• Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some October 1963 minutes. Includes information on secondary education, salaries & curriculum. Also discusses the Breviary supplement, and the ‘Veterum Spaientia’ and the ‘Ordinationes’. Notices from Standing Committee including agendas and correspondence mainly relating to education and liturgy. Finances of Maynooth College and the state of its buildings discussed by Maynooth Trustees. Also information on Nicholas Callan Society, Arts & Science Faculties and appointment of Dr. Finnegan as Dean. Letter from Fr. Kevin McNamara regarding his invitation to speak to the Bishops. Fr. McNamara later became Bishop of Kerry before being appointed Archbishop of Dublin in 1984. 1964

Typed letter to Dr. O’Connell, Archbishop’s House, from J.C. Nagle, Ass. Secretary, Dept. of Agriculture. The Department have purchased three Kerry Cattle on behalf of +McQuaid and shipped them to Rev. Jean Pierre, Oise, France, at a cost of 169. 9s. 5d. The Department now seeks this repayment.

Typed note to +McQuaid from the Secretary concerning the application of Miss Alevine O’Driscoll for a place in the Preparatory College, Dingle. Her father was a Catholic and her mother a Jew, and she was reared by her Jewish grandmother. +Moynihan, Bishop of Kerry, had no objection to her being given a place in the College.

Letter from Fr. Joseph Mitchell, Vicar General, Galway, thanking him for his circular which will be given to priests of the Diocese. Kerry

Copy of typed letter from R.J. Glennon to + Moynihan, Bishop of Kerry, forwarding leaflets which the Jehovah Witnesses gave to a school girl. Kildare & Leighlin

Handwritten note to Kerry T.Ds. In view of the fact that the Government has made its decision public it would be injudicious for the Archbishop to make further representation.

Handwritten letter from + Michael, Galway, to + McQuaid thanking him for the text of Fr. McDonagh’s address on contraception. Kerry

• Correspondence between Kerry Reddin, Medical Officer for

Copy of letter from + Peter Birch of Ossory to the Bishop of Kerry regarding the Conference on Poverty in Ireland.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Kerry Reddin, Chief M.O. for Maternity & Child Welfare, seeking an interview to discuss incurables and inoperable cases in newborn babies.