Letter from Cardinal Conway to +McQuaid regarding a leave of absence for Professor O’Donnell of Maynooth who wishes to teach Ethics and British Philosophy in Louvain for one term. Annotated by +McQuaid. Achonry

Typed letter to Fr. MacMahon from ‘Grandma’. Sent him provisional programme for the Congress. No success in getting lay people to give talks on the items on the programme. At 1913 Club meeting R. Ryan TD, Brendan Corish TD, Peadar O’Donnell and David Thornley on platform. Topic: ‘Ireland from 1913bto 1961’. Three groups represented at the meeting: the IRA the Pro British element from Trinity and the Beat-nicks. Speakers heckled from all three. O’Donnell referred to some of the Labour members being controlled from Maynooth and blamed the failure of Labour to “the Holy-water hens” throughout the country stopping progress.