Original press cuttings taken from the Event Guide, Kerry's Eye, Leinster Express, Carlow People, Irish Times, Irish Independent, RTE Guide, Leinster Leader, Business Ireland, Wexford Echo, Limerick Leader, Waterford News and Star, Sunday Tribune, Irish Examiner, the Kingdom, Clonmel Nationalist, the Irish Sun, Daily Mirror, Hot Press, Sunday Independent, Ireland on Sunday and in Dublin Magazine. Headlines include "Special tribute award for actor David Kelly" (Irish Times, 17 Feb) "Expectation, applause and glamour take centre stage on an evening to celebrate Irish Theatre" - The Irish Times/ESB Irish Theatre Awards (The Irish Times, 18 Feb) "Heads of arts groups 'livid' at chairman's [of Arts Council] letter" (Irish Times, 8 May) "Funds cut leaves theatres in 'limbo'" (Irish Times, 18 May) File includes coverage of cultural festivals at Cashel, co. Tipperary and in Co. Kerry; reviews of the Good Father by Druid Theatre Company and of the Special Olympics in Ireland.
Original press cuttings taken from the Irish Times, Hot Press, Irish Tatler, Metro Eireann, Food and Wine magazine, Irish Examiner, In Dublin, RTE Guide, Sunday Times, the Evening Echo, Belfast Telegraph, Leinster Leader, Inside Cork, Irish Independent, the Evening Echo and Leinster Express. Headlines include "Catching the circus bug" - Interview with actor James Thierree (Irish Examiner, 3 Jul) "Master plan to tackle the imbalance of provinces" (The Evening Echo, 11 Jul) "[Damien] Dempsey doing it his way" (Irish Examiner, 11 Jul) "King Lear" - Interview with playwright Tom Murphy (Irish Times, 12 Jul) "[Laois] Arts Festival falters" (Leinster Express, 12 Jul) File includes detailed listing and coverage of events in the Galway Arts Festival.
Original press cuttings taken from the Sunday Tribune, the Sunday Business Post, Irish Examiner, the Irish Times, Irish Independent, the Sun, Belfast Telegraph, the Evening Echo, the Star, Leinster Leader, Fingal Independent, Drogheda Independent, Derry People and Donegal News, Northern Star, Westmeath Independent, Offaly Independent, Sunday Independent and the Sunday World. Headlines include "City of Tribes launches ?14m arts festival with 120,000 visitors in tow" (Irish Independent, 15 Jul) "Fortnight of frenzy begins in Galway" (The Irish Times, 15 Jul) "A Cuppa Something Stronger" - Interview with actress Pauline McLynn (Irish Examiner, 17 Jul) "Masterpieces of bits and pieces" visual arts in Galway Arts Festival (The Irish Times, 18 Jul) Reviews include Hurl by Barabbas performed at the Black Box Theatre (Irish Examiner, 16 Jul) Major Barbara, Druid Theatre (The Irish Times, 17 Jul) The Mysteries by Macnas (Irish Examiner, 18 Jul) Paris, Texas Town Hall Theatre (The Irish Times, 19 Jul)
Original press cuttings taken from the Irish Times, the Star, Irish Examiner, Dungarvan Leader, Irish Independent, Pittsburgh Post Gazette and The Evening Echo. Headlines include "Dark days and no pay in the crypt" (Irish Times) Reviews of events include The Junebug Symphony at the Black Box Theatre, The Drunkard by Tom Murphy and staged at the Town Hall Theatre. File includes listing and coverage of events held as part of the Galway Arts Festival.
Original press cuttings taken from the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Longford Leader, Irish Examiner, the Guardian, the Sun, Westmeath Examiner, Sunday Tribune, Sunday Business Post, Argus, Irish Mirror, Hot Press, In Dublin magazine, the Evening Echo and Phoenix magazine. Articles include review of Purple Heart produced by Steppenwolf Theatre Company and produced at the Town Hall Theatre (Irish Times, 25 Jul) review of Tom Murphy's The Drunkard (The Guardian, 25 Jul) "No civic pride - the cowboys intent on wrecking our cities" (Irish Independent, 25 Jul) "City of Tribes counts the dividends of an arts fest with world-class talent" (Irish Independent, 26 Jul) review of Acrobat (The Irish Times, 29 Jul) Review of Arty McGlynn (Irish Examiner, 29 Jul) "Arthur Miller to visit Dublin Theatre Festival" (the Irish Times, 31 Jul)
Original press cuttings taken from the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Munster Express, Irish Post, Irish Examiner, Southern Star, The Sunday Business Post, Imokilly People, TV Now, the Champion, The Nationalist and Munster Advertiser, Hot Press and Sunday Independent. Articles include "Transport museum proposed for Galway rail station site" (The Irish Times, 1 Aug) Review of instillation The Beautiful Sea, the Blue Heaven and the Present Earth (Irish Independent, 1 Aug) review of Purple Heart produced by Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Irish Examiner, 6 Aug) "Revived melodrama 'The Drunkard' deserves all the accolades it has got" (Southern Star, 9 Aug) "Publish the radicals and be damned" (Sunday Independent, 31 Aug)
Original press cuttings taken from the Irish Times, Evening Herald, Cork Now magazine, Irish Examiner, Hot Press, In Dublin magazine, Laois Nationalist and the Sunday Times. Articles include "Helping out a friend in need" - supporting the arts (The Irish Times, 8 Aug) "Theatre's Field of Dreams" - Dublin Theatre Festival (Irish Examiner, 23 Sep) "Beyond the Fringe" - Dublin Fringe Festival (In Dublin magazine, 24 Sep) "Belfast Festival unites cultural rivals" (The Irish Times, 27 Sep)
Original press cuttings taken from Food and Wine magazine, the Irish Times, Irish Examiner, the Sunday Tribune, Evening Herald, Clare Champion, Limerick Leader, Evening Echo, Kerry's Eye, the Sunday Times and the Sunday Independent. Articles include "What do we have against art" (The Irish Times, 7 Oct) "Irish language theatre's survivor" - the Taibhdhearc Theatre, Galway (The Irish Times, 11 Oct) "How little people get big shows" - Festivals for children (The Irish Times, 13 Oct) "A year of few fiascos and few sensations" (The Irish Times, 15 Dec)