Letter from P. Maguire to Fr. McKernan telling him of the ‘unsavoury reputation’ of the district around the Eagle Nest premises at Bray Head.

Typed letter to Fr. Martin. She was picked to go forward as a candidate in the coming election but has no chance of being chosen at convention. She agreed in order to oppose Lionel Booth. Booths were associated with the Mrs Smiley Homes and the Bird’s Nest. “The bad drop is in him and we want no more Trinity College fellow travellers in the Dail.” Mrs Boothman is at war with IHA as they did not inform her of the international meeting.

• 28 January1970 File relating to parish property including Betty Glen, 279 & 379 Howth Road, 21 St. Assam’s Avenue, Cameron Lodge Estate, home for elderly, 81 Maywood Crescent, 28 Maywood Lawn, Swan’s Nest & 100, 101 & 122 Grange Park estate.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from + James Staunton, Ferns, making the following points: encloses two suggested clauses for the Adoption Bill; the Minister realizes that Irish children are being raised by money partly contributed by foreign bigots, in the Protestant religion, to continue the British policy of increasing the number or Protestants in the country, and to provide recruits for the British Army; the Children’s Act helps to proseltyse; Irish law allows anybody of any ‘ism’ to adopt a child if he states that he is doing it for ‘love and affection’; children in the Bird’s Nest are all Catholic.

Handwritten letter to Fr. MacMahon [name and address of sender redacted]. Since the withdrawal of a certain programme from RE the powers that be are taking notice. She supplied data and hopes a good ‘spring cleaning’ will be given to the nest. Ireland represented at the Summit Conference in Russia by Jeffers, Nolan, Murray by Stanley Halliday in China. All members of the CP. Adult education being held in 37 Pembroke Rd. The Plough not issued in December due to lack of finance. Gerry Kerrigan has been successful within union in getting information prior to meetings. Una was able to secure a film on the working of Communists in a community shown to group of men in Finglas. The report of Seminar of African Women enclosed. Mrs. Tweedy very impressed with Fr. Fehily.

Letter from Fr. A. Moriarty to +McQuaid regarding a Mass in the Eagle Nest.

Typed note from ‘Grandmother’. Is delighted that the report of Broadcast on Civil Defence is stopped. This will upset nest in Radio E. Pressure must be kept up and information submitted to new authority.