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Letter from Roger Greene, Chairman, Leixlip Development Association, to Fr. L. Martin regarding the Boys’ National School and its dampness.

Letter from Richard Ryan, solicitor to Dr. O’Connell relating to a field owned by Mr. Dalgety at Leixlip.

Handwritten minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following are mentioned in the report: the play, ‘Maria Goretti’, was performed in schools and parochial halls by the Daniels’ family from Leixlip, Co. Kildare. The Committee feel that it should have been submitted to the ecclesiastical authorities for approval. The membership of the Catholic Guild of Journalists is not good. The National Union of Journalists and the Guild of Irish Journalists are the other associations. There is a strong and effective need for a Catholic Guild. It suggests that an assistant chaplain to Fr. Thomas Murphy is needed and recommends Fr. Austin Flannery, O. P. Mgr. O’Halloran will discuss the matter with Fr. Murphy.

• April 1957 Correspondence relating to fetes in Leixlip.

Letter from Edward Gleeson, solicitor to Fr. Williams regarding a proposed primary school at Leixlip. 1 item

• 11 June 1971 File relating to boundary between Leixlip and Maynooth parishes. 5 items

Letter from Fr. Chris Hyland to Fr. Williams regarding the purchase of a bungalow at Leixlip. 1 item

File relating to the presbytery at Leixlip. 10 items

O’Byrne, Vera de R., Honeywood, Leixlip, Co. Kildare. A Hungarian boy, Peter Kulloi, was offered a scholarship to Trinity College. He was a student in Mount Melleray and his parents were in Hungary. Dr. McQuaid rejected his application to attend Trinity. She asks if the Archbishop will now take on the responsibility of the boy’s future.

Letter from Roger Greene, Leixlip Development Association, to Fr. Liam Martin outlining their attempt to have the process of building new schools in Leixlip.