File 3 - General Correspondence 1992

51 pp

General correspondence to and from President Mary Robinson (MR), and other presidency related material, 1992, including typed letter from Joe R McRay relating to a private dinner in San Francisco, and a tentative line-up of Irish forum events, 07/01/1992; handwritten letter from Leo, Mary and Loftus family, Ballina, Co Mayo congratulating both Robinsons on work they were doing, 10/05/1992; correspondence from Mr Justice Declan Budd enclosing a photocopy of a letter he came across while going through "Hist Bicentenary records" [Trinity College Historical Society] which was from MR (then Mary Bourke, Senator) to Ian Ashe, Auditor of the society, in 1970, thanking Ian and congratulating him on various bicentennial functions, as well as two letters from Budd in 1992 inviting MR to attend St Columba's College 150th anniversary, with reply from MR apologising for having to decline, 11/03/1970-15/07/1992; material relating to design and printing of new Christmas Card for 1992, including correspondence between Nick Robinson and artist John Nankivell who did pencil drawing of Áras an Uachtaráin [official residence of the President of Ireland] for card, correspondence from Peter Ryan to Nick, in relation to printing costs and deadlines, several copies of new card and samples of older Christmas cards from the Áras, 19[90?]-14/11/1992; typed letter from Michael O'Leary to Bride Rosney, Special Adviser to the President, flagging that Dr AJ McConnell, retired Provost of Trinity College, was going to be 89 years old and requesting MR send birthday card as he was quite elderly and infirm, with note from A[nn] Lane that card was sent, 09-16/11/1992; typed letter from Peter Maguire, S.C. who was guest of Richard M Flynn, Chairman of the New York Power Authority at 95th annual dinner of the American Irish Historical Society, in which Maguire alerted MR to Flynn's acceptance speech for 1992 Gold Medal, during which he quoted from her inauguration speech, where she in turn had quoted Irish poet, Séamus Heaney 12/11/1992.

Ref: P143/4/6/7/3

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