Handwritten letter to [+ Wall] from Richard J. Casey regarding the appointment of Fr. John O’Regan as Assistant Chaplain at Portobello.

Defence, relating to the appointment of Mgr Casey to a Parish, Fr. Patrick Duffy to the Chaplaincy at Portobello, and Fr. John O’Regan as Head Chaplain to the Forces.

Typed report on CPI and KO activities. The following items are mentioned in the report: a talk was given on Sean O’Casey (a loyal supporter of IWL) by Patrick Carmody. Paul M. Sekiya, Secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation in Japan, is to speak at the home of Mr. Alfred Bewley under the auspices of the Dublin Society of Friends’ Peace Council and the Irish Pacifist Movement. A small Left -Wing Labour group has been started by Matthew Merrigan and John Byrne. Its policy is anti-coalition.

Typed report on CPI and KO activities. The following items are mentioned in the report: Patrick Carmody gave an illustrated lecture on Sean O’Casey. ‘Buster’ McCabe arrived from Belfast. Peadar O’Donnell spoke on ‘The Irish in Britain’, saying that English Catholics were antagonistic towards Irish émigrés. Tommy O’Reilly (a retired ITGWU official) said that “150 unemployed from each side of the city should purchase food and having no money to pay would be jailed. This would bring matters to a head.”

Handwritten letter to Fr. Williams from Fr. Casey. There is no dispute between Our Lady’s Hall Committee and the North Crumlin Corporation Tenants’ Association. They have always been given the Hall when they requested it. There is a suspicion that the Chairman and Secretary of the Association are members of a political organisation and the Hall is not let to political groups. List of dates when the Hall was let to the Association included. 1 item

Copy of typed letter to Rev. John Casey, C.C., The Presbytery, from the Secretary. It will be pointed out to Mr. Wall that the Community Centre is owned by the Diocese and that the Association has not been treated unreasonably in their request for the use of the hall.

Letter from Fr. Richard J. Casey to +McQuaid saying he will bless the Technical School in Skerries.

Letter from Fr. J. Casey to Christy wishing to know when Fr. Butler was appointed to Roundwood. 1 item

Letter from Fr. John Casey to +McQuaid inviting him to stay for lunch after the Confirmations. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Note, in +McQuaid’s hand, entitled Dublin Tostal Council. He withdrew permission for any religious ceremony on hearing that Ulysses and a play by Sean O’Casey were part of the festival.