Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe, Ambasciata D’Irlanda, Roma. Refers to Fr. Kavanagh who will do great work; Mgr. Pavan, Professor of Sociology at the Lateran; the election – hopes that the Department of External Affairs will be under to the Taoiseach. Something has gone wrong since ‘our friend’ came into External Affairs. Appalled at this man’s insincerity.

Handwritten letter to Liam (Fr. Martin) from Jim Kavanagh. The Committee feels it is not in a position to make a detailed report at this stage. For their Interim Report the following statement should be made: ‘that in the light of our investigation to-date we do not think it desirable that the Archdiocese of Dublin should be officially associated with the Credit Union Movement as advocated by the visiting Australians.’ Church could be in difficulty if it supported one form of co-operation rather than another.

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. Typescript copy.

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

Letter from +Mageean to +McQuaid thanking him for the explanation regarding Fr. Kavanagh. He also thanks him for the copy of the draft catechism.

Handwritten letter to + McQuaid from Patrick Kavanagh, c/o

Handwritten letter from Patrick Kavanagh, Standard House, to + McQuaid. He owes him thanks for past favours and wants to repay in some way. He no longer needs the type of friendship His Grace once gave him, and would like him to meet a different ‘me’.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Oscar Traynor informing him of the appointment of Frs. Kelleher, Kavanagh, Kelly and McCarthy as Army Chaplains for the duration of the Emergency.

Handwritten letter to Ardle [Fr. J.A. MacMahon] from Rev. James Kavanagh, Department of Social Science, UCD. He is convinced that the attitude they adopted prevented the College from degenerating into utter chaos. Some changes are desirable. This does not make one a Student for Democratic Action or a Marxist revolutionary.

Handwritten letter to Ardle (Fr. MacMahon) from (Fr.) Jim Kavanagh. Refers to the article about + McQuaid in The Plough and states he should not worry too much about ‘these people’.