Typed letter to + McQuaid. Fr. James Kavanagh will be in touch. Does he think it useful to ask Mgr. O’Halloran, if in Dublin, to give Fr. Kavanagh any ruling that might be required.
Typed letter from Fr. James Kavanagh to + McQuaid accepting the invitation to join the Committee.
Handwritten letter to + McQuaid from Patrick Kavanagh, 9 Westbourne Terrace, London W 2. His problem is where and how to live if and when he goes back to Dublin. Is anxious that his cheques would be met at his bank on Baggot Street.
Handwritten letter from Patrick Kavanagh, 19 Raglan Road, to + McQuaid. He refers to the money given by the Archbishop which must have a special grace attached to it: hate; job rejection; asks that the Archbishop write a note to the Sisters who run the Holy Child Hostel regarding accepting his friend, Hilda Moriarty, there; he had a letter from T.S. Eliot, Faber pubishers, regarding the publication of a new book of poems.
Letter from +Joyce to +McQuaid wishing him a Happy Easter. The Holy Sisters have settled well. He mentions +Kavanagh and +Liston.
Copy of a handwritten letter to Fr. Kavanagh from + McQuaid. Regrets that his letter is regarded as a stern rebuke it was meant to be a firm direction. When he takes a decision he “has knowledge other than most people possess”.
Letter from James Kavanagh, Ormonde Cinemas regarding ‘A Street Car Named Desire’. Annotated by +McQuaid.
Handwritten report saying that the aim of the a private meeting in Jury’s, Peadar O’Donnell presiding, was to get sports’ bodies to send delegates to festival in Moscow. Unusual to hear O’Donnell praise Patrick Kavanagh. Nasty rumours about the moral circumstances in which Kavanagh went to America. Asks if he has read Fr. Harley’s wild statement – a great encouragement to Communists.
Handwritten letter to + McQuaid from James Kavanagh regarding Hildegarde Mayr- Goss. Fr. Kavanagh appreciates advice but hurt at + McQuaid’s stern rebuke. He only met Mr and Mrs Goss twice, listened to them and discussed the theology of pacifism. Believed they are sincere and idealistic. Mrs Una Byrne prevented the Lord Mayor from meeting them. She says a lot of wild things. Ignace Lepp, author of From Karl Marx to Jesus Christ, would never have seen the Church if the Mrs Byrnes were the only Catholics he met. Had hoped that the Archbishop would give them some salutary advice. Will not see them again.
Wording of telegram from +McQuaid to +Kavanagh sympathising on the death of +O’Neill. Christchurch