Correspondence relating to the new church in Merrion.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Conor Maguire, Mount Merrion Ave., Blackrock. He is not happy with the decisions.

Gibney, Frank, 29 Merrion Square, Dublin. He hopes to build new Villages -Agricultural Colonies -on the outskirts of Dublin to help slum clearance. Asks if + McQuaid approves of his plan and if he would consent to act as joint Honorary Chairman. 7/12a. Gibson, [ ], Radio Eireann, 34-37 Clarendon Street, Dublin, thanking + McQuaid for his letter which moved him very much.

Copy letter from Fr. James Ardle MacMahon to Osmond Dowling, Mount Merrion stating he was very pleased with his letter in the ‘Irish Times’ It relates to a poetry reading by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. (see no. 197)

O’Mahony, T.C.G., 22 Merrion Square, Dublin. Due to the economic and industrial difficulties being experienced in Ireland a group of prominent citizens advocate a National Government to ‘make common co-operative cause’.

Kelly, Vincent, 87 Merrion Square, relating to architectural plans.

Doyle, John Dominic, 30 Lycamore Road, Mount Merrion. He informs + McQuaid that the rumour circulating that he is associated with the Freemasons is untrue, and that he has always been a loyal Catholic.

Correspondence between Micheal Breathnach, Dept. of Education, and +McQuaid concerning the contributions to new schools. In Mount Merrion the two schools -Christian Brothers and Sacred Heart Sisters- will each receive £600 from the Parish, while in Raheny the Parish will contribute £400 to the Raheny School. Fr. Wm. Fitzpatrick has agreed to replace the late Mgr. McArdle on the representative Committee.

Memo seeking approval of the Archbishop for sale of house at Mount Merrion Avenue to Sacred Heart fathers. 1 item Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales (M.S.F.S.)

• -30 July 1969 File relating to works carried out on the church building including the new church in Merrion.