Correspondence from + McQuaid and the other Vicars to Dr. Browne, Maynooth College, regarding his request for permission to apply for the post of President of University College, Galway. 6 items

• October Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on the Veterinary College, U.C.D. and youth organisations. Notices from Standing Committee including agendas and correspondence mainly relating to Trinity College funding appeals in the U.S.A., National Council of Adoption Societies and the opening of casinos in Ireland. Finances of Maynooth College and the state of its buildings discussed by Maynooth Trustees. Information on the Nicholas Callan Society. 1960

• Notices of meetings of Hierarchy and Education Standingand agendas. Includes memorandum on the teaching of Medical Ethics in University College Cork. Letter from T.J. O’Connell of the INTO to Bishop Kinane re the appointment of supernumerary teachers. General information on the work of the Maynooth Trustees. 1945- Notices of meetings of Hierarchy and Education Standing

Committee. Letters regarding Fr. Travers and the International Committee of Catholic Charities, mainly from Bishop Staunton. Memorandum on Urgency of Joint Action by the Bishops of the English speaking nations in the World Crises. Draft constitution for Christus Rex. Some discussion on Youth Clubs. Also mention of the Apologetics course being taught in UCC. Memorandum regarding a proposed house for clergy under correction. Information relating to the work of the Maynooth Trustees. Two applications for the Chair of Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at Maynooth. Statement regarding ‘Denis Murphy Burse’ given by Kate Murphy Blindauer to the Diocese of Ossory in

to Cardinal D’Alton, and Pope Pius XII in relation to an article published in The Standard newspaper which is inaccurate. The article appeared on 4 March 1949 and was entitled ‘British Troops Guarded Maynooth Against Tans’. According to McCabe, who was a member of the R.I.C. at the time, there were never any Black and Tans stationed at Maynooth and the College was never under threat. The article quotes Mgr. McCaffrey, the then President of the College, who is long since dead. He wants the story to be refuted.

• 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

re Heating and Cleaning of National Schools including those from T. O Deirg & Joseph O’Neill, Department of Education. Appointment of Rev. William Conway to Chair of Moral Theology in Maynooth. Reports from various individuals on films. Memorandum from Irish Farmers’ Federation. Government Rule 92 on Teachers and Public Houses including an extract from ‘The Irish School Weekly’. Procedures relating to the employment and dismissal of lay teachers in secondary schools conducted by Sisters under Diocesan control. Meetings of the Trustees of Maynooth College. Discussion on the vacant Chair of Sacred Scripture. 1943

and agendas. Letters re the Irish Film Institute of Ireland, The All Ireland Gaelic Congress and the Centenary Year of the Holy Childhood Association. Letters regarding the heating and maintenance of primary schools and the retirement age of religious. Includes correspondence from Bishop Staunton & T. O Deirg. Information on matters concerning the Trustees of Maynooth College and their work. 1944

Committee. Includes information on the Catholic Young Men’s Society, Adoption and Emigrants Welfare. Also mentions salary scales for teachers. Minutes of meeting of Maynooth Trustees. 1947