File relating to Masses and other religious ceremonies held in the parish.
Copy of a typed letter to Frank (Pakenham) from Sean MacBride, Minister for External Affairs, marked ‘Confidential.’ Deals with the question of partition.
Correspondence between +McQuaid and Frs., 2, March 1965, Richard Casey, John O’Regan and Patrick Duffey seeking dispensations from the Lenten Fast for Army personnel, 29 items
Letter to Fr. Magnon from James Keegan.
Duggan, J., Cabra Park, Phibsborough. Thanks Fr. Mangan for his letter with permission from + McQuaid to read communist literature.
-9 September 1951 Hann, Seamus, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow. Correspondence to + McQuaid and Fr. Mangan in relation to the building of a church in Kilcoole and the proposed visit to the Archbishop of Paul Koetter from Germany.
Copy of the ‘Speech of Minister for Agriculture on Co-Operative and Experimental Farms.’
Letter from Fr. Patrick Clarke to +McQuaid regarding the need for a new National School. The Corporation has offered a site for £400.
Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe, Ambasciata D’Irlanda, Roma. Refers to the Maria Duce pamphlet containing Cardinal Octaviani’s discourse; the Imprimator by + Jeremias of Cashel; the sad happenings in France where the comments are very bitter against the Papal Nuncio; the profound malaise in all ecclesiastical circles. Many blame the Holy Father who has shown his displeasure at some magnificent pastorals on social questions.
– 24 April 1955 Typed report of the Vigilance Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: the IABA received Agerpres, the Rumanian Sports’ Bulletin. International Union of Students Bulletin with an invitation to the 5th World Festival of Youth in Warsaw, 31 July 1955. Communism has made no headway. The Irish Workers’ League and the Northern Ireland Communist Party have merged. Membership is 100 – 130 and dropping. The Irish-Soviet Friendship Society is sending a delegation to Moscow.