Letter from +Gerald P. O’Hara to +McQuaid regarding the Ordo recipiendi that will be observed at Maynooth. He sees no need for changes except in relation to the President of the College. ‘The President …will take the position that the Dean of the Chapter held at the Pro Cathedral ceremony’.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid, marked ‘Confidential’. He wishes to give a mark of Papal recognition to the present President of Maynooth College, Rt. Rev. Mgr. Edward Kissane. He has made a great contribution to the College and feels he should be appointed a Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary by the Holy Father. This honour would be hailed in Ireland and abroad. He asks for the Archbishop’s opinion which can be sent to Mgr. Benelli as he is leaving for America in a few days.

Handwritten letter from Fr. Cathal MacCarthy, Holy Cross College, Clonliffe to +McQuaid regarding the arrangements for the reception of the new Nuncio at Maynooth.

Letter from James McConnell, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, to McQuaid, thanking him for explaining what had happened at the college, on the previous occasion, in relation to the reception for the new Nuncio. It will be suggested to the President of the College to contact McQuaid before the coming ceremony, if it does not occur to him to do so.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe, Ambasciata D’Irlanda, Roma. Deals with the Maynooth decision; the financial burden of the crypt Chapel; the refusal of Irish Bishops to recommend Irishmen to become Papal Chamberlains.

Letter and enclosure from Fr. Cremin, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth to Fr. James Ardle MacMahon. These relate to a manuscript entitled ‘Should contraceptives be legalised?’

• Correspondence between +McQuaid, Fr. Ó Cúiv, Fr. Donnchadh Ó Floinn, Maynooth, Dr. O’Connell, Fr. Joseph Carroll and various publishers regarding ‘Na Paidreacha Coitianta’ and the Irish Mass. 47 items Church Bodies Catholic Communications Institute of Ireland 7 January 1970

Correspondence between Fr. James Duff, Maynooth, and +McQuaid. Fr. Duff cannot continue as editor of the I.E.R. due to the workload which came as a result of his appointment as Vice-President of the College. He will act as Editor until Dr. Brennan is free to replace him.

Note from Canon Hamell to +McQuaid mentioning the factor that Fr. McMackin is Supervisor of the University examinations at Maynooth.

• Correspondence between Allen Nolan, Browne & Nolan, +McQuaid, and Fr. John McMackin, Maynooth, regarding the publication of the I.E.R. The Record has been incurring losses over the years, and in the year 23 June 1971 lost £1,408. Browne & Nolan could not afford to sustain such losses and reluctantly decided, on financial grounds, to cease publishing the Record. The final issue was the December 1968 one. 25 items The Marian Year 1968