This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

Letter from +Lucey to +McQuaid regarding the possible take-over of ‘The Standard’ by the ‘Catholic Herald’. Annotated by +McQuaid. Derry

Handwritten letter from + Neil Farren, Derry, to + McQuaid asking permission to marry two of his subjects in University Church.

Handwritten letter from + Neil Farren, Derry, to + McQuaid thanking him for his gift of £5,000 to the Distress Fund in Derry. Down and Connor

Copy of typed letter to + Neil Farren, Bishop of Derry, from + McQuaid enclosing a Draft given to him by the Dept. of Justice. This Draft represents the heads of a Draft for inclusion in a Government sponsored Bill.

C/E File: Communication Centre – £2,000 relief for Derry. 18a./1 14 September Handwritten letter to Your Excellency from James Carolan, Ballyfermot. He wants to know the position of the Catholic Church in relation to illegal organizations such as the I.R.A.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from + Neil Farren, Bishop’s House, Derry, thanking him for his generous cheque of £10,000. November

Typed letter +McQuaid from + Neil Farren, Derry, sending the names and addresses of the various Committees set up in Derry as a result of the disturbances. Copy of thanks from +McQuaid.

Typed copy of a biographical report on John de Courcy Ireland, marked ‘Secret’. De Courcy Ireland was born in Lucknow, India, on 19 October 1911. Educated in England. Read history in Oxford and Ph.D., at Trinity (1950). Taught at grammar school in Bury and active in local Communist affairs. Taught in St. Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School, Derry. In 1944 was expelled from Labour Party on basis of being an active Communist. During the next few years he devoted a great deal of time and attention to the promotion of Communism. Was able and energetic writer and contributed to left-wing journals in England and Ireland. In 1948 co- founded Review with other Communists. In 1949 took up teaching post in Drogheda Grammar School, then moved to Bandon GS and finally to Kingstown GS. His interests are openly educational, social and cultural. Is member of the Labour Party, Joint Secretary of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, a member of the VEC (Dun Laoghaire Branch) and founder member of the Military History Society. Is still truly and avowedly a Communist.