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Press cuttings relating to "Daughter of Darkness" which includes Siobhán McKenna. Also copy of letter for the FJ McCormack Memorial Committee, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, advertising the Irish Premiere of "Daughter of Darkness" starring Siobhán McKenna.

Produced by Gainsborough Pictures, directed by Maurice Bix and Bernard Knowles, with Siobhán in the role of Marie.

Press cutting relating to "The Lost People", a film adaptation of Cockpit by Harriet Boland, with Siobhán McKenna in the role of Marie. The film gets unfavourable reviews, but Siobhan's talent is noted.

Correspondence with Wendy Crawford, Baron Studios c/o 35 Kildare Street, Dublin, saying that Mr Baron was interested in having her in his series entitled "Irish beauties", asking her to get in touch for a meeting if possible as he would only be in Dublin for a short while. Also letter from Margaret Carrier, Baron Studios, London, to Siobhán McKenna, thanking her for her letter, saying that Baron had already distributed her photograph around to publicise the film, and that she was looking forward to seeing her in The Shadow of the Glen (28 July 1954).

Press cutting from The East London Observer, including a piece about John Ford's planned adaptation of the James Stephen's novel "The Demi-Gods", starring, among others, Denis O'Dea and Siobhán McKenna.

Produced by Republic Pictures (I) and Argosy Pictures directed by John Ford, Brian Desmond Hurst appears to have inquired for a role on Siobhán’s behalf.

Letter from Seán O’Feeney, Argosy Pictures Corporation, to Siobhán McKenna saying that he had been assured that both she and Denis had not been possibilities for "The Quiet Man" and that other actors had been cast in those roles. He says that he is keen to get the Taibhdhearc actors if possible, and discusses his own Irish and that of Maureen [O’Hara], “… a month in Galway and she’ll speak it very well indeed … with a Leinster accent of Course”.