Typed letter to Dr. O’Connell from J. Boylan. The National Graves Association submitted a revised form of inscription and this was accepted.
Typed minutes from the ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: The credentials of Mr. O’Neill, a teacher of philosophy at the Peoples’ College, queried. He was a Scholastic in Belvedere and a brilliant student, somewhat cynical, but a good Catholic. Mrs O’Connell, agitator against the cruelty of children in schools, is to speak to the Irish Housewives’ Association. The estimated number of Teddy-boys, Teddy-girls and Vicky-boys is 500. Their haunts are the Ballerina, the Orchard Rooms and the Four Provinces. Objectionable literature is being sold by Bamba Books 3-4 shops in city. Permission needed to read Communist journals.
Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: a full report was received on Ambrose Collins from Fr. Hegarty, Francis Street. Eamon Dillon is not living in Dundrum but may be in Bird Avenue. Sean and Lilly O’Rourke sell Communist literature. Anthony Farrington is a member of the Nuclear Committee. Msgr. O’Halloran to speak to Fr. O’Connell regarding the Lord Mayor presiding at a Nuclear Re-Armament meeting due to the personnel. Fr. Kent said he heard that the Communists were contacting people outside the Juvenile court.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from P. O’Connell, Principal Chaplain, Royal Air Force, thanking him for sending him a copy of the syllabus for catechetical instruction.
Typed letter to Fr. O’Connell from L.B. Walsh-Atkins, British Embassy, sending him Interpreter and The Search for Peace.
Typed letter to Fr. O’Connell from Thomas McEnelly, American Counsul General. The Department of Commerce in Washington has been asked where an eight-inch or six-inch speculum for a reflecting telescope may be purchased.
Handwritten draft letter, penned by + McQuaid, and signed by Michael O’Connell, Secretary, to ‘Sir’ regarding the burial of the four executed I.R.A. men in the diocese. These men were buried as Catholics, with the assistance of a priest, in a blessed grave. By requesting that these men receive a Christian burial there is the implication that the Archbishop refused some rites which were due. The Archbishop deeply regrets the implication, and would prefer to believe that the implication cannot have been meant as a reflection on his actions in such cases.
Handwritten letter to “A duine uasal” from W.R. O’Hegarty. The Archbishop should keep the Draft Act as long as he requires it, but as she has only one copy she would be grateful if he would return it. Na Sean Gaedhilig ar a’ bPaisde 3/ 14/1 24 April 1946 Typed letter to +McQuaid from Miceal O Colgain and Miceal O Maolain, Coisde na bPaisdi. The Committee sends children of working class parents to the Connemara Gaelteach each year for a month’s holiday. Their aims are to give the children a thorough grasp of the language and an opportunity to enjoy themselves. The Committee would like to meet with the Archbishop to discuss some aspects of their work with him. 3/ 14/2. Cunntas na mBliadhan 1942-’43-’45. Parents’ Association, Central Committee 3/ 15/ 1. 24 July 1946 Typed letter to +McQuaid from T. Waldron asking that public prayers be offered in all Churches during Divine Service for a speedy and just settlement of the teachers’ strike and the reopening of the schools. 3/ 15/ 2 7 August 1946 Handwritten letter to V. Rev. M. O’Connell, Archbishop’s Secretary, from Terence Waldron. The Committee directed him to state that what they had in view was the recital of public prayers as was done in other emergencies. Married Couples Housing Association
Letter from Fr. Michael O’Connell regarding Long- Playing Recordings for Religious by the Catholic Record Club, Mercier, Cork. Annotated by +McQuaid.