Infanticide Bill, 1949
Comments by Patrick Dargan on the Proposed ‘Infanticide Bill, .’
Comments on the ‘Infanticide Act’.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from A. Ward, Dept. of Justice, enclosing Fr. Slattery’s letter and report.
Fr. Slattery’s letter and Report on St. Patrick’s Institution.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from Des O’Malley, Minister for Justice, appointing Fr. Raymond Field as Chaplain to St. Patrick’s Institution and Fr. William Farrell as part-time Chaplain to the female prisoners in Mountjoy.
Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from William J. Farrell. He has subscribed to a letter attempting to counteract the accusations of brutality and humane treatment meted out to female prisoners. Now realizes that his handling of the situation was imprudent and unwise and apologises to the Archbishop for any embarrassment caused.
Copy of St. Patrick’s Annual Report of the Visitation Committee
Copy of typed letter to Mr. Kennedy, Governor, St. Patrick’s from Fr. Peter Lemass, Youth Centre, Herbert Street. The Club Leaders and he were loud in their praise of the St. Patrick’s boys who visited the club for a football match.
Copy of a Confidential Memorandum for the Government entitled ‘Emigration of Irish Girls for Employment in Britain.’ This document deals with the moral, social and demographic concerns of large numbers of young women emigrating.