Correspondence between + Dwyer and + McQuaid - - 26 January 1967 Regarding the ordination of Brian Clarke.

Clarke, Michael J., 18, Falcarragh Road, Whitehall. Thanks the Archbishop for the cheque with which to buy books.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The Committee would continue to meet together but members would have special responsibilities – Fr. Clarke (newspapers), Fr. Kavanagh and Fr. Kent (Trade Unions), Fr. Fehily (Radio and TV). Discussions on the Irish Students’ Anti-Nuclear Campaign, the Irish Students’ Union and the influence of Secular opinion on the ICTU were discussed.

Typed letter to + McQuaid requesting that Fr. Clarke be allowed to have copies of The Irish Democrat and similar newspapers delivered. These should not be at his expense. Writer to enquire about Seamus O Coigligh and the Trade Union position.

Letter from Fr. Patrick Clarke to +McQuaid regarding Pre-nuptial forms. 1 item

Clarke, Geetrude, 25 Hillside Drive, Churchtown. She is interested in Christian Unity and complains of the many things she sees militating against in the media.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Fr. O’Connell spoke to the Lord Mayor regarding her presiding at the Anti-Nuclear Armaments meeting. She was grateful as she had not known the position. A full report was received on Farrington and Morrison. Mrs. Mary O’Connell is the editor of The Plough. More information sought on her. Sam Mooney is a Communist and a member of the Irish Workers’ League. Mrs McAuley she is causing some trouble in the Irish Housewives Association. Fr. Clarke is to check if she is on the Adoption Board. Fr. Maguire reports a Scientology centre in Monkstown at which there seems to be three Maynooth Professors attending.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee. The following items are mentioned in the report: Fr. Kent looked up Don Baker. It is an English company with an agency here. The Socialist Review is a U.S. Review. Fr. Clarke to find out where Jim Larkin was married all members to try to find out what is happening in Sinn Fein at the moment.

Handwritten note to + McQuaid, written on Archbishop House headed notepaper, seeking permission for Fr. Clarke to read The Bell in order to keep an eye on it. The Archbishop agrees and suggests that Fr. Fehily and Fr. MacMahon would be helpful.

• 11 Five items relating to the resignation of Fr. Richard J. Glennon as Sept. 1945 Catholic Chaplain to Mountjoy Prison and the appointment of Fr. M.J. Clarke as his replacement.