Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: information sought on Joseph Deasy. With reference to a letter by Fr. Nash, S.J., the City Manager made an order to close all cinemas on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of Holy Week. Prior to this owners themselves agreed to close, except those in Malahide, Skerries and Balbriggan. The National Co-op Council held a meeting to discuss the Folk High School at Skerries. Groups represented included the ICA, the Gaelic League and the GAA. Fr. Nash thought there was nothing to worry about as both Dr. McKevitt and Dr. Duffy were both on the Council. Attention was drawn to the Editorial in The Irish Catholic which urged its readers to cross out all the names on the ballot papers as a protest against Party government.

Correspondence regarding their presence in Balbriggan and they appear to be in charge of a group of refugee aspirants from England. Originally permitted to come by Archbishop Byrne. (these papers refer to the period in between Archbishop Byrne dying and Archbishop McQuaid taking over and also the early years of the latter’s administration). Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.)

Balbriggan

File relating to schools in Balbriggan town. 10 items

• 5 May 1942 Correspondence between +Mageean and +McQuaid regarding the Salvatorians which are based in Balbriggan. +McQuaid clearly states in his response that they are here as refugees and are based in Sunshine House but are not allowed to have a religious house in the Diocese. 3 items

Notes of conferences with officials of the Dublin City and County Town Planning Authority regarding Arran Quay, Balally, Balbriggan, Ballyfermot (West), Ballymun, Ballyroan, Central City, Cornelscourt, Darndale, Finglas West/Cabra, Holylands, Kilmore West, Kilmashogue, Knocklyon, Malahide, Newtownpark Avenue, Rush, Saggart, Shankill, Skerries, Swords, Tallaght, and Templeogue.

File relating to the visit of delegates from Wavin, Balbriggan to Hardenberg.

Letters between Dr. O’Connell, Fr. James Ardle MacMahon and Fr. Timothy O’Brien, Balbriggan. Fr. O’Brien has been asked to write an article for the Farmer’s Journal on faith and morals. Annotated by +McQuaid. 3 items The Furrow

File relating to the proposed establishment of a holiday camp for children in Balbriggan by St. Vincent de Paul Society (later Sunshine House).

Letter from P. O’Flynn to +McQuaid informing him that a study circle for the study of Sociology has been successfully carried out in Balbriggan for years under the auspices of the C.Y.M.S. To diffuse more widely a knowledge of Catholic Social teaching a scheme of lectures could be drawn up on the lines of the Catechetical Instructions.