Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid stating his resignation has been accepted on both sides of the Atlantic. +Fitzgerald has been named Apostolic Administrator. 1 item

Wording of telegram from +McQuaid to +Ryan stating he is most welcome in Dublin.

Letter from +Ryan, Bon Secour’s Hospital, Cork to +McQuaid stating he has been inundated with greetings from Trinidad. The Holy See has finally ended the association between the Port of Spain Diocese and the Dominicans. He mentions the birth prevention programme announced by the Trinidad government. The new Archbishop will be busy answering questions relating to this. 1 item

Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid delighting in the two recent addresses by the Archbishop. He also mentions Fr. Doolan O.P. who is no longer welcome in the Dominican Houses in Dublin and is to go to Nairobi. He feels very sorry for him He states he has been awarded the highest honour Trinidad and Tobago can give.

Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid thanking him for an unabridged copy of his Communications letter. He shares his distress at the rejection of the Rosary. 1 item

Letter from Florence Ryan, Munster and Leinster Bank, Crumlin to +McQuaid asking if +Crawford can attend their annual sale of work in the Mansion House. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Morris regarding the recalling of Fr. Daniel O’Dwyer to Cashel. He has appointed Dr. Lee as assistant priest of Finglas West and Fr. Conor Ryan as Chaplain to Loreto Convent, Dalkey.

Letter from +Doorly to +McQuaid thanking him for permission to use the Ryan Burse. 1 item

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +O’Hara with regard to the property bequested to the Bishop of Autun. In January, Mgr. Lebrun asked the +McQuaid to intervene with the Minister for Finance in securing the transfer of the sum of £1538. +McQuaid sought the legal advice of Richard Ryan of O’Hagan’s Solicitors. He has already given this information to the Nuncio.

Letter from +Joseph Ryan to +McQuaid stating he will be visiting All Hallows College in January in the hope of attracting seminarians to Alaska. He is trying to organise a new Archdiocese in the aftermath of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake and he is very short of priests. He hopes to call on the Archbishop when he is in Dublin.