Handwritten letter to Fr. Martin from Fr. Martin Byrne, Arran Quay, with a short statement.
Letter from +Byrne to +McQuaid thanking him for setting up a burse for one of their students of St. Francis College, Pugu, in care of the Irish Holy Ghost fathers. The young man selected is Caspar Ndalio.
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.)
Letter from Fr. M. Toher to Monsignor regarding a local man, John Byrne, who was ordained for Liverpool Diocese and wishes to say Mass in the local church.
Typed letter to + McQuaid from [Una Byrne – name and address redacted]. The following items are mentioned: Archbishop’s kindness in granting them the Catholic Institute to hold the Congress in 1961 Communist Party here is static Gerry Kerrigan is doing great work in the trade union notice in Communist paper in London says Irish Workers’ Union formed in Eire and Britain. Aim is a Marxist Workers’ Republic the Irish Association for Nuclear Disarmament is trying to woe all sections of the community there is an uneasy feeling about activities of the Garda Commissioner friendship with Mrs. Oganshea, Nigeria.
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.
Copy of conveyance between Archbishop Byrne & others to Very Reverend Joseph Pius Noonan and others regarding the property in Crumlin.
Letter from +Dunne to +McQuaid regarding a dispensation from the Eucharistic Fast for Countess O’Byrne due to age and a request from the Holy Faith Sisters to buy a property on Haddington Road, adjacent to their current building. End of letter torn.
Typed note on Mrs. Byrne. She says that a science graduate from Rathnew has been trafficking in drugs. Maher’s, a store in Dolphin’s Barn, has been closed by the Gardaí for selling drugs.
Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: The Plough - nothing further to add. The Committee is of the opinion that Scientology, at worst, this is a money-making agency and is not a serious threat. A report from Mr. Byrne was read concerning the importation of a cargo of paperback books, valued at £2,000, by Prescott. He applied for membership of Mrs Stanley’s Organisation governing the distribution of books, but was refused. Priest in charge of the CIE Sodality, Merchants’ Quay, to be contacted regarding O’Riordan and the CIE elections.