Dowling, 3 Orwell Park. Asking permission for her son to atten the Dalton Tutorial Institution, Leinster Road, a co-educational school which is run by a member of the Jewish faith. Fr. V. Steen, Rathgar parish, writes to Dr. O’Connell, secretary to +McQuaid. Request refused.

Curran, C.P., Garville Avenue, Rathgar. Thanks the Archbishop for his kindness to his brother during his illness, and to himself when his brother died.

Correspondence relating to routine details of community life and apostolate. They are granted permission to open a Retreat House. Marianella [Rathgar] is considered.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from [ill], 186, Clontarf Road. At the meeting of the Red Cross Gift and Sale Committee the Rector of Rathgar wanted to know whether the new Gift-Sale was to be devoted to purposes of the Red Cross.

Mangan, Josephine, Kenilworth Road, Rathgar, seeking help in obtaining a position with the Hospital Sweep, Ballsbridge.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Leo McCauley, 10, a Winton Ave., Rathgar, thanking him for his hospitality and informing him of their visit to the Children’s Hospital, Crumlin.

Short typed biography on the family of Dr. Conor Cruise O’Brien. Has two children, two of whom are at school in Newtown, Waterford, and two in Rathgar. Neither school is Catholic. Children are not being taught formal religion as they are allowed to make up their own minds when they come to age. Wife is living in Howth.