File relating to the field at Cornelscourt. 35 items

File relating to prayer leaflets for the Mission Field Brigade and issued by the Holy Ghost (Spiritan) Fathers

• 19 August 1953 Correspondence from Fr. Patrick F. Clarke with Fr. Martin and +McQuaid regarding the possible sale of a field from Mrs. Doherty.

transcript of lecture on "John Anderson of Fermoy, the forgotten benefactor. Being a paper read out the Fermoy Field Club … by Niall Brunicardi".

Fathers, Kimmage, +McQuaid and +Levame in relation to the possibility of Irish priests going to South America to do missionary work. The Sacred Consistorial Congregation is in support of this but +McQuaid feels that the sending isolated priests to work there is not a good idea. He has actively discouraged Irish boys from going to the College in Louvain as neither the framework nor formation suits the Irish. He feels it would be better if the mission could be organised through the Columban Fathers or the Society of St. Patrick, both of whom have experience in the missionary field.

Letters from Fr. W. Field to Fr. Mangan regarding a plan for the proposed new Burial Ground at Balgriffin. 2 items

File relating to a site for a transformer being installed by the Electricity Supply Board (E.S.B.) in a field opposite the church.

New series of broadcasts to ‘Listeners in Ireland’ from Moscow Radio. The following items are included: the arrival of the American ambassador to Ireland market in meat to America efforts for peace and independence John Field.

The L.D.F. want to hold a Field Day in Swords.

Correspondence from Fr. John Sheehan to +McQuaid regarding the purchase of a field which might be a convenient site for a Parochial Hall or school extension.