Material in this file includes letter to Mary Robinson (MR) from Flor O'Mahony, Adviser to the Minister for Health, enclosing legal opinion provided to the Department by a former adviser in relation to aspects of Family Planning, 29/04/1977; typed address by Dr Mary Henry at Irish Medical Association meeting "Debate on the Pill", 01/04/1978; flyer relating to launch of Alan Shatter's book "Family Planning: Irish Style", 09/03/1979; typed open letter to legislators from Dr Ivor O'Sullivan and Dr JB Thomson, lecturers, University College Dublin, offering observations on the Health (Family Planning) Bill before it reached final stages, 09/05/1979; handwritten letter from Jack Harte (Senator?) on order of motions [1979?]; letter to MR from Séamus Ó [Nolan?], chair of Seanad Éireann [upper house of Irish parliament (Senate)] regretting that amendments tabled by her and Senator Keating for Committee state of the Health (Family Planning) Bill, 1978, were adjudged out of order on grounds they may have involved potential charge to the public revenue, 11/07/1979; photocopy of parliamentary debates on Family Planning Bill, 1973 including comments by MR, 27/03/1974; circulars and annual report for IFPA (Irish Family Planning Association), 1977-05/05/1979; policy document on Family Planning, and cover letter from Caroline Canton, Honorary Secretary, Irish Association of Social Workers, to all TDs [Teachta Dála, member of Dáil Éireann, lower house of Irish parliament] and Senators, 05/05/1979; statement "from the Irish Bishops' Conference on proposed legislation dealing with Family Planning and Contraception", Catholic Press and Information Office, 04/04/1978; handwritten notes; typed document "Health (Family Planning) Bill, 1978 Seanad Éireann Second Reading Speech", speech by [Minister for Health?], with notations [by MR?]; draft speech by MR at launch of Alan Shatter's Book: "Family Planning: Irish Style", 09/03/1979; typed document "Points on Health (Family Planning) Bill 1978" (preparation for speech?), [1979?]; flyer "contraception - Why Education is Necessary", issued by The Union of Students of Ireland, [1979?]; correspondence between MR and RJ Law, Director of Administration, Irish Family Planning Association in relation to meeting to discuss the Health (Family Planning) Bill and its consequences for the Association 17/07-27/08/1979.
This folder includes flyers from the Revenue Commissioners giving customs guidance for visitors to and residents of Ireland, 1973; brochures and booklets from Jane Quinlan to Mary Robinson (MR) as President [of Cherish, the Irish Association of Single Parents?], Natural Family Planning, a Cork based organisation affiliated with WOOMB [World Organization/Ovulation Method/Billings], which included a booklet on Pre-Menopause and on the Billings Method of Family Planning [197?]; typed draft article/address by MR on the Family Planning Bill 1978 tabled by the Labour party, with notations 197[8?]; typed draft article by MR for the Irish Medical Times "Constitution and Legal Aspects of Family Planning", 197[6?]; flyer from Ballinteer Group of Contraceptive Action Programme (CAP) on Family Planning Survey they carried out, 10/1977, and flyer "Does Mr Haughey's Bill Meet Your Needs" sponsored by them 197[7/8?]; copy of typed article by MR "Reform of the Law Relating to Family Planning in Ireland", 197[8/9?]; typed study on oral contraception including in relation to mortality rates and health risks associated with it, 197[?]; position paper "Applications of Catholic Church teaching", Nov 1978.
2 Yellow Kodak Photographic Paper Boxes labelled "Brief for Counsel (7) Photographs (Including Duplicates)" and "Wood Quay" consisting of Black and White and colour photographs, including some copies, of various parts of the excavation site, at various stages. Includes both loose and attached captions, negatives and contact sheets (1977, 26/04/1978, 23/06/1978). These were used for research and used in evidence.
Scrapbook photo album of Black and White photographs taken both 26/04/1978 and 23/06/1978 with captions - these match several of the photographs in P143/1/2/9/17/1 but are not all of them.
Black and White photograph showing Christchurch Cathedral as seen from across the Liffey River, January 1979. Taken by B. Doyle, Studio M. Photo shows cranes lit at nighttime on site of construction of Civic Offices and is unobstructed view of Cathedral which disappeared once offices were complete; small sepia/grey and white photograph with caption "House foundations comprising post and wattle walls along the line of Fishamble Street", n.d.
Material in this file relates to the 10th Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1986 and consists of drafts and copies of the Bill as initiated, as introduced and as passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas and copies of explanatory memorandum, correspondence between Mary Robinson (MR) and Michael O'Leary, TD [Teachta Dála, member of Dáil Éireann, lower house of Irish Parliament], and Mervyn Taylor, TD, (02-31/10/1985) and typed copies of speeches and statements including statement by MR "Motion on Marital Breakdown and Divorce Issue", making clear she would not accept Labour's three-line whip in the Senate, [summer 1985?]; statement by Mervyn Taylor, introducing text of the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1985, Powers Hotel, Kildare St, Dublin, 03/11/1985; copy of speech delivered by Alan Dukes, Minister for Justice, for Second Stage of Tenth Amendment, Dáil Éireann [lower house of Irish parliament], [05?]/1986, and summary of contribution by MR for Seanad Éireann [upper house of Irish parliament, Senate] Debate on Tenth Amendment, [05?]/1986.
Photocopy of the 1821 Census of Aran, which has been transcribed by Colie Folan. The document is entitled 'Áiream ar Pobal na nOileáin', and begins with an affidavit from Patrick O'Flaherty, the enumerator.
The final 3 pages of the document give a summary of the 1812 census, attested by Digby Devinish, appointed enumerator.
The photocopy has been taken from a document at Kilmurvey House.
This file also includes Robinson's handwritten notes on the 1821 Census and 1855 rates.
Folder of Robinson's 1977 map of the Burren, with different revisions added in.
Map marked 'Revision 1, Working Copy, Ballyvaughan - Kilnaboy, 1997 Review'. Boundaries traced in yellow and blue ink, focusing on the East of the map, and pencil and ink notes throughout.
Map marked 'Revision II, with deleted mons. from M Moore'. Boundaries traced in yellow and blue ink, focusing on the West of the map. Pencil and ink notes on Lisdoonvarna.
Map marked 'Placenames Brendan O'Donoghue' (see P120/3/2/2/3). Annotations in red ink, not Robinson's handwriting, throughout the map.
Map with 'Placenames' written in faded ink on the cover. Five annotations to the Doolin area of the map in Robinson's handwriting.
Map with several caves underlined in red ink. (see P120/3/2/2/2). A handwritten note on base of map: 'cósé'.
Two unmarked 1977 maps.
Map marked '1997 Revision Record', marked with unidentified numbers (these do not correspond to the index described in P120/3/2/1/2). A large area to the North and East of Lisdoonvarna is highlighted, and several annotations on Ballyvaughan are in Robinson's handwriting.
Map marked 'Check Copy, Conor McDermots fulachta, Gordon D'Arcy finds' (see P120/3/2/1/5 and P120/3/2/2/3). Check marks in yellow ink, and some annotations in red ink.
Map marked 'Check Copy', with several tick marks in pencil.
Two copies of Martin Breen's 'The Doolin guide and map'. One copy with a postit note from Martin to Robinson, and the other copy with features circled by Robinson.
Letter from Brian McAufield, Assistant Secretary to the President [President Michael D Higgins], Áras an Uachtaráin, seeking permission for the use of MR's image for a series of commemorative gold coins of all the former Presidents of Ireland as part of the 2016 celebrations, and post-it note confirming MR had given permission, 10-18/03/2014
Ref: P143/4/6/4/10
Material in this file, labelled "6th Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1978", relates to a Private Members Bill, put forward by the Labour party "in an attempt to place beyond any doubt the constitutional validity of… (a) Adoption orders and other decisions made by the Adoption Board...(b) the provisions of the 1974 and 1976 Adoption Acts which place the child's welfare first in cases of custody disputes", and includes background document for Labour Party press conference given by Frank Cluskey, TD [Teachta Dála, member of Dáil Éireann, lower house of Irish parliament], Leader of Labour Party, 22/06/1978; extract of address/article by Mary Robinson "Adoption: A Missed Opportunity" on procedure to amend constitution, 197[8?]; copies of Sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1978 as initiated; speech by Minister for Justice at 2nd stage of 6th Amendment of the Constitution (Adoption) Bill [Government's own Bill subsequently?]; handwritten note "the Dept of Justice thinking on the adoption of legitimate children today is on a par with the Dept of Justice thinking on the adoption of illegitimate children 40 years ago", n.d., writer unknown; copy of Sixth Amendment of the Constitution (Adoption) Bill, 1978 as initiated; order paper for Seanad Éireann [upper house of Irish parliament, Senate], 07/03/1979, including hearing of Bill.