Item 5 (1-2) - Buile Suibhne / Sweeney

2 files, c. 50 pp

Files of records relating to the production and administration of Sweeney / Buile Suibhne, produced by Macnas in Galway and also on tour internationally in San Francisco, USA.
File 1 includes letters of response to invitation to attend the world premiere of Buile Suibhne from offices of Máire Geoghegan-Quinn T.D., Áras an Uachtaráin on behalf of President of Ireland, Mary Robinson; Minister for Justice and also from the Office of the Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds, T.D; The Ambassador of France in Ireland; Michael D. Higgins T.D., Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (signed); letter of contract of agreement made between Macnas and Galway Arts Festival for world premiere production of Buile Suibhne; correspondence from travel writers and other letters and fax correspondence regarding attendance at Buile Suibhne in Galway. Also letters from Macnas to various Galway schools, regarding the programming of performances of Buile Suibhne for schools. (Nov 1994).

File 2 includes printed programme from production of Buile Suibhne at the Somerville Theater, Somerville, Massachusetts; planning documents from productions of Buile Suibhne in USA such as San Francisco parade schedule, projected budget; breakdown of costs/value of costume items; drawings and sketches of elements of the parade; and general administrative fax correspondence between Rod Goodall and organisers at San Francisco.

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19/11/2019
22/07/2025