• 4 April 1955 Clarke, Mrs., 46 Annamoe Park, Cabra. She says that her child has been unjustly kept back from Confirmation.

Copy of handwritten letter to T. O Deirig from +McQuaid. The delimitation of the new Cabra Parish was completed on 3rd May, and the sites for the church and school have been chosen according to the plans of the Corporation maps.

Boyd, Theresa, 118 Dingle Road, Cabra West. Her husband is in prison and she asks the Archbishop’s help in having him transferred from Portrush to Mountjoy.

Correspondence regarding routine community life and apostolate. A hostel for student-Brothers’ at Maynooth. Enquiry regarding possible Mater Dei course for Novice Masters/Mistresses. Project of All-Irish secondary school, Scoil Eoin, Stillorgan. Also mentions secondary schools at the O’Brien Institute (Marino). References to schools at Sutton, Kilmore Road and Ballygall. International Conference on Religious Education of the Deaf (at Drumcondra). New communities founded at Ballygall Road, Cabra and Ballyroan. Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd (L.B.G.S.)

Richardson, Kevin, 71 Jamestown Road, Finglas. Catholic employers have the most unchristian standards when it comes to paying a fair wage to workers. Asks the Archbishop to suggest to the clergy they focus on the Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII. 18/8c. Rooney, Eamon, 26 Annamoe Park, Cabra, Dublin, asking for support for an increase in the old age pension and for the disabled.

Byrne, Francis, Cabra. Wishes to become a priest.

Notes of conferences with officials of the Dublin City and County Town Planning Authority regarding Arran Quay, Balally, Balbriggan, Ballyfermot (West), Ballymun, Ballyroan, Central City, Cornelscourt, Darndale, Finglas West/Cabra, Holylands, Kilmore West, Kilmashogue, Knocklyon, Malahide, Newtownpark Avenue, Rush, Saggart, Shankill, Skerries, Swords, Tallaght, and Templeogue.

Curran, J.F., Cabra Road, Dublin. There is discontent among the Catholics in the parish owing to the neglect of the Parochial Clergy.

Rooney, Eamon, 26 Annomoe Gardens, Cabra. Asks the Archbishop to use his influence to have the Old Age Pension increased from 1/- to 5/- .

Letter from Diarmuid O Ceallachain to +McQuaid informing him that a secondary school is badly needed in Cabra. Seeks permission to have a secondary school under the care of the Christian Brothers.