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Letter and reply from Frances Fearon to +McQuaid regarding a play at the Abbey Theatre, ‘The Loves of Cass Maguire’.

Letter to +McQuaid from anonymous writer, Tipperary regarding the Behan play at the Abbey Theatre.

Newspaper cutting entitled ‘Theatre manager complains of Blasphemous play’. He was referring to ‘Council of love’ which was staged at the Criterion Theatre, UK.

Note, in +McQuaid’s hand, stating that stage-plays that are ‘atheistic or obscene or that disregard Christian morality is a grave peril.’

Letter from Roisin Ni Lathasaigh, Runai Oinigh, to Fr. C. Mangan asking permission for the Clergy and Christian Brothers to attend the National Drama Festival. And also nuns when needed to control their pupils. Film (see also Communications files XXVI) Censorship Appeals Board and National Film Institute

-1925 Censorship of Films Act and Amendments, issued by Saorstat Eireann.

Letter from Fr. Michael Troy, Terenure to +McQuaid regarding the use of the +Byrne Hall by the National Film Institute. They wish to use it for a lecture by Fr. Declan, O.F.M., editor of the Catholic Film Journal ‘Focus’.

-1 File relating to children’s films and Christus Rex Society. December 1954

Copy letter from +McQuaid to Dr. Joseph O’Hare asking him to give a series of lectures on Moral Theology for the Previewing section of the National Film Institute.

• File on censoring of film strips for religious institutions. 21 September 1965