "John" and addressed from "Presentation Convent" with reference to "... the account of the losses we sustain through the neglect of Mr Nagle, in his not seeing his sister's will executed in due time which should have been in a year or two after her death." (unsigned) (10 September 1803); letter fragment requesting the money willed by Nano Nagle to the Presentation Sisters from her brother (signed Mary Ann Collins) (12 June 1800); account of the life of Nano Nagle (unsigned) (undated, c1800s).

Includes; letters addressed from Presentation Convents in Thurles County Tipperary, Mullingar County Westmeath, Carrick-on-Suir County Tipperary, Fair Street Drogheda County Louth, Waterford City, Tralee County Kerry, Wexford Town, Castlecomer County Kilkenny, Caherciveen County Kerry, Rathmore County Kerry, Listowel County Kerry, Dingle County Kerry, Millstreet County Kerry, Killarney County Kerry, Lixnaw County Kerry, Bishop's Cork, concerning the proposed House of Formation and Study and the centralised Presentation Novitiate.

Includes; letters written between 1955 to 1959, to Rev. Mother, Sr. Catherine, and Father Walsh, [Canon T. J. Walsh], from Presentation Convents in Ireland including Bagenalstown, Baltinglass, Bailieboro’, Portadown, Doneraile, George’s Hill, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Killarney, Killina, Lismore, Maynooth, Oranmore, Rahan, Terenure, Tuam and Waterford; black and white photos of the convent in Waterford; lists of the foundations in Ireland and worldwide; information on the convents in County Kerry; information concerning the South Presentation Convent, Cork, the students, the school and the subjects and extras which were taught; lists giving details of the Presentation Schools in Ireland; and Conspectus of the Presentation Order from its foundation in 1777(1775) to the year 1875.

Includes; Mullingar; Fermoy; Maryborough; Limerick; Mount Saint Anne's, Portarlington; Bandon; Terenure; Millstreet; Rathmore, County Kerry; Killarney; Kenmare; George's Hill, Dublin; Waterford?; Kilkenny; Tuam, County Galway; Dingle; North Presentation, Cork.