Biographical details of Betty de Courcy nee Haigh. Born in 1913 in Hitchun, England. Associates include Hilda Verlin and Anna Nolan. Came to Ireland in 1937 with husband to lecture to Communist Party of Ireland. Active in organising help for the International Brigade in Spain. Was member of the Red Cross in Bandon.

Copy of Unity. 543 A. Extracts from Unity, 25 September 1943. 543B. Report on Communist Activities. The following points are mentioned: ‘New Books’ Bookshop John Nolan, John de Courcy Ireland, P.N. Tweedy activities youth movements publications correspondence Sean Murray.

Handwritten notes on John Nolan and Michael O’Riordan. 665 22 August 1968 A supplement to the Irish Communist titled “Recent events in Czechoslovakia”.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Johnson accompanied Jeffares to Paris last August. Fr. Nolan, S.J., has written a full report on the ‘Ginger Man’ for + McQuaid. The theatre is mainly based in Dun Laoghaire and its directors are Godfrey Quigley and Genevieve Lyons. Both are Catholics. All to seek information on Andrew Barr and Irwin, both from Belfast and on the council of ICTU.

Typed report on CPI and KO activities. John Nolan, Sean Murray and Desmond Greaves are to attend a joint Executive Committee in London between the British CP, the Northern Ireland Executive and the Irish Workers’ League. The meeting of the 10th July discussed the apathy of League members and the fall-off in attendance at meetings. While in London Nolan will visit book suppliers regarding credit.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Browne & Nolan informing him that Dr. Hamill has been asked to undertake the duties of Editor on the Irish Ecclesiastical Record.

Letter from Allen Nolan, The Richview Press, to +McQuaid thanking him for the honour which he to the I.E.R. and to his company.

• Correspondence between Allen Nolan, Browne & Nolan, +McQuaid, and Fr. John McMackin, Maynooth, regarding the publication of the I.E.R. The Record has been incurring losses over the years, and in the year 23 June 1971 lost £1,408. Browne & Nolan could not afford to sustain such losses and reluctantly decided, on financial grounds, to cease publishing the Record. The final issue was the December 1968 one. 25 items The Marian Year 1968

• Letters and newspaper cuttings regarding the play ‘The Ginger Man’. Includes telephone messages from journalists and letters from Richard Harris. Also a report from Fr. Gerard Nolan, S.J. on the booking and subsequent closing of the play at The Gaiety. 5 March 1962

Letter from Gerard Nolan, Catholic Stage Guild, to Fr. Mangan mentioning confessions for theatre staff, preparations for the Feast of the Regality of Our Lady, and the General Meeting of the Guild House Club.