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Letter from Mgr. Michael Curran to Fr. Mangan regarding Sean T. O Ceallaigh.

Copy of a typed letter to Mrs Eden from the Secretary. He is asked by the Archbishop to thank her for her letter.

Letter from Mgr. Felici to +McQuaid referring to the Papal Encyclical which calls for special public prayers to be said on Passion Sunday, for the restoration of the moral order and peace among nations.

On 17 March 1452, the feast of St. Patrick, the combined forces of Castile and Murcia defeated the Moors in the Battle of Alporchones, close to the city of Lorca. The church of St. Patrick of Lorca is called after St. Patrick to acknowledge the victory. The writer is asking + McQuaid for a relic of St. Patrick on the 500th anniversary of the battle.

Letter from Fr. H.F. Bowker to + McQuaid seeking permission to advertise an annual Novena of Masses for the Feast of the Sacret Heart in the press. A copy of the notice enclosed. Annotation by + McQuaid.

Letter from Fr. James S. Robinson to Fr. Mangan regarding the Springtide Sale of Work in the Mansion House. 1 item

Typed statement from conversation with Una Byrne. She thinks there is a witch-hunt in Fianna Fail against the Knights of Columbanus carried out by the Masons and Senator Hartnett. Thinks there is a link between the IHA, the Fabian Society and the Republican Forum as the same people appear in these societies. She stated that Mrs McAuley is not satisfactory as regards the Adoption Board. She appears to be pursuing the wrong policy and has not paid much attention to the feelings of the adopters or the adopted. Mrs Byrne thinks that the school for Ballybrack parish will become an election issue, but the site is unsanitary and rat infested. Superintendent Boyle told Mrs Byrne that he will not deal with Fr. Crean as he was quoted by him.

Letter to The Irish Times from John de Courcy Ireland titled ‘Bases in Ireland’. The letter refers to an American senator, Styles Bridges, who wants Ireland to allow American bases on Irish soil.

Ffrench, Desmond, Bayswater Road, London, complains to + McQuaid that married women are employed as national school teachers while single women cannot get jobs and have to emigrate.

Letter from +Browne to +McQuaid returning the copy of ‘Agora’. He considers the articles are poor and immature. He mentions Fr. Connolly who seems to have been the inspiration. He also states that some of the Maynooth Students have joined the University Students Movement. The Pax Romana National Congress is going to be held there at Easter.