Includes; partial biography of Edmund Rice by Father Desmond McCarthy.

Letter from Rev. Desmond Williams to Mgr. Storero enclosing a cheque for £10 towards the relief of starving people in the Congo.

Letter from Mgr. Cassidy to Fr. Desmond Williams regarding The Catholic Social Service Conference which was read in the Churches last Sunday. It will be brought to the attention of the Nuncio.

-2 September 1955 On 3 October 1947 the Department of Defence sought tenders from construction companies for the re-pointing of the water tower in the Curragh Camp. Desmond Hunter’s tender was accepted. In January 1948 Hunter sought to change the Specification and an increase for the work. The Department would not accept this, Hunter discontinued the work in June 1948, and in accordance with the Conditions of Contract notice was served on him determining the contract. A long dispute followed. Uniforms for the Commissioned Officers

Typed note to + McQuaid. O Nunain attended the L & H where the First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy spoke. Desmond Fennell spoke well. O Nunain is anxious to show three of his films to students in Clonliffe.

Handwritten letter to Fr. McKernan from Desmond W. McCarthy, Cork St., Dublin, reporting on Philip Cairns and Alderman Hickey. Cairns converted out of conviction in 1921, is a zealous Catholic Action worker, secretary of the Postal Workers’ Union and member of the Labour Party. Puts his Catholicism first. Hickey is an excellent Catholic and a director of the Catholic Standard. Sided with William O’Brien as he held a position with the ITGWU. 276A. 12 May 1948 List of names and addresses of ‘active’ and ‘not active’ persons. Signature of J. Counihan S.J.

• Memos to +McQuaid from Desmond Williams regarding an

Cassidy, Desmond A., 24 Elizabeth Street, Drumcondra, Dublin. He wishes to make the Archbishop aware of a film, I Confess, and argues that it is unsuitable.

. Broe, Desmond, 30 Lower Kimmage Rd., Terenure, Dublin. Irish sculptors are not being given commissions for statues and need support of clergy.

Letter from Mgr. Storero to Rev. Desmond Williams thanking him for the cheque for £8.10.0 being the amount received from the ‘Irish Catholic’ newspaper in respect of subscriptions they received towards the relief of starving people in the Congo.