Typed letter to +McQuaid from D.J. O’Donovan. He is sure that a great national effort will be made to fight tuberculosis, and has no doubt that the Red Cross is capable of contributing substantially.

Extract from The Newsletter, titled “The truth about the Stalinist-controlled Connolly Association”, by Pat O’Donovan. The Connolly Association has been attacking the Socialist Labour League so Irish workers want to know the truth about it, and the ideology of its paper, the Irish Democrat. It is not a nationalist organisation but a sordid Stalinist set-up. After Stalin’s death in 1953 wrote a glowing tribute to him, but was silent when Khrushchev exposed him.

Typed letter to Fr. Liam Martin from E. Feichin O’Doherty informing him of the information he has elicited to date on the Institute. John O’Donovan, Economics Dept, UCD, annoyed with Paddy Lynch, Aer Lingus, over the latter’s appointment to the IPA Council as public administration is more his concern, not Lynch’s.

• Correspondence between +McQuaid from D.J. O’Donovan,

Eileen O’Donovan, Rathfarnham, requests assistance re schooling of her disabled daughter. Sympathetic response from archbishop, annotated. Business Beecham (Sales)

O’Donovan, John, Cavendish Square, London. In a card to the Archbishop he says he received a letter asking him to become a Catholic. Why should he leave the Church of England which follows the teaching of Jesus?

Letter to the Archbishop from Dr. O'Donovan.

Letter from +Dunne to +McQuaid regarding a request by the O’Donovan-Rossa Memorial Committee to hold a commemorative Mass in the chapel, Dublin Castle in June and unveil a plaque in St. Stephen’s Green. The latter will be performed by the President. He gives details of the death and burial in 1915. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Typed letter to Fr. Diffney. IHA stronger than ever. Are to inherit £400 from death of an old lady. Minister Norton used influence to get a man called Bergin a job in Guinness’s Baths. He is an organiser with WUI and has access to the brewery. Directors so worried at drop in production that they have sought advice. On day of Sean South’s funeral he blew whistle and men stopped working while funeral passed. Sean Beaumont, Editor of The Irish Press is leaving and she hopes she has stopped John O’Donovan getting the job and that a true Gael gets the job. Asks if he has heard of the American College of Personnel Efficiency? Peadar Ward checked Ron Hubbard’s details and found that they were wrong. Hubbard has been replaced by Dr. Morris.

A copy of Celebrating Religious Life: The Light of Christ to the 21st Century, Presentation of the Lord February 2nd 2000. Also includes a small card on which is written an epiphany by Gail O'Donovan.