Minutes of CSSC; letter to +McQuaid from Owen Cowley, Chairman, 12 Monkstown Road, Blackrock, County Dublin; list of attendees.

Letter from +Agnozzi, Talbot Lodge, Blackrock, to +McQuaid stating he met with Bishop Dunne and will travel to Ballaghadarren to meet with +Fergus. He then travels to Spain in the search for more priests for his diocese. ASIA Burma

Johnston, Cecily, Terenure, wishes to send her son to Blackrock College, but needs reduced fees.

Letter from Joseph Joly, Blackrock to +McQuaid regarding an article in the ‘Irish Times’ entitled ‘Blood and laughter’. There is specific reference to M.A.S.H. and a ‘Last Supper’ scene. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Mullen, Thomas, Linden Convalescent Home, Blackrock. He needs help to buy a raincoat, shirts and socks.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to Vivion de Valera, Blackrock, regarding a statement in the ‘Evening Press’ of the previous day. He asks that he looks into the matter. Article attached. Irish Times

Handwritten letter to Fr. MacMahon from Seamus Grace, 11, Ardagh Park, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, reporting on the Nigerian Students’ Conference. The High Commissioner, Alhaji Abdul Maliki, gave the students a lot of encouragement and at the same time expressed the view that the Union was occupying itself too much with politics to the neglect of other things.

Correspondence between L. O Muirthe and +McQuaid regarding the extension for three years of the ‘Junior College’ adjacent to Our Lady of Mercy Training College, Blackrock, as a temporary additional facility for training women teachers.

• 4 November 1948 McCann, Dermot, 3 Wilfrid Terrace, Kenilworth Park, Dublin. He is a past pupil of Blackrock College and is destitute. Asks the Archbishop for a loan.

Maguire, Conor, Ashurst, Blackrock. He is deeply grateful for the congratulations of the Archbishop on his elevation to the position of Chief Justice.