Letter from Mgr. Glennon to Mgr. Alibrandi regarding the ‘Junior Digest’ which is being published by The Kerryman in Tralee. He knows very little about Peter O’Donnell but states that the leaders of Catholic Youth Associations view this magazine with some suspicion. It is chiefly a secular publication and suggests that while the Holy Father willing imparts his Apostolic Blessing to all his subjects, it has never been bestowed to purely commercial ventures.

Letter from +Patrick O’Donnell to +McQuaid stating the Archbishop’s visit to Australia will be long remembered. He mentions the pilgrimage to Ireland and states +Duhig is in hospital. 1 item

Letter from +O’Donnell to +McQuaid thanking him for his offer in relation to the pilgrims. He states Mgr. Carlton has returned home and was delighted with the welcome he received in Ireland. He also mentions the impasse re the appointment of an Australian ambassador to Ireland. 1 item

Letter from +O’Donnell, Clonmel, to +McQuaid stating he is returning to Australia with +Norton. He had hope to meet with the Archbishop during his trip to Dublin but he had to attend for check-ups and did not have the time.

Letter from +O’Donnell to +McQuaid thanking him for the formal farewell at the airport in Dublin. He mentions the trip home and an oil leak which delayed them in Tehran. He had a Liturgical Reception at the cathedral on his return and he broadcast an address. He will lunch with the Governor of Queensland the next day. Ballarat

Letter from Cardinal Conway to +McQuaid regarding a leave of absence for Professor O’Donnell of Maynooth who wishes to teach Ethics and British Philosophy in Louvain for one term. Annotated by +McQuaid. Achonry

Text of telegram sent by +McQuaid to Mgr. O’Donnell on the death of +Kinane. 1 item

Letter to + McQuaid from Fr. Jeremiah Twomey, C.M., St. Patrick’s Training College, Drumcondra, with two confidential Police documents enclosed “in connection with ….Communistic activities in the country.” Documents would imply that four students are implicated. Only one has given any cause for concern, Bernard Byrne. This concern is based on “feeling, not on evidence.” The students had received a letter from Peadar O’Donnell. Fr. Twomey asks for a meeting with + McQuaid for direction. A handwritten note from + McQuaid says he met Fr. Twomey and that nothing is to be done.

Typed report on CPI and KO activities, stamped ‘confidential’. The following items are mentioned in the report: the statements from George Jeffares on the international situation and Sam Nolan on the national situation. Nolan laid stress on inadequate social services alleging that no Government in the last 30 years had tried to solve the problem. The following topics were reported on: the “Geneva Fiasco” the Manor House, Dunkineely Dr. Owen Sheehy-Skeffington and Peadar O’Donnell addressing the inaugural meeting of the Dublin Typographical Debating Society the Peace Campaign’s meeting on the 16th December 1955.

Expressed Communist ideas whenever possible. Friends include Peadar O’Donnell and Peadar Cowan. Founder member of the IWL.