Typed draft of an article/speech titled ‘The Writer’ by Peadar O’Donnell. Would come near defining a writer when they reveal people “behaving and misbehaving towards one another.” The writer needs freedom and in Ireland he enjoys less than any other country. Irish writers are shut in and silenced by their job and “conditioned to bark if they want to prosper as emigrants to America.” Perhaps Ireland’s greatest cultural crime has been her waste of the poet Patrick Kavanagh.

Handwritten letter to Chris from Jim Kavanagh. From information he has received Councillor Doyle is a Communist, he attended the Communist school in Eccles Street and his friends are Communists.

Handwritten letter to + McQuaid from James Kavanagh. Grateful for + McQuaid’s reply. On reflection sees his own term ‘rebuke’ was due to ‘subtle pride’ on his part. Accepts point on Archbishop’s sources of information.

Catholics and Catholic organisations should be advised by the Committee and not from Archbishop House. The Committee was to report to + McQuaid twice a year and meet with him at least once a year. Committee members: V.Rev. M.O’Halloren, Rev. C.P. Crean, Fr. Kavanagh, Fr. M. Clarke.

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

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