Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Browne stating he had met with the Minister for Health, Mr. O’Higgins. He discusses problems in all the hospitals and mentions Portiuncula in particular. He thinks they should meet with the Minister so he can hear their opinions.

Letter from +Philbin to +McQuaid enclosing a Memorandum on Portiuncula Hospital.

Letter from +Riberi to +McQuaid thanking him for the enclosures regarding Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe. He thanks his also for his help in trying to resolve this dispute. He also expresses his gratitude for the assistance given to him by the Archbishop during his time as Nuncio. He is now leaving to take up his new position in Spain.

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17 March 1946 - 27 March 1971 68 items
Correspondence which chronicles their recruiting campaigns in Dublin and their eventual foundation in Sandymount.

XLIV/52 Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood
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15 January 1944 - 18 September 1957 8 items
Correspondence detailing unsuccessful attempt to have permission for a foundation in Dublin; reference to Irish Guild of Catholic Nurses; a copy of "Forum" review. (This institute made a foundation in Dublin in later times).

/2 25 June 1956 - 10 May 1962
Correspondence re Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co Galway, marked Secret.

XLIV/53 Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
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19 November 1941 - 25 December 1971 74 items
Correspondence chronicles institute's attempts to have a foundation in Dublin. Eventually this is granted- a hostel for their sisters in Ballsbridge, copy of letter from the Postulator of the Cause in their Founders; they seek to transfer to convent in Mt. Tallant being vacated by the Carmelites, see Mt. Tallant Carmelites file for more.

Includes; "A list of the Indulgences granted by Pope Clement the 14th and by his present Holiness Pope Pius the 6th to the Ursuline Nuns …" (c1800); "Ex audientia Ssmi D.N., Dni Pii Div Piov PPVII habita die 26 Aprilis 1818" with translation; "At an audience of His Holiness, had on the 11th of June 1843" at which he granted a plenary Indulgence to the Presentation; "The decree of His Holiness Pius IX regarding the Privilege of wearing the Ring" (1855); "Constitutio Dogmatica de Fide Catholica"; "Indulgence of the Portiuncula" (25 July 1918).