Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Thomas J. Coyne, Dept. of Justice. Miss Connolly will lose no time in contacting + McCarthy.

• Typed letter to Bill (Fr. Liam Martin) from Fr. McCarthy. He will arrange to have the servers’ list down.

Handwritten letter to Fr. McKernan from Desmond W. McCarthy, Cork St., Dublin, reporting on Philip Cairns and Alderman Hickey. Cairns converted out of conviction in 1921, is a zealous Catholic Action worker, secretary of the Postal Workers’ Union and member of the Labour Party. Puts his Catholicism first. Hickey is an excellent Catholic and a director of the Catholic Standard. Sided with William O’Brien as he held a position with the ITGWU. 276A. 12 May 1948 List of names and addresses of ‘active’ and ‘not active’ persons. Signature of J. Counihan S.J.

Typed report. The following items are mentioned in the report: The Differential Rents Association held a meeting in Crumlin. Attendance included Lemass and Briscoe. All aspects of rent system discussed. McCarthy, Secretary, said it would be best to leave things as were rather than have Prescott and Communists represent them. Grumley, a postman in Pearse Street PO, is being used by the Communists. Mrs Sheehy-Skeffington has resigned as Secretary of the IHA due to ill health. The ICA refused to allow the IHA affiliate with them. Fr. Twohig promised to give Councillor Matt Cullen the history of Trinity and the Scholarship Scheme but has not done so.

Letter from Fr. Cathal McCarthy, Holy Cross College to +McQuaid enclosing biographical notes on Anne Freeling.

Letter from Fr. McCarthy to Bill admitting that some Catholic exponents are not up to scratch and hopes that the new Catholic Radio Centre in London will do much to get Catholics trained.

Copy of note saying Fr. McCarthy would be opposed to any organised take-over of his church by a group who wished to hold a prayer meeting without the Archbishop’s consent.

Copy of letter from + McQuaid to Mgr. Charles Hurley asking him to instruct Fr. McCarthy to remove the Blessed Sacrament at 2 p.m. on Sunday, take away the veil and open wide the two tabernacles. He should not be in the Church around 3.30 p.m.

extract from newsletter named "The Inside Passage" with news article on the Sister Immaculate [Margaret] McCarthy and her work in Alaska.

printed letter addressed to "Dear Sisters" [unsure whether this is addressed to Fermoy or Watervliet] from Sister Immaculate [Margaret] McCarthy telling of her life and experiences in Juneau, descriptions of travelling through the remote areas of Alaska, economic activities of small towns in area.