File includes a printed flyer entitled "Draft of letter to be Sent to TD's" which details the campaign and five demands being called for by the Republican and paramilitary prisoners in the Maze prison and urges making a priority "the settlement of the H-Block Crisis."; manuscript notes by Kevin Boyle in which he discusses the crisis and conditions surrounding the H-Block and hunger strikes, he discusses the society, people and effect of demands in the Maze protest; further manuscript notes by Boyle on the Hunger Strikes in the Maze (on yellow paper) includes 'background to the strike. 'crisis within a crisis within a crisis, references to Thatcher and her Government and policy on Northern Ireland. File also includes assorted press cuttings with coverage and comment on the hunger-strike and Government policy on Northern Ireland and the Maze Prison protest.
Notes compiled by Ruairí Ó Brádigh in relation to talks on a bi-lateral truce. Following a cease-fire called at Christmas 1974 informal talks and contacts took place between representatives of the Republican Movement and representatives of the British Government. The meetings and contacts were organised through an intermediary who is referred to in Ruairí Ó Brádiagh's notes as 'S'. On the Republican side the main participants in the talks were Ruairí Ó Brádaigh who is referred to in the notes as 'M' or 'Micheal', 'W' an unnamed member of the Republican Movement and Daithi Ó Connell who is referred to as 'Mr. Kelly'. The British Government were represented by James Allen of the Foreign Office who is referred to as 'A', Michael Oatley of M.I.6 who is referred to as 'O'. They both reported to Sir Frank Cooper Permanent Under Secretary at the Northern Ireland Office who is referred to as 'Yellow Man' and another unidentified man referred to as 'Hospital Man' or 'HM'. The talks took place in Derry. According to an early communication from the British Government to the Republican Movement the British Government were prepared to 'discuss with members of Provisional Sinn Féin how a permanent cessation of violence might be agreed....' and that they were 'prepared for officials to engage in a discreet exchange of views with Provisional Sinn Féin on matters arising from their objectives.' They would not exclude 'the raising of any relevant question.' The talks continued on and off until February 1976, however they ended in deadlock. One of the main stumbling blocks was the Republican sides instance on a 'declaration of intent' for withdrawal on the part of the British Government. According to an assessment of the British policy written by 'S' and dated 20 September 1975, the British policy was 'in ruins' and they had hoped to complete 'a policy of "Silent Withdrawal" '. He goes on to say that 'they have no policy at this time, except a strong desire to get out. Their problem is they do not want to be shown up to the world, as leaving a "Congo" behind. They are begging for time and have asked me to express this.' He also writes that internal Westminster party politics were playing a part in British policy. He writes that 'Nothing that happens in Northern Ireland - Civil War included can equal the desire of the Labour Part to stay in power in England.'
Copy of report by Madge Davison, [Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Belfast, which discusses the law surrounding abortion in Northern Ireland, Great Britain and the European Perspective.
Arthur Shields joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914 with his friend Charles Saurin. He apparently kept his rifle hidden under the Abbey stage. On Easter Monday 1916 he got separated from his company when he went to collect his rifle from the Abbey. Instead he joined a group led by James Connolly and spent the week of the rising in the G.P.O.
28 images on negative and contact sheets.
Photographs of thatchers at work in Carraroe.
Some pictures of boats out on the water.
Typescript (2007 computer print-out) of article from The Observer by Henry McDonald, entitled 'Thatcher's dealings with IRA go back to hunger strikes' [as POL35/384].
Cassette audio tape of BBC audio adaptation of "That They May Face the Rising Sun", adapted and read by John McGahern, produced by Kate Triggs.
Summary of address by Christopher T. Morris, former President of the Language Freedom Movement, to a meeting of SPECTRUM, the Science Debating Society, University College Belfield, Dublin, on 8 February, 1971. Topic: 'That nationalism is dead'. Discusses notions of nationality discussing the tribal system, the concept of a nation, using negative examples of nationalism from the past, and arguing that civil rights today have greater significance than nationalism.