• 7 October Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on the 1947 Health Act, Emigration, ‘Save Derrynane Fund’, Catholic Protection and Rescue Society and issues relating to legalised Adoption. Information relating to the work of the Maynooth Trustees. Also education and lay organisations. (Item 34 oversized. Stored in Drawer 1) 1948

Letter from James McConnell, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, to McQuaid, thanking him for explaining what had happened at the college, on the previous occasion, in relation to the reception for the new Nuncio. It will be suggested to the President of the College to contact McQuaid before the coming ceremony, if it does not occur to him to do so.

Handwritten report saying a resolution from the Royal Irish Academy on A-bomb was withdrawn by Dr. McLoughlin (formally Maynooth, now Donegal). Stopped from attending meeting by his superiors. McWhinney of the British Communist Party in Dublin to promote links. Seeing Donal Nevin. International Women’s Congress in Ceylon. Mrs. Legrave Daly is ICWA delegate. Ronnie Delaney mixed up over his invitation to Moscow.

Copy of a typed letter to the Hon. Joseph P. Walshe, Ambassador to the Holy See, from + D’Alton informing him that the Bishops were unwilling to sponsor the proposed Chapel due to their heavy commitment to Maynooth College. They also felt that they should have been consulted about the project and that their consent and cooperation should have been obtained before definite steps were taken.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Fr. O’Connell spoke to the Lord Mayor regarding her presiding at the Anti-Nuclear Armaments meeting. She was grateful as she had not known the position. A full report was received on Farrington and Morrison. Mrs. Mary O’Connell is the editor of The Plough. More information sought on her. Sam Mooney is a Communist and a member of the Irish Workers’ League. Mrs McAuley she is causing some trouble in the Irish Housewives Association. Fr. Clarke is to check if she is on the Adoption Board. Fr. Maguire reports a Scientology centre in Monkstown at which there seems to be three Maynooth Professors attending.

Correspondence relating to routine details of community life and apostolate. They seek entry into the diocese. A hostel for their scholastics at university is allowed. The acquire Crumlin House. A hostel at Maynooth is also permitted. Faculties for Confessions. Order of St. Basil the Great (O.S.B.M.)

McGarry, Rev. J.G., St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth. Thanks the Archbishop for […].

• Correspondence regarding routine details of community life and apostolate. Threatened litigation over Hume St rented house. They receive permission to have a hostel at Maynooth for their theology students. Dominican Friars (O.P.)

telegram from +Collier to +McQuaid giving details of the Maynooth meeting and sending Easter greetings.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from John McCarthy, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, enclosing a copy of the Report compiled by the Sub-Committee on Legal Adoption.