• Letters and newspaper cuttings relating to the proposed poetry reading in the Abbey Theatre by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Lectures 5 March 1965

Letter from +Leo Hale Taylor to +McQuaid thanking him for the Sisters of Charity who are to take charge of a school. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Handwritten minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: the Committee was informed that contacting and organizing journalists was difficult as they “they prefer to remain independent of one another and of religious authority.” A report from a Miss Dixon seemed to question the spiritual and religious formation of the young boys and girls in the Fairy Hill Home, Terenure. Committee to look into it. Fr. Carey to discuss it with Fr. Lawless, CC and Msgr. O’Halloran with Fr. Taylor.

Souvenir of the consecration of +Taylor. Image of the ‘Sorrowful Mother’, a 15th century painting in the Lilla Beding Church. Switzerland Diocese of St. Gall

[February 1965] Extract from personal letter to Charles [+McQuaid] regarding the ban on Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.