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.

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Letter from +Lucey to +McQuaid stating he will be unable to attend the proposed conference in Drumcondra due to illness. He mentions the crisis in UCC which was exaggerated by the media. Annotated by +McQuaid. 1 item

Letter from +Farren to +McQuaid thanking him for his permission regarding the De Valera wedding and for the invitation to Drumcondra. 1 item

Archbishop McQuaid viewed Communism and Socialism among the great evils of the 20th Century, and energetically set about to counter and limit their influences in Dublin. The Vigilance Committee was established for this purpose. The contents of the files are mainly in the form of minutes of meetings, reports, letters and memos, with a small number of newspaper articles and photographs. They deal with such varied subjects and persons as:
trade unions – Matt Merrigan, Des Brannigan, Jim Larkin, Donal Nevin; Sinn Fein (IRA) – Sean Russell, Neil Gould; objectionable literature; ‘teddy-boys’ – C. Gallagher; tenant associations (ACRA); Communism and the Irish Workers’ League – Michael O’Riordan, Peadar O’Donnell, Peadar Cowan, George Jeffares, Sam Mooney; left-wing literature and newspapers – The Irish Democrat, The Plough; a guild for Catholic Journalists; Scientology – L.R.Hubbard, Dr. Morris, Msgr. Kappes; the Anti-Nuclear Campaign; unemployment – Mr. Nightengale, Mr. Murphy; Irish Housewives’ Association – Hilda Tweedy; the Press – G.A. Hutt, Mr. Sweetman, Mr. Kirwan; Garda – Philip MacMahon, Detective/Sergeant Martin Lanigan.

These documents are of vital interest to students of Irish society in the mid 20th century as they reflect the thinking and attitudes of a Church that helped shape the ethos of the country. The response of the laity is correspondingly intriguing. The quote “I am a member of the (Labour Party, etc.) but my first loyalty is to the Catholic Church” is reflected in a sizeable number of documents.