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Offprint of article entitled "The Kilshanny Bell" by Etienne Rynne, from The Clare Archaeological and Historical Society.

The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Concert held at the Aula Maxima, National University of Ireland, Galway. Includes printed concert programme with details and notes on works produced from Mozart, Danielpour and Mendelssohn. Also has a brief biography on the group.

This collection consists primarily of drafts of John McGahern published works, it also includes a small amount of correspondence and other material which relate to publication and John McGahern's writing career in general.

The collection includes drafts of all six of John McGahern's published novels as well as drafts of his unpublished novel 'The End or the Beginning of Love'. It also includes drafts of all 37 of his published short stories, and 10 different dramatic pieces, some of which are adaptations of his own work, others of which were never produced. The collection also includes drafts of most but not all of John McGahern's published non-fiction and several drafts of his autobiographical work Memoir . For the purposes of description drafts are characterized as being either handwritten, typescript or faircopy. 'Faircopy' describes any draft that is almost identical to a published piece and contains few if any handwritten amendments. The vast majority of typescript drafts contain handwritten amendments or additions. In many instances drafts are considered partial in that only part of a longer draft has survived or the original draft was of only part of the complete work. Where drafts consisted of a small number of pages, typically ten or less for novels or three or less for short stories they are described as fragments and grouped together with other fragments of the same format and work for the purposes of description e.g. 'Handwritten fragments of Amongst Women '. It is clear from the presence of fragments and from the pagination on drafts that not all drafts of every work survive. Indeed this is true for the vast majority of works. The number of drafts of each work in the collection varies considerably, for example while only two drafts and a number of fragments of the short story 'The Recruiting Officer' are included in the collection, in contrast 15 drafts and a number of fragments of the short story 'Parachutes' are included in the collection. This may of course be a reflection of the different writing processes involved in writing the two stories. The papers are in very good physical condition.

File relating to "The Island Project", a proposed project for a millennium celebration commencing in 1994. Includes project overview booklet, with details of the managers of the project, names of supporting artists, proposed annual schedule of events, articles and details on themes and concepts 'Oileán:2000:Island project; Copy of Feasibility Report prepared for the Minister for Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht, by John Stephenson; and also correspondence between Stephenson and Gerry McMahon of Macnas, discussing possible contributions from Macnas to the project.

Photocopied pages from a collection of manuscripts held by John Waddell of the Island and Coast Society of Ireland, established in 1833 to provide education to Protestant Children in remote parts of the coast and adjacent islands of Ireland. The photocopies mainly cover the years 1883 to 1928, and include press cuttings of their public appeals for funds, letters relating to Buildings being rented by the organisation in Kilronan, and photocopies of subscriptions received.

Photocopy of the Journal of George [Warren], a teacher based on the Aran Islands working on behalf of the Missionary Society for Islands and Coast of Ireland. The journal begins with a log for the winter 1854-1855, recording the portion of scripture read in school that day, and the number of pupils present each day. The rest of the journal is filled with diary entries that describe the author's visits in the community on religious matters, naming all the locals he spoke to in the course of his work. It is accompanied by a cover note to Robinson from John Waddell, dated 4 Jul 1986.

File relating to the planned development of the Irish World Centre / The Irish Diaspora Centre, to be based in Galway and developed in association with University College Galway. Kevin Boyle was a member of the steering committee. Includes correspondence

Material in this file relates to The Irish Sugar Company and includes correspondence between Conradh na Gaeilge and them relating to their bilingual sugar packaging and cuttings relating to the company operating at a loss in the early 1980s.

Tag / Ref: G60/42/4

Five issues of The Irish Statesman, which feature a regular column by Michael Rynne entitled "The Letter of Locarno". Other articles by Rynne include (e.g. in 19 Sep 1925) "Ireland, the League and the Commonwealth'. The Irish Statesman was edited by George Russell (AE). 12 Sep 1925, 19 Sep 1925, 19 Dec 1925, 26 Dec 1925 and also April 12, 1930 - being the final issue published.