Letter from + Walter A. Foery to + McQuaid requesting that a Deacon of the Diocese of Syracuse, Thomas J. Joyce and a native of Rudder, Co. Meath, be ordained by + McQuaid with the ordination class in March 1968. Parents too old to travel. Trenton, New Jersey

Letter from +O’Brien to +McQuaid stating he will be in Dublin in July as he has been awarded an honorary degree from the National University of Ireland. He mentions his continued search for priests and the bishops of Cloyne and Meath have said they will try to help. He has had over one million migrants settle in his diocese. Torn. 1 item

Handwritten letter from + Wall to ‘Padre’ regarding the attendance at a meeting at Meath Street.

June 1942 Invitation to the consecration of the Right Rev. John D’Alton, coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Meath. It includes a plan of the refectory and the place assigned to +McQuaid.

Letter from Rev. John McCormack, Bishop-Elect of Meath, to +McQuaid. He thanks +McQuaid for his message of congratulation and for showing him great kindness. He invites him to attend his Episcopal consecration and concelebrate if it should be convenient. Annotation by +McQuaid.

Two copies of ‘Meath Hospital Bill: Joint Committee Issues Statement’. Reprinted from Irish Independent.

Notification regarding a meeting of the Society where Marcus Ó hEochaidhe will deliver a talk on ‘Slieve Breagh, Co. Meath: a survey and excavation.

Rescript from Archbishop McQuaid delineating the boundary between Meath Street parish and the new parish on Donore Avenue.

McGowen, Ml., Chairman, Dublin Unemployed, Northbrook Ave., North Strand. He is appalled at men eating their meal, at the Bon Succour premises, out of their hands; at men being turned away from the Centre at Meath Street as they were a few minutes late; the food at Usher’s Island substandard.

Letter from Mgr. Benelli to +McQuaid regarding a ‘rather strange letter he has received from a person who resides in the Archdiocese of Dublin’. Annotations, in the hand of McQuaid, suggest the lady is Mrs. Lily Cox, of the Diocese of Meath and she has written many such letters. She is well known to the clergy.