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Letters from VIPs to President Mary Robinson (MR), 1994 including handwritten letter from Harry Whelehan, then Attorney General, thanking MR for making space in her schedule for lunch and congratulating her on what he believed was a successful trip to the United States of America, 11/03/1994; handwritten letter from Máirín Lynch, wife of Jack Lynch, former Taoiseach, thanking MR for bouquet of get-well flowers she sent, which Máirín noted were in his favourite Cork colours [red and white], 21/03/1994; correspondence between Pope John Paul II, MR, Emmanuel Gerada, Apostolic Nuncio and Aidan O'Hara, Assistant Chief of Protocol, Department of Foreign Affairs, in relation to Ireland's input into International Conference on Population and Development, and the Catholic Church's "Year of the Family", 19/03-14/08/1994; typed letter from Elizabeth Smith, widow of British Labour Party politician and leader of the party, John Smith, who had passed away on 12th May 1994, thanking MR for her letter of condolence, with photocopy of MR's letter, 12-14/11/1994; typed letter from Dr Hans Küng [a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author], thanking MR for a "sympathetic provisional answer with regard to a statement on the Declaration >>Towards A Global Ethic<<, promulgated by the Parliament of the World's Religions", 21/11/1994.

Ref: P143/4/6/3/5

Letters to and from VIPs to President Mary Robinson, 1993 including handwritten letter from Harry Whelehan, then Attorney General, thanking MR that he was still a member of her Council of State "an ex-officio position", noting the 13th anniversary of both of them being called to the Inner Bar, was approaching and suggesting a group assemble for a dinner/lunch to celebrate, 15/01/1993; typed letter to Lord Revelstoke, thanking him for invitation to visit Lambay Island the following spring (1994), and referring to the unique architectural heritage of Lambay Castle, including wing added by architect Edwin Lutyens, 19/10/1993.

Ref: P143/4/6/3/4

Letters from VIPs to President Mary Robinson (MR), 1992 including typed letter from Brian Friel [Irish dramatist], thanking MR for her speech at the "I.C.E.M. ceremony", 12/02/1992; handwritten letter in Irish from Dr Kenneth Whitaker, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, thanking MR for presenting an award to An Dochtúir [Dr] Mac Conaill, 14/03/1992; typed letter from Madeline Reid, wife/partner to Keith McBean, on their return to Ireland from India for his new posting as a First Secretary, and the work she was finishing up first including with an Indian NGO "Working Women's Forum", 24/03/1992; typed postcard from Rita Childers, widow of former President of Ireland Erskine Childers, congratulating MR on the good working relationship she enjoyed with the Government, as per news article enclosed, with typed draft response, 21/04-11/05/1992; handwritten letter from Séamus Heaney [Irish poet, playwright and Nobel Prize winner] to MR referring to her press conference [following visit to Somalia], congratulating her on it being "electrifying", and referring to her use of lines from his poem "Cure at Troy", noting it had given them "such currency", and stating "I was caught between a well behaved 'aw shucks' and an inclination to stand out on Strand Road asking passersby if they'd heard what the President said in the States", 09/10/1992; typed letter from Cardinal Cahal Daly, Archbishop of Armagh, expressing admiration "for the great courage and compassion which [she] showed by her visit to Somalia", with response from MR, 07-12/10/1992.

Ref: P143/4/6/3/3

Letters from VIPs to President Mary Robinson, 1991 including two photocopies of letter from His Holiness, The Dalai Lama stating how happy he was that they had the opportunity to meet during his visit, "in spite of the pressure on you against such a meeting", referring to his visits to England and the United States and noting the growing awareness and support for the Tibetan struggle, 25/04/1991; typed letter on headed paper from Éamon de Buitléar, [writer, musician and filmmaker], thanking MR for invite to lunch at Árus [Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence of the President of Ireland], and referring to her plans to improving her Irish, and for "The Story of the Árus", to be written, 29/01/1991.

Ref: P143/4/6/3/2

Letters to and from VIPs to President Mary Robinson (MR), 1990-1997 (no dates given) including handwritten letter from Gary White Deer, Elder of Choctaw Nation, thanking MR for loan of painting "Brave Hearts Must Travel" which he used during tour of Ireland; Christmas card from Graham Turley, featuring photograph of Turley, his wife, Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin [murdered in a contract killing believed to have been ordered by a South Dublin-based drug cartel, in June 1996] and their son Cathal, [12/1996?]; compliment slip from Secretary General of United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali, thanking MR for her support of the UN.

Ref: P143/4/6/3/10

Letters from VIPs to President Mary Robinson, 1990 including letter from Frank McDonald, The Irish Times, congratulating MR on winning election, enclosing article he wrote on Áras an Uachtaráin [the official residence of the President of Ireland] and asking her to "keep the Fifties powder room!", 09/11/1990; letter of congratulations from The Hon Wendy Fatin MP, Minister for Local Government and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women, Canberra, Australia, 16/11/1990; card with pressed flowers on front, with handwritten message from Éamon de Buitléar [Irish writer, musician and film maker] to MR in Irish and English, wishing her long life and best wishes, 11/1990; handwritten letter from Gordon Wilson, thanking MR for inviting him to her inauguration, for all she stood for, for being her and stating "I was moved beyond words. Keep spreading the love", 06/12/1990; typed letter of thanks from Séamus Heaney [Irish poet, playwright and Nobel Prize winner], thanking her for the honour of the invitation to the inauguration, and noting in handwritten postscript "Trust the poet to miss the obvious: the big incandescence was to be quoted so aptly and centrally. Grandeus grandeo!", 19/12/1990.

[Archivist's note: Gordon Wilson, a draper from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, survived the IRA bombing at Enniskillen, 08/11/1987, but lost his daughter, Marie, who died from her injuries. He became known internationally as a peace campaigner.]

Ref: P143/4/6/3/1

Letters from VIPs to President Mary Robinson (MR) during and related to her presidency and arranged chronologically by year. Also includes a folder of responses to letter sent by MR to over 80 Heads of State calling for assistance for Rwanda following genocide against minority Tutsi population in 1994 (P143/6/3/7).

Ref: P143/4/6/3

Typescript titled "Violets for Breakfast" (5pp). About a woman named Rita who receives a box full of violets every morning but does not know who sends them.

Government of Northern Ireland, 'Violence and Civil Disturbances in Northern Ireland in 1969', report of Tribunal of Inquiry, 2 volumes, 2 copies

Report by the Article 19 International Centre of Censorship documenting the curbing of freedom of expression in Turkey during the 1980s, including censorship laws, oppression of Kurdish people, state interference in freedom of expression, attacks on press freedom including imprisonment and murder of journalists, interference in book publishing, film censorship, and interference with religious expression.