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The Rise of a City by John Boyd. This script is marked as being for use in a Northern Ireland Home Service radio broadcast. Signed by the author.

This subseries consists of correspondence, reports, drafts, flyers, pamphlets and cuttings relating to "Feachtas Chearta na Gaeilge" [campaign for Irish language rights], “An Bille Chearta” [the (Civil/Human) Rights Bill] and the Irish Language Bill. It includes material relating to Irish language rights in Northern Ireland, samples of official language acts from other countries including Canada, reports from the ombudsman and case studies from abroad.

For related material please refer to G60/29/2

Tag / Ref: G60/29/4

This subseries consists of correspondence between members of the public and "An Rannóg Chearta" (based in the Conradh Headquarters) in relation to complaints about the lack of use of the Irish language in official Government and State Bodies' documentation (1985-86).

Material includes examples of post going astray due to addresses being in Irish (G60/29/2/1) and samples of bilingual packaging (G60/29/2/2).

Tag/Ref: G60/29/2

The Righteous Are Bold by Frank Carney staged by the Abbey Theatre at the Queen's Theatre pending rebuilding and enlargement of the Abbey.

Files relating to teaching and research by Kevin Boyle on aspects of the Right to Life, Lethal Force, Security and Human Rights. Includes two typescript papers by Boyle entitled "The Right to Life" and "The Right to Life and Lethal Force"; further documents include "The Right to Life in International Law" by Boyle; manuscript research notes on the topic by Boyle; a Queen's University Belfast exam answer booklet with manuscript notes by Boyle on the topic; manuscript notes (A4 page) entitled "The Right to Life, (May 1983); also A4 manuscript notes entitled "Right to Life, Belfast, 2 July 1993). Also includes letters between Boyle and Stephen Livingstone, Director, Centre for International and Comparative Human Rights Law, Queen's University Belfast, discussing and planning Boyle's involvement on a course by the British Council Human Rights in July 1993 at which Boyle delivered a lecture on the Right to Life (May - July 1993). File 2 includes documents of research nature on the Right to Life, Lethal Force and Northern Ireland. Includes manuscript research notes on 'Article 8 in relation to Rev. Bradford and the Royal" by [ ]. Further documents include coverage, reports and legal judgements on cases such as Hackshaw Vs Shaw, legal news article on the ethics of the right to die; A. Farrell V. Secretary of State for Defence (1980); Edith Elliott Vs. United Kingdom; and transcript from BBC1 'Panorama' programme, broadcast 12 Nov 1984 featuring Peter Taylor, Douglas Hurd M.P., Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Peter Sutherland, Attorney General of Ireland, Fred Emery and others regarding and discussing various killings and events in conflict in Northern Ireland. Copy of article by journalist Peter Taylor, entitled "Shooting to Kill - Reasonable in the Circumstances?" (The Listener, 15 Nov 1984).

Report from Minority Rights Group International, "The Right to Learn: Batwa Education in the Great Lakes Region of Africa" by Fay Warrilow.

Text of book chapter/article by Etienne Rynne, entitled The Revival of Irish Art in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries. The book is on Early Irish Illustrative Art. File Includes manuscript draft notes; copy of The Architectural Review, 1956. The essay also appeared in "Topic", issue 24, a journal of the Liberal arts, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania.

The Review Committee was set up in 1979 to review the progress, objectives and working methods of Conradh na Gaeilge. Additionally it researched the Irish language community in Dublin possibly in relation to the establishment of a mini- Gaeltacht in the capital. This file consists of correspondence (including with Bord na Gaeilge), minutes, reports, research material and cuttings.

The Revenants. Black and white photographs of the band The Revenants, seated on a couch looking and talking to each other. The Revenants play as part of the Smithwicks sessions at the Warwick Hotel, Salthill, Galway at the Galway Arts Festival. Images measure 253mm X 203mm and include a white border. Images are 'landscape' prints and include a white border.