Handwritten letter from P.J. O’Callaghan, Limerick, to Fr. Dunne acknowledging receipt of a letter.

. Callaghan, [Helera], 60 St. Mobhi Road, Glasnevin. Thanks the Archbishop for his gift of £5.

Letter from +O’Callaghan to +McQuaid thanking him for the message of congratulations. 1 item

. Caffrey, T.W., 66 Terenure Road East, Dublin. Sent letter to P.F. Clarke, St. Joseph’s, Terenure, informing him that Patrick O’Callaghan, a Communist, was teaching in a National School in the Dundrum area. Letter forwarded to Liam.

Correspondence between Fr. P.J. O’Callaghan, Diocesan Secretary, Limerick, and Archbishop’s House regarding the purchase of Fee Simple of property in Amiens St.

Handwritten letter from + O’Callaghan to + McQuaid thanking him for his kind letter of sympathy. Newspaper article enclosed containing the Bishop’s statement on a former priest, Edward Flanagan, who left the Church and was accepted into the Anglican Church. 2 items Clonfert

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. Its function this year is to report to + McQuaid in detail on officials of the various trade unions. Each member was given 22 trade unions with names of officials. The V. Rev. Chairman had a report, compiled by the Knights of Columbanus in 1948, on Communist members and their activities. Fr. Crean was delegated to approach Colonel Callaghan, the Head of Army Intelligence, to update the list of Communist Party members. Information was sought on journalists Brian O’Neill, Tony Malone, Annie Kelly, Maurice Hickey, Don Rooney and Michael McInerney.

Letter from Carmel O’Callaghan, Hon. Treasurer- Secretary, Dublin Operatic Society, to +McQuaid thanking him for his donation of £20.

Handwritten letter from + W. Philbin, to + McQuaid thanking him for his generous gift of £5,000. The suddenness with which Mr. Callaghan has accomplished the police changes and the taking away of the housing authority from local government has dazed the right wing Unionists and led to violence. 1 item

Letter from Fr. O’Callaghan, on behalf of +Murphy, to +McQuaid. The letter concerns the affiliation of the apostolic work in Limerick which is rendered problematic because the National Council may not be functioning.