Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid stating that the Quinquennial report on Catechetical Instruction has been sent to Rome. He thanks the Archbishop for his comments on Mr. Blanchard who was described by one US Senator as ‘disgraceful and silly regarding his actions on the McCartan Act. He thanks the Archbishop for having attended the dinner for the new cardinal and only learned later that the Archbishops of Cashel, Tuam and Armagh had driven back to their respective diocese following the event. He never realised he had put such great an inconvenience upon them.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid inviting him to dinner at the Nunciature in honour of Cardinal D’Alton. The President has agreed to attend and he hopes the Archbishops of Tuam and Cashel will do likewise. He enjoyed his time at Clonliffe the previous day and was glad to have met the Parish Priests of the Diocese.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid, marked Confidential. He encloses a copy of a letter he is sending to Cardinal D’Alton and the Archbishops of Tuam and Cashel in relation to Fr. Edward Lodge Curran, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn who is due to visit Ireland where he wishes to give a number of open-air public addresses. The priest is persona non grata in many American Dioceses. He had visited Ireland previously and addressed several public meetings. Fr. Lodge Curran claims there was never any objection to these by the Irish Hierarchy. He wishes the Cardinal and Archbishops to inform their Bishops. Annotated by +McQuaid stating ‘The address was given in O’Connell Street without my knowledge. I should never have allowed it’. See item 483.