Handwritten draft letter to G. Boland, Minister for Justice, from M.P. O’Connell, Secretary, regarding the departure of Fr. M. Clarke as Chaplain to Mountjoy Prison, and the proposal that Fr. Joseph Carroll and Fr. Jerome Curtin should be Chaplains to that Institution.

Typed letter to + McQuaid from David Pigot. The National Graves’ Commission lodged a proposed inscription with the Committee to go on the memorial of Lieut. General Patrick McGrath. The Committee could not accept the wording. McGrath was executed in Mountjoy Prison on 6 September 1940. The inscription suggested that McGrath was a member of the National Defence Force and died in defence of the state.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from N.C Ball, Ass. Secretary, Dept. of Justice. Fr. John Kelly has resigned as Chaplain at Mountjoy Prison. Asks that a successor be nominated.

Series Building Committee and 28 Mountjoy Square

Copy of typed letter to Oscar Traynor, Minister for Justice, from + McQuaid, informing him that Fr. Curtin is being changed and proposes Fr. Patrick Leahy as his replacement at Mountjoy Prison.

• 1 August 1952 Larkin, Ignatius, 49 Mountjoy Square, Dublin. He suggests that the Rosary be broadcast each evening during the month of October.

Boyd, Theresa, 118 Dingle Road, Cabra West. Her husband is in prison and she asks the Archbishop’s help in having him transferred from Portrush to Mountjoy.

Letter regarding Deeds for Mountjoy Square.

Gill, Michael, 13 Mountjoy Street, Dublin, suggesting a solution to the proposed bus dispute.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from G. Boland. Fr. Richard J. Glennon is to be notified of his appointment as Catholic Chaplain to Mountjoy Prison.