This file consists of material relating to the setting up of the first commercial television channel in Republic of Ireland, TV3, and to UTV (Northern Ireland television station).
Tag / Ref: G60/36/4
This file consists of material relating to the setting up of the first commercial television channel in Republic of Ireland, TV3, and to UTV (Northern Ireland television station).
Tag / Ref: G60/36/4
Correspondence with BBC Northern Ireland, Bord Scannán na hÉireann and Samson Films Ltd re productions and rights to Patricia Burke-Brogan's work.
Material in this subseries relates to Conradh na Gaeilge’s Television licence campaign, where members of the public refused to pay due to the lack of Irish language programmes available on RTÉ, and to the many court cases that resulted. It includes press releases, correspondence, photographs, flyers and cuttings.
Tag / Ref: G60/29/19
Black and white photograph of carved stone st Turoe, Loughrea, Co. Galway. Also includes colour postcard image of the stone and other mounted photocopy prints of the stone and carvings.
TS copy letter from Boyle to Hannum, inviting Hannum to visit Galway with family, updating that Michael O'Boyle has got married. "Other developments include the fact that it seems more and more unlikely that anything will come of the Homosexual case" (Dudgeon V. The United Kingdom) and discusses this in detail.
Handwritten rough draft of song "Túrna Mháire Mac Gabháin so chan", from a Connacht man named McDonough.
Handwritten rough draft of song "Túrna Mháire Mac Gabháin so chan", from a Connacht man named McDonough.
File of press coverage and also email correspondence between Boyle and others such as Ayse D Ergin, Tony Fisher, Françoise Hampson, Aisling Reidy, and Human Rights Watch.
Typescript page with handwritten amendments about turf-cutting adventures.