File 2 - Gifts given/received 1991 Part 2

143pp

Correspondence and other material relating to gifts given and received, and presentations made in 1991 in connection with Mary Robinson (MR)'s presidency, including photocopy of letter from MR to Dr Geza Jeszenszky, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Hungary in relation to gifts he presented when visiting Áras an Uachtaráin [official residence of the President of Ireland], 22/04/1991; correspondence between MR and Yanku Venkatesh, SN, Tumkur, India in relation to their gift of inscribed rice grains, 09-23/04/1991; correspondence relating to MR participating in event honouring Women of Europe, receiving statuette and bouquet, including response from Ann Lane, Personal Assistant to the President, to Ms Mary Papaconstantinos, Athens, Greece, 23/04/1991; compliment card and photocopy of response from MR to Mr Sten Anderson, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, in relation to gift he had delivered following visit to Áras an Uachtaráin, 24/04/1991; photocopy of letter to Prime Minister [John Major, United Kingdom], thanking him for gift of glasses and noting she enjoyed her first visit to London as President, 02/05/1991; card and correspondence relating to birthday gift send by young girl, Julie Tiernan, Bunratty, Co. Clare, to MR, 08/05/1991; correspondence between fashion designer Sybil Connolly and MR, relating to gift of clock Connolly had designed for Tiffany's collection, which she gifted as memento to MR's inauguration and in thanks for invite, 09/01-08/05/1991; correspondence between Irish artist, environmentalist and children's author, Don Conroy, and MR relating to launch of book, and gift of another, 21-23/05/1991; a ringbound selection of poems and cover letter from Rose McLoughlin, with response from Ann Lane on behalf of MR, 29/04-23/05/1991; handwritten note from Gearailt Mac Eoin, Irish language poet, short-story writer and translator, in relation to gift of book "Labhrai Loingseach", 19/05-05/06/1991; correspondence between Maria Julia Guerra, Lisbon Portugal, and Ann Lane on behalf of MR, in relation to MR's visit to Portugal, and which includes two photographs, 12-24/06/1991; typed letter from Ann O'Malley, President, Limerick Federation of Women's Organizations, which had accompanied a book "Living at the Time of the Siege of Limerick" gifted to MR, with thank-you note from Ann Lane, on MR's behalf, 21/06-02/07/1991; note from Aide-de-Camp to MR informing her the base of a presentation had been taken away for inscription, 04/07/1991.

Correspondence also includes that relating to gifts of flowers, prawns and various other publications not listed above.

Ref: P143/4/13/2/2

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