Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Johnson accompanied Jeffares to Paris last August. Fr. Nolan, S.J., has written a full report on the ‘Ginger Man’ for + McQuaid. The theatre is mainly based in Dun Laoghaire and its directors are Godfrey Quigley and Genevieve Lyons. Both are Catholics. All to seek information on Andrew Barr and Irwin, both from Belfast and on the council of ICTU.

Typed letter to Fr. MacMahon from Fr. Brian O’Sullivan giving information on Eamon Lyons, Crumlin. He worked in England and the USA. Was a promoter in the Connolly Club movement in England. Is reported to have appeared at a public meeting in Abbey Street.

Letter from +Lyons to secretary in Archbishop’s House. He writes that it would be a pleasure to attend the consecration of the archbishop elect and hopes to attend.

December 1940 Card from +Lyons to +McQuaid sending Christmas greetings.

Letter from +Lyons to +McQuaid. He begins by thanking +McQuaid for his gift and how it will help the nuns and then writes about the questioning of the nuns following the orphanage fire and their being questioned by the civic guards. He also mentions details of the new orphanage being built.

Telegram from +Lyons to +McQuaid greeting him at the Convention of League of Prayer for Canonisation of Blesses Oliver Plunkett.

Telegram from +Lyons to +McQuaid greeting him at the Convention of League of Prayer for Canonisation of Blesses Oliver Plunkett assembled at Veritas House.

Letter from +McQuaid sympathising on the death of +Lyons.

Typed report of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Conor Farrington was refused visa to study in USA. Justin Keating also refused. Anthony Morrison was married to Maria Timmons in 1957 and is unemployed at present. Mrs. O’Connell’s report is awaited. Mrs McAuley’s husband makes vestments. She was appointed to the Adoption Board at the instance of Maureen Keane. Is a source of trouble to Fr. Barrett and the Government. She is a Socialist of the Welfare State type tends to be anti-clerical and anti-nun. Frank Edwards and his wife are soured and bitter. Their son and daughter practice their religion. Eamonn Lyons was an activist in the Connolly Association in England. Spoke at a Public Meeting in Abbey Street. His mother is a practicing Catholic and Lyons did not undertake propaganda work in the area in which his family resides. Regarding the motor trade and the Iron Curtain Countries, George and Pirek, two Czechs, are trying to push trade in the motor business. Imminent merge of the CIU and the TUC. Fr. Kent spoke of certain aspects of the proposed union of these congresses of Trade Unions.

Lyons-Jones, J., Castlewood Park, Rathmines. Questions + McQuaid’s interpretation of the Scriptures. Two booklets.