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

Note from Canon Hamell to +McQuaid mentioning the factor that Fr. McMackin is Supervisor of the University examinations at Maynooth.

Letter and enclosure from Fr. Cremin, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth to Fr. James Ardle MacMahon. These relate to a manuscript entitled ‘Should contraceptives be legalised?’

• Alias: “Maynooth Mission to China”. Correspondence regarding routine details of community life and apostolate. Two memoranda addressed to Irish Hierarchy. Interesting material on life in newly Communist China. 53 items

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.

McCabe, P.M., Chichester Road, London, W.2. He was a member of the RIC stationed in Maynooth when, according to The Standard, the Black and Tans were reportedly stopped from burning the college down. All of this was untrue and did not happen.