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Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Sean MacBride, Minister for External Affairs, dealing with the emigration of young girls, four Lithuanian students and the IRO.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from F.H. Brennan. He had hoped to send a copy of the U.S. Congressional report on the methods and tactics of world communism, but all the copies are gone.

-11 January 1950 Letters relating to alterations to the presbytery, the new altar and the bell.

Dowling, Francis, North Wales. He has come across indecent literature which was printed in Eire. Asks the Archbishop to stamp it out. Suggests he asks the printer and trade unions to stop this rottenness.

Kiernan, Thomas, 23 Clarinda Park West, Dun Laoghaire. Seeks appointment regarding the Rosary on Radio Eireann.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid concerning the anniversary mass for the 300th anniversary of the death of Mgr. Rinucinni. A requiem mass will cause some problems and seeks the Archbishop’s advice. Annotation by the Archbishop suggests Mass on the 8th, the feast day of the Immaculate Conception, and this would cause very little attention.

-1 Correspondence from various religious to Mgr March 1957 Curran regarding ‘Reportorium Novum.’ Includes Letter from Fr. Canice Mooney, O.F.M.

Typed report on CPI and KO meetings and activities. The following items are mentioned in the report: the inaugural meeting of Trinity College Historical Society which was addressed by Clement Attlee, leader of the British Labour Party. At a IWL meeting George Jeffares spoke of the disillusionment in West Germany with the Western Powers’ muddled policy, German unification, disarmament and increased trade and cultural exchanges between East and West, industrialization of China, and the West’s attitude to Israel and Spain.

Letter from +Philbin to +McQuaid enclosing subscriptions for the projected paper on Emigrants. He also mentions he is to Chair a debate in UCD. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Typed letter to Fr. Diffney from Una Byrne. The IHA had a Brains’ Trust in the Mansion House. Fr. Corcoran was well able for Donal Nevin and held his own. Mr. Maloney, Secretary of the Contemporary Club, has resigned. Will be a loss as he kept an eye on liberal speakers. Replaced by Miss Pepita Keating, daughter of Justine Keating. The Communist Party have converted No. 37, Pembroke Road into flats. Are holding meetings in Pembroke Hall. She (Una) refuses admittance, but Art McArdle reporting to her.