Kavanagh, Jim, 47 Westland Row, Dublin. In his letter to Chris he says that the Connolly Pipe Band is quite alright.

Copy of typed letter to Fr. Kavanagh from the Secretary asking him to act as Chairman in the study- group on the Credit Union Movement.

Typed letter to Fr. Martin from [Una Byrne?]. name and address redacted / torn out. Informed that 47 to be closed down. Debts incurred by Kavanagh were of his own making. He should have been less ambitious. Writes that she asked IHA what they were going to do about Hilda’s membership and the fact that there were Communists in the IHA?

Handwritten letter to Fr. MacMahon from Fr. James Kavanagh (UCD) congratulating him for the diligence and care with which he composed his document. He has written a few succinct points at the end of the document.

Handwritten letter to Liam from (Fr.) Jim Kavanagh, the Presbytery, Kilmacanogue. Says he wrote an acknowledgement, rather innocuous, to letter from J. Kelly. He thanked Kelly for his letter, and in a P.S. wrote “Congrats on your radio play. I did not hear it, but I am told it was good.” Kavanagh received a letter from Mrs Una Byrne saying that Kelly got a post on the Radio by using this letter. She apparently expected him to believe such nonsense.

Typed memo to + McQuaid. Fr. Kavanagh phoned to say there was a difficulty with the terms of reference of the study-group regarding the Credit Union. Is anxious to straighten it out.

Letter from +Kavanagh to +McQuaid regarding the use of the Irish catechism by the New Zealand Hierarchy. He mentions Bishops Whyte and Liston.

Copy of a letter from +McQuaid to Fr. Kavanagh saying he is willing for him to take rooms in St. Andrew’s on a temporary basis.

Handwritten letter to + McQuaid from Fr. James Kavanagh. Since the formation of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in 1959 when the Irish Trade Union Congress and the Congress of Irish Unions united the situation has remained the same. The North of Ireland Government has refused to recognise the ICTU.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The Committee would continue to meet together but members would have special responsibilities – Fr. Clarke (newspapers), Fr. Kavanagh and Fr. Kent (Trade Unions), Fr. Fehily (Radio and TV). Discussions on the Irish Students’ Anti-Nuclear Campaign, the Irish Students’ Union and the influence of Secular opinion on the ICTU were discussed.