Handwritten copy of letter to P.J. Hernon, The City Manager, thanking him for his letter and plans explaining the Cabra West Development Scheme.

Correspondence between John P. Keane, Deputy Manager and Town Clerk, +McQuaid and P.J. Hernon, City Manager, regarding the use of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939, to vest in the Corporation lands at the O’Brien Institute, Clareville and Glasnevin for food production. The Archbishop regrets the form of the letter as ‘gravely hurtful to the dignity of the See of Dublin.’

Letter from P.J. Hernon, City Manager and Town Clerk, to +McQuaid informing him that a house is being offered to Mrs. Kathleen Scott.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from P.J. Hernon regarding the site for the Church on Sarsfield Road.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from P.J. Hernon enclosing two reports.

Letter to the Archbishop from J. Hernon.

Copy of letter to Mr. Hernon .

Typed letter to +McQuaid from P.J. Hernon, City Manager and Town Clerk regarding the greyhound racing track at Chapelizod. The proposal has been disapproved by the Town Planning Committee but it can be appealed to the Minister for Local Government.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from P.J. Hernon informing him that the premises known as the ‘Isolation Hospital’ at the Pigeon House Road has been opened as an extension of the Tuberculosis Hospital, Pigeon House Road. Requests that Rev. W. Thornton act as Chaplain.

St. Audeon’s Boys’ National School Principal, pointed to the ruinous condition of the area. The letter was sent to Alderman John McCann, T.D., and forwarded to M. O’Brien, Co-Ordinating Technical Officer. The Parish Priest, shopkeepers and residents all wish to have the area rebuilt. The population was decreasing and the jobs of teachers were in jeopardy. Fr. T. Barry, P.P., wrote to P.J. Hernon, City Manager, emphasizing that the area is ideal for residential accommodation. O’Byrne argued that since the Dept. of Education sanctioned the building of a new school this in itself was evidence that a considerable amount of residential accommodation would be retained for several generations. -1967