Typed letter from Joseph Gray, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, to Dr. Sheehy asking that + McQuaid will give permission for Fr. Peter Kavanagh to be accepted in the new retirement home for priests in Dun Laoghaire. Permission granted.

Letter from Mgr. Boylan, Dun Laoghaire to +McQuaid regarding his visit to the Little Sisters of the Poor.

– 18 July Correspondence between +Levame & +McQuaid in relation to 1956 an article published in a year book for Christ Church (Protestant Church), Dun Laoghaire by the Ecclesiastical Press and which ridicules Marian Devotion in the Catholic Church. There also exists a leaflet which reprints some letters of protest which have appeared in the ‘Evening Mail’ last March. The Archbishop feels no further action is needed as the offensive article received stern condemnation, even from Protestants, and it is unlikely the printing company will offend again. He described the ‘Evening Mail’ as a ‘…journal de bas etage’. The letters in this newspaper are often to be suspected as they are often composed in order to keep up an interest in the newspaper which in turn promotes its sale.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Padraic O Dubraigh, Office of National Education. Proposals for the evacuation of certain sections of the population from Dublin and Dun Laoghaire, in case of emergency, are under consideration. Such schemes would affect the religious and educational interests of children. The Minister would appreciate the counsel of + McQuaid.

Evacuation Scheme: List of National Schools in Dublin and Dun Laoghaire which will be used as Registration Centres .

Typed letter to Mgr. P. Boylan, Dun Laoghaire, from L. Rafferty, Dept. of Education, enclosing a copy of Outline of the Education System of Ireland.

Telephone message from Mr. D. O’Laoghaire, Dept. of Education. The French cultural attaché, M. Souillac, approached Mr. O’Laoghaire regarding the possibility of having a primary school in Dublin to cater for the children of French families. The school proposed is to be on the lines of the state school in France, non-confessional. They do not wish to have it under the management of any specific religious group. The French Government would supply two teachers, one for girls and one for boys. Asks if a secretary from Archbishop House meet M. Souillac? Informed that Mgr. Fitzpatrick deals with these issues.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from D. Molony referring to Dun Laoghaire – scheme passed finance for Ballyroan

Typed letter to Fr. Patrick Dunne, Archbishop’s House, from Sean Moylan, Office of the Parliamentary Secretary, Dept. of Defence, requesting that an announcement be made at all Masses in Dublin and Dun Laoghaire emphasizing the advisability of registering in the event of an evacuation.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Socialist Review was published in May and includes articles by J. Deasy and G. Jeffares. John Ireland was in Moscow in 1934. The means used to have him elected to the Dun Laoghaire Vocational Educational Committee were discussed. All possible information on the new Progressive Democrat party sought.