Correspondence relating to the official blessing and opening of Sheldon Abbey, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, on 11th February .

• Correspondence between Lord Wicklow, Fr. Mangan and the

File relating to the church in Wicklow town. 10 items

• Mt Mellery: Abbot regrets inability to take up Archbishop’s confidential offer of a foundation at Glencree due to insufficient lands. Later, Woodstock in Wicklow not deemed suitable by Archbishop. CF file “O.M.I - Glencree”. Roscrea: Archbishop regrets Dom Eugene Boylan’s extra-cloistral activities. He proposes a foundation at Moone, Co. Kildare. Dom E Boylan is elected Abbot! Bishop Dunne’s shrewd observations. Foundations is made at Moone. CF file “Carthusian Monks”

Typed letter to +McQuaid from P. O Muireadhmh, Dept. of Health, requesting the appointment of a Chaplain to the County and Fever Hospitals, Wicklow.

• 8 April 1957 O’Gorman, Dr. Patrick J., Aughrim, Co. Wicklow. Correspondence relating to a complaint regarding Aughrim Boys’ School.

Letter from Fr. Lillis to Dr. O’Connell regarding County Wicklow Vocational Education Committee.

• 1 September 1948 Letter from Seamus Hann, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow, to +McQuaid explaining why a small church is needed.

Typed letter to Fr. Mangan from M.A. Croker, Secretary, Royal National Hospital for Consumption for Ireland (Newcastle, Co Wicklow), requesting permission for the reservation of the Blessed Sacrament in the Hospital Chapel when the present permission ceases.

Mooney, James J., 19 Wicklow Street, Dublin. Thanks the Archbishop for his kindness and generosity which has given him the chance to attain an independent means of livelihood.