Handwritten report from “Grandmother”. Anthony Coughlan was sub- editor of The Daily Worker and The Irish Democrat in England. Prime mover in the Connolly Club. In May 1961 met Michael O’Leary, Justin Keating, Igo, Frank Edwards, Miss Simms. O’Leary has been picked to stand for Labour in South Central Constituency.

Copy of item no. 505. Knows Thompson, a Professor of Greek who is well known in the west of Ireland. Active in Connolly Clubs.

A paper titled “The Connolly Association and Communism”. Meant for private circulation only.

Copy of typed letter to Fr. Connolly from James Ardle MacMahon thanking him for his co-operation.

Typed letter to Fr. A. MacMahon from Fr. Edward MacElroy, St. Columban’s, London. Regarding the Connolly Association no alarming developments over the past few months. But considerable Communist activity on other fronts, especially the Labour Party and the Trade Union Movement.

Handwritten letter from M.T.S. to +McQuaid. He wants to why the clergy are not up in arms over the Connolly Youth Movement.

Connolly, Patricia, Goldenbridge Ave., Inchicore. Asks the Archbishop to help her husband get a position.

Letter from +Craven to +McQuaid regarding Fr. Connolly.

Handwritten report saying Prescott’s letter and newspaper article from The Tablet enclosed. Saga Films Ltd may offer free films on travel. Book review in The Plough quotes priest praising Connolly Club. Police did not expect Saturday night’s row. Castle group dispersed. Government thinks Communism too remote. A man from Russell Avenue became a Protestant and got a good job at Telecommunications.

Fighting facts information notes. 10.2 The Connolly Association, 1958 – 1961