Correspondence relating to the rumour of the establishment of a novitiate in Roebuck

Lennon, Patrick, 36 Larchfield Road, Roebuck Park. Writes in relation to the erection of a statue to Blessed Mary in the Port of Dublin.

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10 December 1941 - 6 December 1971 107 items
Correspondence regarding routine details of community life, Archbishop does not favour building a new convent, Foundation Masses, sale of part of Roebuck property. Letter from AB to Msgr. Boylan returning letter from Roebuck Carmel re property

XLIV/13 Carmelites Nuns, Tranquilla

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8 December 1941 - 17 February 1971 39 items
Correspondence regarding routine details of community life, a problem regarding papal enclosure, Tranquilla had been admitted to solemn vows in 1952, years before the other Carmelitems convents in the Archdiocese.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Sean Mac Bride, Roebuck House, Clonskeagh, informing him of a letter he is sending to the newspapers regarding unsuitable films fed to children and the youth. Copy of the letter enclosed.

Daly, Maeve, Wickersley, Nr. Rotherham, thanking him for arranging for Michael to live in Roebuck.

Letter from Fr. John J. Gaffney to +McQuaid regarding the transfer of Fr. Kennelly to Roebuck.

Lovatt-Dolan, J.H.D., 1 Louvain, Roebuck Road. Asks permission for a visiting priest of the Oriental Rite to give a talk to the nuns and students of Mount Anvil preparatory to celebrating Mass in the Oriental Rite. Draft reply to say that it is the practice for a foreign priest to present his letters in advance.

McGrath, Richard, 34 Harlech Crescent, Roebuck Road, Dublin. His letter to + McQuaid suggests ways, very respectfully and sincerely, that the Archbishop might become more intune with the faithful.

Redwood, Maire, 39 Kimmage Road West, Terenure. She is seeking permission to assist at Midnight Mass at Roebuck.

Typed letter from Maud Gonne MacBride, Roebuck House, to + McQuaid. She wonders if a Pilgrimage to the site of the burial place of St. Patrick, St. Brigid and St. Colmcille in Downpatrick could be arranged during the Holy Year. Patrick Kavanagh