Note from +Wall to +McQuaid asking if he should do the Ordinations in Maynooth. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Letter from +Browne to +McQuaid stating Archdeacon Hynes will accompany Cardinal Marella to Galway and they will have a short visit to Maynooth.

Letter from +Walsh to +McQuaid. He is enquiring about two brothers one of whom is studying at Maynooth and the other at All Hallows being ordained together. Annotation by +McQuaid. 1 item

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

• 12 October Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on a draft catechism, religious knowledge programmes in schools, finances at Maynooth College, salaries of teachers, Irish Girl Guides and the work of the Maynooth Trustees. 1949

• 11 October Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on the teaching of the catechism, the Catholic Information Bureau and the need for a conference of convent primary schools. Finances and the state of buildings at Maynooth College discussed by the Maynooth Trustees. Also Irish Colleges Paris and Salamanca. 1950

• 20 October Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on Professorships of Theology, Carysford Training College, appointment and conditions of chaplains, Irish Martyrs, Boarded-Out children, O.M.E.P., teacher training, marriage rule, National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, teaching of Latin, various circulars from the I.N.T.O. Finances of Maynooth College and the state of its buildings discussed by Maynooth Trustees. Addenda - letter from I.N.T.O. to the Cardinal. 135 items 1955

April - December Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on the Television Committee and Draft Statutes of the Conference of Major Religious Superiors of Ireland. Notices from Standing Committee including agendas and correspondence mainly relating to Statutes governing Hierarchy Meetings, children and cinema and the mechanical and electrical services at the Irish College Rome. Finances of Maynooth College and the state of its buildings discussed by Maynooth Trustees. 1961

January - November Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on the Irish Association of Catechists & Statuata Conferentiae Episcoporum Hiberniae. Notices from Standing Committee including agendas and correspondence mainly relating to the position of Rector of the Irish College, Rome, Irish Nurses Organisation, Catholic Headmasters Association, Catholic Boy Scouts, the Hierarchy University Fund, vernacular in the Liturgy and the Marriages Bill. Finances of Maynooth College discussed by Maynooth Trustees as well as the formation of priests, the Liturgy, first Mass for newly ordained priests, CERT and faculty business. 1966

January - December Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on emigrants, education, Catholic Television Interim Committee, Apostolate of the Laity, Pax Romano and changes to the Liturgy. Notices from Standing Committee including agendas and correspondence mainly relating to comprehensive schools, ecumenism, Catholic Youth Crusade and the Conquer Cancer Campaign. Finances of Maynooth College discussed by Maynooth Trustees as well as the formation of priests, the Catholic Bible Association and faculty business. Addenda - Constitution of the Catholic Women’s Federation. Proposed establishment of Higher Institute of Training for Religious Sisters at Maynooth. 1967