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.

Letter from +O’Boyle to +McQuaid. +O’Boyle thanks +McQuaid for the report on the marriage bill prepared by Rev. Gerard Sheehy and Rev. Jerome Curtin.

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

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

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +O’Boyle regarding the dispute between the Cardinal and some of his priests over ‘Humanae Vitae’. Copies of newspaper articles also included.

Minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Letter from Mgr. Kappes read, stating that St. Anthony’s Hospital did not authorise an advertisement from the American College of Personnel Efficiency. A list of Directors of The Plough submitted. All seem to be associated with the Communist Party. The possible purpose of the 1913 Club was discussed wondered if it was an effort by Dr. Noel Browne and Mr. Quillan to form a new political party? Fr. Crean was asked to report on T.A. Boyle, Secretary, Dublin Tostal Council.

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.

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.

Cryan, Leo, Crescent View, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Suggests that a branch of the Third Order be set up in each parish.