Handwritten letter to + McQuaid from Patrick Kavanagh, c/o Parson’s Bookshop, Baggot St. Bridge. He is back from London and is staying with his sister in Monaghan. Has been unwell.

Handwritten letter to + McQuaid from Sister M. Regis Kavanagh, St. Therese Presentation Convent, Ryde, J.W. She is grateful to the Archbishop for all his help to Patrick over the past twenty years. Sir Shane Leslie

3-19 February Correspondence relating to Fr. Morgan Kavanagh, Diocese

Letter from +Kavanagh to +McQuaid regarding six members of the Little Sisters of the Poor who wish to get dispensations to leave the Order. He has paid a canonical visitation and can see no reason for their departure except their dissatisfaction with the French emphasis of the Congregation. He seeks the Archbishop’s advice.

Letter from +Kavanagh to +McQuaid thanking him for his help and stating he has done as the Archbishop suggested.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Kavanagh stating that the Hierarchy have agreed to permit the use of the new Irish catechism by the New Zealand hierarchy. Handwritten copy. 1 item

Handwritten letter to Fr. Kavanagh from +McQuaid asking his opinion on the enclosed Mother and Child Scheme.

An account (11 pages), by Fr. James Kavanagh, to help the man- in- the-street to see the issues in ‘Mother and Child Scheme.’

Handwritten minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report. A lengthy report on the history of the IRA was submitted by Fr. Kent, S.J. The full report is to be sent to Fr. Tuohy. Governor Kavanagh told the Chairman that all IRA prisoners were “most faithful to their spiritual duties. Fr. Kent submitted a full report on Professor Thompson and agreed to look for information on Seamus Sorohan.

Typed copy of the reply to Fr. Kavanagh from Fr. MacMahon. He agrees that the Committee in question has done very little work and that the approach in the Draft Document is somewhat negative. A positive approach is needed. There is always a necessity for information about subversives and hostile movements.