Release and conveyance from Archbishop McQuaid to Rev. Patrick Dunne and Rev. Thomas O’Donnell regarding the purchase of the remaining one fourth part of the rent on the property at Crumlin.

Letter from Stephen J. Brown, S.J., to Dr. O’Donnell a asking for a meeting with the Archbishop.

Typed draft of an article/speech titled ‘The Writer’ by Peadar O’Donnell. Would come near defining a writer when they reveal people “behaving and misbehaving towards one another.” The writer needs freedom and in Ireland he enjoys less than any other country. Irish writers are shut in and silenced by their job and “conditioned to bark if they want to prosper as emigrants to America.” Perhaps Ireland’s greatest cultural crime has been her waste of the poet Patrick Kavanagh.

Fr. O’Donnell has been approached by Fr. Lynam from Wolverhampton for permission to say Mass for his scout troop at Larchill. Granted.

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

Press Statement. Conference supported by large number of representative public figures in Western Europe and by distinguished artists and writers, including Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, Brendan Behan, Michael MacLiamoir, Peadar O’Donnell. Cost of Conference will be met by proceeds from an auction of works of art. Picasso has given a still life valued at £5,000 and Henry Moore a bronze reclining nude valued at £1,000.

May, 1942 Copy of a letter from Peadar O’Donnell to four students – Bernard Byrne, John Gallagher, Isaac Logue and Charles McGeady, St. Patrick’s T.C. - inviting them to meet him for a chat in response to their letter to him. O’Donnell is toying with the idea of planting them into the migratory workers’ bothies in Scotland. Their idea of going to a turf camp is equally good.

O’Donnell, B., Hilldrop Road, London, N.7, complaining at the way Irish girls in England treat Irishmen, class distinction and snobbery in Ireland ‘where there is nothing but sanctimonous hypocrites and snobs.’

Typed copy of a report from Superintendent G.V Convery to headquarters, marked ‘secret’, regarding a letter found in a public house in Robertstown, Co. Kildare. The letter was written by Peadar O’Donnell to four students. The report explains how the letter came into the possession of the Gardaí. Garda inquiries give some details on the students.

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