Letter from +Patrick Lennon, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, to +McQuaid accepting the invitation to the Liturgical Reception.

Letter from +Casey to +McQuaid regarding a request from Fr. Fitzpatrick of the Carmelite Priory to preach. He hopes the Archbishop will give permission. Copy of letter from Fr. Arthur Fitzpatrick, Prior, also enclosed. Annotated by +McQuaid. Kildare and Leighlin

Letter from +Keogh to +McQuaid. The letter concerns a Kildare priest travelling in the September pilgrimage to Lourdes.

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

Correspondence regarding Ballymount N.S., Cookstown Boys and Girls National Schools and Skerries N.S., in the parish of Ballitore, county Kildare. Reports seem to indicate that the schools have not been kept in suitable repair in accordance with Rule

Single page of document relating to school buildings in Co Kildare.

Typed report of telephone call from Mr. Norton, T.D. regarding the IWL. In last year’s election local clergy in Kildare condemned IWL candidates. Some electors wrongly got the impression that the Labour Party candidates were being condemned too. He wishes to avoid a repeat in the elections this year.

• File of correspondence between +McQuaid and Professor F. Herkner, National College of Art, Kildare Street, mainly relating to a bust that the artist is creating of the Archbishop. Some annotations by +McQuaid. 9 February 1967

Handwritten minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following are mentioned in the report: the play, ‘Maria Goretti’, was performed in schools and parochial halls by the Daniels’ family from Leixlip, Co. Kildare. The Committee feel that it should have been submitted to the ecclesiastical authorities for approval. The membership of the Catholic Guild of Journalists is not good. The National Union of Journalists and the Guild of Irish Journalists are the other associations. There is a strong and effective need for a Catholic Guild. It suggests that an assistant chaplain to Fr. Thomas Murphy is needed and recommends Fr. Austin Flannery, O. P. Mgr. O’Halloran will discuss the matter with Fr. Murphy.

• Mt Mellery: Abbot regrets inability to take up Archbishop’s confidential offer of a foundation at Glencree due to insufficient lands. Later, Woodstock in Wicklow not deemed suitable by Archbishop. CF file “O.M.I - Glencree”. Roscrea: Archbishop regrets Dom Eugene Boylan’s extra-cloistral activities. He proposes a foundation at Moone, Co. Kildare. Dom E Boylan is elected Abbot! Bishop Dunne’s shrewd observations. Foundations is made at Moone. CF file “Carthusian Monks”