Typed letter to + James Staunton, Ferns, from Richard Mulcahy. The present system of rating teachers ‘Efficient’ and ‘Highly Efficient’ is to be discontinued. Teachers reported to be doing satisfactory work would be entitled to proceed to the appropriate maximum salaries.
Copy of typed letter to + Staunton from Richard Mulcahy on the system of rating National School Teachers.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from Richard Mulcahy. He is honoured to accept the invitation to the Solemn Votive Mass in the Pro-Cathedral on the occasion of the opening of the Academic Year of the Dublin Vocational Schools.
Correspondence between +McQuaid and Richard Mulcahy regarding the local contribution for the new Girls’ and Infants’ Schools, Walkinstown.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from Richard Mulcahy informing him that the Commissioners of Public Works have been authorized to put out tenders for the new school at Newbridge, Avoca.
Correspondence between General Richard Mulcahy and +McQuaid relating to the School Hall being used as a cinema in the De La Salle School, Ballyfermot. Brother Thomas stated that the school hall was used for school and parochial purposes during the day, and was used as a cinema seven nights a week. The debt on the school was £70,000 and the proceeds from the cinema enabled them to pay the interest. The capital was being brought down from the salaries of the teachers in the school.
Letter from Fr. John Mulcahy to +McQuaid thanking him for his cheque of £50 which will be used to brighten up drab buildings in schools. 1 item
A short report on the Parish of Avoca by Fr. John Mulcahy. 1 item
Typed letter to +McQuaid from Richard Mulcahy. He is grateful to the Archbishop for sending him the books of The Christian Family Living Series.
Letter from +Robinson to +McQuaid apologising for the delay in replying to him. He has received the cheque for £35 from the Sisters of Charity in Clonmel, which has been collected on behalf of the ‘European Fund/Italian Children’ and which was forwarded by Rev. T. Mulcahy SJ. This will be sent to the Secretariat of State and they will receive a formal acknowledgement in due course.