Typescript letters between Deborah Weinstein of Wilson Hartnell Public Relations Limited, 8 Appian Way, Dublin 6, James Harrold, Students Union, U.C. G. Galway, Paraic Breathnach, Administrator of the Galway Arts Group, Rory Brennan, Secretary of Poetry Ireland, 106, Tritonville Road, Sandymount, Dublin. The letters discuss the planning and organisation for the appearance by writer D.M. Thomas at the Galway Arts Festival. Details of the letters include Deborah Weinstein seeking to confirm with James Harold the arrangements for the public reading by D.M. Thomas at the Galway Arts Festival: the dates of the reading, what and where he is to read, fees and travel arrangements (Letter from Weinstein to Harold, 7 Mar). Details of expenses of the event to be shared by Poetry Ireland (letter to Brennan from Breathnach, 31 Mar) Details of Weinstein having booked D.M. Thomas booked onto John Bowman's and Kevin Myers' radio program respectively. Includes further details of publicity and also travel and accommodation arrangements for Thomas's journey to Galway. (Letter from Weinstein to Harold, 31 Mar and 13 Apr) Letter from Brennan to Breathnach, (12 Apr) details the sending of a cheque for £60 from Poetry Ireland to Galway Arts Group to part cover costs associated with the appearance of D.M. Thomas at the Galway Arts Festival. Photocopy of letters are included.
Group of typescript letters from Paraic Breathnach, Administrator of the Galway Arts Group to various recipients, including, the Chief Fire Officer, Fire Station, Fr. Griffin Road, detailing a water display by the Fire Service at the opening of the Galway Arts Centre (13 Apr) to Sony Broderick, Bank of Ireland U.C.G., Galway, requesting an overdraft of £1,200 in the account of the Galway Arts Group and for £1,200 in the account of the Galway Arts Festival. It is noted a grant of £6,500 has been allocated to the Galway Arts Group by the Arts Council but it has not yet been issued (21 Apr) and also from Murray and Spelman Ltd., Incorporated Insurance Brokers, Hibernian House, Eyre Square, Galway, to the Secretary of the Galway Arts Festival Committee, Nuns Island Centre for the Arts, Nuns Island, Galway. The letter confirms arrangement of Public Liability insurance cover for the [Galway Arts Festival] committee for the specified time frame.
12 Apr
Typescript letter from Paraic Breathnach to Councillor Pat McNamara, Mayor of Galway, Corporation Office, Dominick Street, Galway, inviting Mayor McNamarra to perform the official opening of the Galway Arts Festival. Photocopy of letter is included. 2 pp.
25 Jul 1984
Typescript letter from Joe Dowling, Artistic Director of the National Theatre Society Limited, The Abbey Theatre, to Ollie Jennings, Galway Arts Festival, 13 St. Mary's Terrace, Taylor's Hill, Galway. Dowling thanks Jennings for the tickets to performance of 'King Lear' by Footsbarn Theatre Company. Dowling describes the show as 'undoubtedly one of the highlights of my theatre-going life.' He further praises the production and states he hopes to return to see the production of 'Chinese Puzzle'. Photocopy of letter is included. 2 pp.
Typescript letters including from Pat O'Brian to unknown recipient (23 Jul) detailing plans for dancing and ceilì at the Spanish Arch, Galway. Letter to Ollie Jennings, Festival Administrator, Galway Arts Festival, 13 St. Mary's Terrace, Taylor's Hill, Galway from George O'Malley, Director, The Wine Promotion Board, 33 Clarinda Park West, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, detailing sponsorship of cases of wine for the opening of the Galway Arts Festival. (31 Jul) Photocopy of letter detailing Site Criteria from Paula Clamp, Administrator, Charabanc Theatre Company, Linen Hall Street, Belfast to Patricia Forde of the Galway Arts Festival. Also includes typescript open letter on Galway Arts Festival headed paper detailing highlights from previous Galway Arts Festivals, list of current Festival staff, plans for the upcoming festival and also details of levels of required sponsorship.
Typescript letter from poet Seamus Heaney to Ollie Jennings, Galway Arts Festival, 13 St. Mary's Terrace, Taylor's Hill, Galway. Letter is typed on Harvard University headed paper, Department of English and American Literature and Language. Letter includes an apology to Jennings from Heaney as he will be unable to attend the Galway Arts Festival in August as he will be 'incommunicado, on holiday, playing possum generally out of commission'. Includes manuscript signature by Seamus Heaney. Envelope, 'Airmail' with stamps is included as is a photocopy of the letter. Photocopies of letters are included
File of typescript correspondence between Galway Arts Festival administrators and directors Paraic Breathnach and Ollie Jennings respectively and the following people/groups: The Reverend Canon Leslie Forrest, St. Nicholas Collegiate Church, Galway, requesting use of railings at the cathedral for use during exhibition (14 Jul); Mr. J Hogan, Lough Nafooey, Finny, Clonbur, Co. Galway, inviting Hogan to participate in Craft Fair as part of Galway Arts Festival (14 Jul) from G Bourke, Office of Public works , St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 to O. Jennings detailing request made by Jennings to open up ground floor of Hynes Building, Augustine St, Galway for use as exhibition space. Conditions of use and access are detailed. (16 Jul) From A. McCullagh, Property Management [Commissioners of Public Works] granting permission to Jennings to use space at Eglinton Street former Garda Station, Galway, during the Galway Arts Festival. Conditions of access are detailed. (29 Jul) Letter from Jennings to [ ] thanking for generous sponsorship of the Galway Arts Festival and enclosing tickets for Footsbarn's production of 'Macbeth'. (29 Jul) Open letter inviting applications from craft workers for events.
Typescript letter from and signed by W.G. Sandover of the British Embassy, 33 Merrion Road, Dublin 4 to Jennings detailing financial support from the British Council for £1,100 to cover costs of visit by Footsbarn Theatre Company. (20 Jun)
Typescript letter from and signed by Ted Nealon, T.D., Minister of State for Arts and Culture, enclosing a £1,000 grant towards the visit of the Beijing Opera to the Galway Arts Festival. (24 Sept) Also, typescript letter from Jennings to Joe Considine, Galway Corporation, stating thanks for Corporation grant of £11,000 towards the Galway Arts Festival. Photocopies of letters are included.
File of typescript correspondence from and to Ollie Jennings, Administrator of Galway Arts Festival and the following people/groups: Mr. A. McCullagh, Property Management, Office of Public Works, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Regarding the use of a premises on Eglinton Street, Galway for fundraising events for the Galway Arts Festival (28 Jan) reply from McCullagh to Jennings detailing grant of use of premises and conditions of use (25 Feb) To Ms. Avril McRory, RTE, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, including programme information on the Festival to include on 'two lively half-hour programmes from the Galway studio.' (6 Mar) From Seamus Roche, Property Management, Office of Public Works, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, to Ollie Jennings, regarding conditions of use of premises on Eglinton Street, Galway during the Galway Arts Festival (15 Jun) Letter from Jennings to [ ] enclosing complimentary tickets for James Galway concert and copy of Galway Arts Festival programme (30 Jul) Also includes copy of advertising plan for the Galway Arts Festival. Photocopies of letters are included.
File of typescript correspondence to and from Ollie Jennings, Administrator, Galway Arts Festival, St Mary's Terrace, Galway and between the following: From Mr. P.J. Gavin, Town Clerk, Galway Corporation to Ollie Jennings, regarding contact and interest from German television in the Galway Arts Festival (18 Jan) From Jurgen Lodemann of German television channel Sudwestfunk, stating that he (Lodemann) will visit Galway in March to prepare work for a programme for German television. (3 Feb) From Ollie Jennings to Jurgen Lodemann, detailing information on the upcoming Galway Arts Festival and also lists artists such as Brian Bourke, playwrights such as Tom Murphy and film maker Bob Quinn as people Lodemann should talk to in research for his programme (3 Feb) from Ollie Jennings to Avril McCrory, RTE Donnybrook, Dublin 4, detailing information and achievements of the Galway Arts Festival and also details a list of suggested programming that could be developed and based on events at the Galway Arts Festival. ([5] Mar) Letter from Mary Murphy, freelance journalist seeking to be put on mailing list for the Galway Arts Festival. (25 Apr) Also includes a series of letters from Jennings to various to various journalists and media personnel thanking them for support for the Galway Arts Festival, including Tom Shiel, Irish Independent, Myles McWeeney, Irish Independent, Michael Sheridan, Irish Press, Ronan Farren, Sunday Independent, Eanna Brophy, Sunday Press, Emmanuel Kehoe, Sunday Press, Ciaran Carty, Sunday Tribune, Patsey Murphy, The Irish Times, Dermot O'Shea, The Irish Times, Paddy Murray, Evening Herald. Photocopies of letters are included.
File of typescript correspondence between Ollie Jennings, Administrator, Galway Arts Festival, St, Mary's Terrace, Galway and between the following people: to Billy McGrath, Windmill Lane Studios, 4 Windmill Lane, Dublin 2, from Ollie Jennings, enclosing brochures and press cuttings from previous Galway Arts Festival and detailed breakdown of events in the upcoming 1989 Galway Arts Festival (8 Feb) Typescript press release from Ollie Jennings with attached [distribution list] detailing '2 extra weeks for Brian Bourke Show' (17 Feb) From Jeremy Addis, publisher with Books Ireland, 11 Newgrove Avenue, Dublin 4, detailing an invitation for Ollie Jennings to advertise the Galway Arts Festival in their 'Summer Schools and Festivals' calendar.
Typescript letter from Chris Spurr, Senior Producer, Arts Programmes, Radio, B.B.C. Northern Ireland, to Ollie Jennings, detailing Spurr's wishes to visit Galway during the Festival to record a program on the Festival for B.B.C. Radio Northern Ireland (21 Apr)
Typescript open letter from Ollie Jennings detailing support required for the Galway Arts Festival, including benefits for those who support the Festival financially.
TS letter, unsigned from Patricia Forde, Accommodation co-ordinator, Galway Arts Festival, detailing an appeal, 'S.O.S for Beds' and hosts to accommodate musicians at the Galway Arts Festival. [Undated]
Photocopies of letters are included.
Photocopy of FAX correspondence to 'M. Marcel Ropert' from Michael Diskin of the Galway Arts Festival detailing a list of invitees to a reception at the residence of French Ambassador to announce the Royal de Luxe Project at the Galway Arts Festival, 25 Jun.