Letter from +O’Boyle to +McQuaid. He thanks him for a copy of the regulations which are to be observed by all persons living abroad who make application to an adoption agency in the Archdiocese of Dublin. These regulations, he believes, will be found suitable for other dioceses.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Mrs. Norah O’Boyle, Newcastle, Co. Down, asking him to use whatever influence he has to bring to an end the torture of arrested men. Copy of reply.

Typed statement from conversation with Una Byrne. She thinks there is a witch-hunt in Fianna Fail against the Knights of Columbanus carried out by the Masons and Senator Hartnett. Thinks there is a link between the IHA, the Fabian Society and the Republican Forum as the same people appear in these societies. She stated that Mrs McAuley is not satisfactory as regards the Adoption Board. She appears to be pursuing the wrong policy and has not paid much attention to the feelings of the adopters or the adopted. Mrs Byrne thinks that the school for Ballybrack parish will become an election issue, but the site is unsanitary and rat infested. Superintendent Boyle told Mrs Byrne that he will not deal with Fr. Crean as he was quoted by him.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Col. Harrington, Army Intelligence, told Fr. Crean that he had listened to a recording of T.A. Boyle telling Sean Nolan the procedure followed by Intelligence regarding suspected Communists. Information sought on Letchford who is a leading Communist in Cork. Garda recruits would have a chaplain appointed if requested by the Authorities. A new book on psychiatry by Jonathan Hannigan was discussed. He runs a centre in Monkstown.

Letter from Anne Swaine, Dervila O’Brien and Ann Boyle Aer Lingus Hostesses to +McQuaid regarding the play ‘Love and the battle’ being staged at the Gate Theatre. Copy of reply attached.

Gaffney, Mary, Coola, Boyle, Co. Sligo. She is the mother of six adopted children. She is amazed how deeply people can wound by their remarks.

Letter from +Patrick O’Boyle to +McQuaid thanking him for his kind words and mentioning the recent visit of the Archbishop. He encloses two volumes of the life of His Eminence, James Cardinal Gibbons, by Dr. John Tracy Ellis. 1 item

Letter from +O’Boyle to +McQuaid. He writes to him in relation to Fr John Cuffe, a Killala priest, whose hearing was severely damaged by a bomb while working in Southwark. He hopes that +McQuaid might allow him minister to the deaf community in Dublin.

Copy of letter from +McQuaid to +McDonnell sending his sympathy on the death of +O’Boyle. Killaloe

Note. Rev. F. Tarpey phoned to say that he had seen Master Frank Woods who said he was employed as a secret agent by the police. His task was to discover information on Communist activities in Dublin. Parents knew nothing about it but knew he had money. Fr. Tarpey contacted Sergeant Boyle whose job is to keep track of Communist activities. Boyle said Woods was in the Communists before he employed him at 10/- a week. Fr. Tarpey forbade the boy to go to sacraments until the matter is straightened out. Mgr. Dargan dealing with it. 548/1. Note on Jeffares in + McQuaid’s handwriting. Jeffares removed from SSB for leftist reasons. Is highly intelligent. 548/2/A. July 1948 Publication entitled The Background of Communism in Dublin. 548/2/B Copy of The Background of Communism in Dublin.