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.

Letter from +Collier to +McQuaid. He writes about the proposal of Kilkenny Corporation to give +McQuaid the Freedom of the City. Annotation by +McQuaid.

Letter from +Staunton to +McQuaid regarding a subscription by the Cardinal towards the purchase of Rothe House, Kilkenny. Annotated by +McQuaid.

• 26 April 1969 Correspondence involving John White, C.SS.R., Sant Alfonso, Roma, Fr. Daniel Collier, St. Kieran’s College, Kilkenny, + McQuaid, and + Peter Birch regarding the visit to Ossory of Fr. Bernard Haring, C.SS.R. Fr. Haring was a leading signatory among 87 theologians in America who protested against the Encyclical Humae Vitae. Due to opposition Fr. Haring wrote to + Birch and offered to withdraw. Raphoe A 1038. 15 January 1954 Handwritten letters from + Wm MacNeely to Dr. O’Connell enclosing cheques.

Letter to +McQuaid from +Peter Rogan, Titular Bishop of Nicio, Cameroon. He has retired to Freshford, Co. Kilkenny after 53 years in East and West Africa. He has been invited to say a few words at a concert in St. Francis Xavier’s Hall, Gardiner Street by the Sisters of St. Peter Claver, Terenure who have missionaries working in Africa. He hopes the Archbishop will give his permission. Annotated by +McQuaid. 1 item

Letter from +Peter Birch to +Mc Quaid informing him of the Conference on Poverty in Ireland at the Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny, on 19th -

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 Peter Duggan, Kilkenny to +McQuaid regarding obscene pictures appearing in the daily newspapers. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Typed letter from + P. Collier, Sion House, Kilkenny, to Fr. Dunne. He is glad to have the Dublin regulations, but it does not sooth one’s feelings to know that malcontents receive advice from interfering Clergy (Regular).

Letter from +Collier to +McQuaid. He writes to him about an upcoming lunch in Kilkenny.