Letter from +Keogh to +McQuaid concerning a student who has received a county council scholarship which can only be availed of at the national University and not Maynooth and so wondered if the student could live in Clonliffe College and attend UCD. Annotation that it is a pleasure to fix him up and he is directed to write to the president.

Letter from +Dunne to +McQuaid regarding Fr. Lynch Provincial of the S.V.D. Fathers (Sacred Heart Missionaries) who has sought permission to rent the Crofton Hotel in Bray as Glena is too small. This will be used by the students attending Maynooth. He has given permission. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Nicholas Barron. Was asked by the Women’s Societies and Social Workers to draft an act. Did so with the help of Drs. McCarthy and Lucey, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, and brother members of the Irish Bar. Anxious to know if the Bishops consider an Adoption Act as feasible, and if so whether his draft has the necessary precautions.

Letter from Fr. Michael T. MacSweeney to +McQuaid saying he will forward the suggested contribution from Maynooth to Fr. Glennon.

• 28 October Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on the Health Act 1953, the Department of Philosophy, Dublin, new programme in catechism for primary schools, closure of dance halls at midnight, insurance policies for schools, Adoption Act 1952, banned literature, emigrant Irish girls in England, the Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Catholic Women’s League, Catholic Information Bureau and the Catholic Boy Scouts. Finances of Maynooth College and applications for faculty positions discussed. 1954

Letter from Fr. William M. O’Riordan, Maynooth, to +McQuaid informing him that the roof and ceiling in Leixlip Church are nearing completion. The question now is should they carry out incorporating the old residence behind the Sanctuary with the Church.

• 20 June 1955 File relating to the valuation of Maynooth College. 4 items

File relating to the parochial hall Maynooth.

Letter from +Heenan to +McQuaid stating he was at Maynooth but did not visit as he knew the Archbishop takes his holidays during this month.

Letter from +Gerald P. O’Hara to +McQuaid regarding the Ordo recipiendi that will be observed at Maynooth. He sees no need for changes except in relation to the President of the College. ‘The President …will take the position that the Dean of the Chapter held at the Pro Cathedral ceremony’.