This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

Note from +McQuaid for those wishing to attend the Mass in Belfast for those killed in the bombings. People are free to attend but there must be no political demonstration at the Mass.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Pereira stating he has no vacant chaplaincy at present. He had heard that Fr. Mathias had been offered supply work in Belfast.

Typed report on CPI and KO activities. The following items are mentioned in the report: Patrick Carmody gave an illustrated lecture on Sean O’Casey. ‘Buster’ McCabe arrived from Belfast. Peadar O’Donnell spoke on ‘The Irish in Britain’, saying that English Catholics were antagonistic towards Irish émigrés. Tommy O’Reilly (a retired ITGWU official) said that “150 unemployed from each side of the city should purchase food and having no money to pay would be jailed. This would bring matters to a head.”

Typed profile of Ambrose Collins, 358 Iveagh Buildings, New Bride Street. Found guilty of larceny at the age of 11. Other convictions followed. Became active member of IWL and never missed a meeting. Travelled to Belfast to attend a Paul Robson concert. His family are practicing Catholics but he is hostile to the clergy.

Handwritten note to Fr. MacMahon from Una Byrne to inform him that a young woman who was in her daughter’s school, Mrs. Vera Gantley-Behan, was married in a registry office in Belfast. TCD meeting successful.

Typed note to +McQuaid from J.A. MacMahon regarding Michael Murphy, Cork Street, Dublin, who was arrested in Belfast. Letter from Fr. Denis Faul regarding the mistreatment of Murphy and a report of the arrest, interrogation and treatment of Thomas Sinclair. 55/

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Owen Kelly, President, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Bank Street, Belfast, informing him that a large number of men and girls regularly arrive in Belfast from Dublin looking for work and many of them get stranded.

/2. 31 May Copy of a typed letter to Joseph P. Walshe from +McQuaid, enclosing the letter from the Belfast President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Suggests that the solution may be in insisting on proof that work is available before they exit.

Notes relating to the housing group wishing to rebuild Bombay Street, Belfast.