Copy of typed letter to S.A. Roche from +McQuaid. His advice, if sought, is that no steps be taken in respect of Catholic children without referring the matter to the Catholic Hierarchy.

Copy of a typed letter to Fr. Thomas Murphy, Sutton, from James Ardle MacMahon. Encloses the correspondence from Mr. Richard Roche and asks if could supply any information the writer or Mr. Huxley-Blythe.

Typed note to + McQuaid saying that Fr. Murphy spoke to him concerning Mr. Roche. Has good memory of him. Encloses five articles from The Sunday Review.

Typed copy of letter to Mr. Roche from the Secretary saying he hopes to communicate with him later on the matter mentioned.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. + McQuaid renewed the faculties of the members of the Committee to read Communist literature. Fr. McMahon to supply list of names the Committee can use to seek information on Communist activities. A Catholic, Laurence Roche, has been elected President of the Philosophical Society in Trinity College. He has strong socialist tendencies.

Handwritten letter to Rev. Father from Thomas P. Roche. [ill.] asking that the Archbishop’s attention be drawn to the enclosed pamphlets and asks for a meeting with two members to discuss the matter with him. Two pamphlets and a stamped addressed enveloped enclosed.

Letter from Arthur Roche, Hon. Sec., Ballyfermot Road League, to +McQuaid protesting against the continued intimidation and coercion of the boys of Ballyfermot who wish to play the games of their choice, that is, soccer.

-28 November 1952 Roche, Monica, 72 Clontarf Road. She seeks the Archbishop’s approval to set up an agency for Irish Catholic Girls who wish to spend some time on the Continent as governess or au pair. No objection.

Typed letter to + McQuaid from Bryan W. Roche commenting on aspects of Catholicism in Ireland. Rockwell Warehouse

petition to Rome by the Presentation Sisters to permit the amalgamation of the Presentation Convents of the Diocese of Cloyne; commendation of the petition by Bishop of Cloyne, James Roche; permission sheets of the Sacred Congregation of Rome allowing the amalgamation.