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File includes research materials related to stone and carved stone figures from Greece and Rome. Includes notes and drawings made by Etienne Rynne made at Museums in Bologna (of a bronze Etruscan figurine); same of an object in Leiden, Netherlands; Correspondence between Rynne and the Director of the Museo Civico di Bologna, Italy, discussing the bronze figure

Geological map of Ireland, based on the work of the 1962 Geological Survey (1 inch - 12 miles), published in 1985. A map of the vegetation of the German river valleys (Vegetationskarten Deutscher Flusstäler), published in 1961. Contains hydrograph of the ground water levels of plant communities. Index for the new Republic of Ireland Grid Reference Sheets, with annotations on the map. Six inch OS map of Moycullen (Galway Sheet 81). One inch index map, with roman numerals denoting the numbers of the 6 inch maps (1922). Two six inch OS maps from the Mayo series (sheets 31 and 31A, and 40 and 40A). Townland index No 10. Galway Sheet 80 (OS 6 inch maps). 1957 German map of the vegetation of the Elbe region. Clare 6 inch os map sheet 5. Galway 25 inch OS map Dunkellin, sheet ciii. 14. Galway 6b inch sheet 103. Soil map of West Mayo, to accompany soil survey bulletin no 32 (1974). Galway 6 inch sheet 69. Galway 25 inch sheet 94 II. Galway 6 inch sheet 82. Galway 6 inch sheet 86.

Notes on the role of the C.D.O. and how to complete certain aspects of work; includes slides on the role of the C.D.O.

Paper by Valerie Bresnihan, Lecturer, Equality Studies Centre, University College, Dublin: "The Symbolic Power of Ireland's President Robinson"; published in Presidential Studies Quarterly [scholarly journal that focuses on the President of the United States] [June 1999?].

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Photocopy of letter from Frank Murray, Secretary to the Government, to Colm Butler, Deputy Secretary to the President in relation to and including a chapter from Peter Drucker's book "Managing in a Time of Great Change", on "Six Rules for Presidents", 02/11/1995.

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Material relating to an invite from The Ford Foundation to President Mary Robinson to serve as co-chair of an Independent Working Group on the Future of the United Nations, the Irish Government's refusal based on legal advice from the Attorney General, and subsequent correspondence relating to MR seeking out independent legal advice. It includes two copies of official Legal Opinion (Querist: "The President of Ireland Mrs Mary Robinson, Subject: "The function and role of the President under the provisions of the Constitution", signed by Mr Frank Clarke, SC [Senior Counsel], and Mr Gerry Durcan, Barrister at Law, 17/01/1994; two copies of Supplementary Legal Opinion (subject: The validity of a decision of the Government that the President should not accept an invitation to serve as co-chair of an Independent Working Group on the Future of the United Nations", signed by Clarke and Durcan, 17/01/1994; drafts of opinions with notation; correspondence between Peter Ryan (PR), Secretary to the President and Frank Murray (FM), Secretary to the Government in relation to the Legal Opinion of 17th January and requesting final decision on invite, 17-20/01/1994; correspondence between Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dick Spring, and MR including drafts, in relation to Government's decision not to allow MR accept invitation, 20/01/1994; briefing note with notations for meeting with Taoiseach, 21/01/1994; photocopies of correspondence between PR and FM in relation to and including transcripts of comments and questions in the Dáil on the controversy, and photocopies of articles in the press, 17-24/02/1994.

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Material relating to an invite from The Ford Foundation to President Mary Robinson (MR) to serve as co-chair of an Independent Working Group on the Future of the United Nations, the Irish Government's refusal based on legal advice from the Attorney General, and subsequent correspondence relating to MR seeking out independent legal advice. It includes photocopy of the invite from the Ford Foundation, 17/11/1993; photocopy of letter from MR to Taoiseach Charles Haughey, 24/07/1991, in which she refers to the legal opinion received by Government previously which she felt focussed too narrowly on certain subsections of the Constitution relating to the Office of the President, and which includes the opinion of the Attorney General on "the Constitutional Freedom of the President of Ireland", 31/05/1991; briefing material ahead of meeting between MR and Taoiseach to discuss the invite, 13/12/1993; correspondence between MR, Peter Ryan (PR), Secretary to the Government, Frank Murray, Secretary to the Government, and Brian McCarthy, Assistant Secretary to the Government in relation to Government's decision not to allow MR accept invite, as well as to source of leaks of the discussions to the Press, and MR's intention to seek legal advice independently on role of President, 13-30/12/1993; correspondence between PR and MR on seeking further legal opinion, and draft documents prepared for "Request for Advice", 21-[23?]/12/1993; copy of letters sent by PR to Mr Frank Clarke, SC [Senior Counsel], and Mr Gerry Durcan, Barrister at Law in relation to request for advice sought, 30/12/1993; photocopies of articles in The Irish Times and The Irish Independent on Government's refusal to allow MR accept invitation, 12/1993.

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Photocopy of faxed partial transcript of Dáil Éireann [lower House of Irish Parliament] debate [parliamentary questions] where An Taoiseach [Albert Reynolds] was asked about the powers of the President and the requirement for her to get cabinet approval even to go on private holiday abroad, 19/02/1992; photocopy of chapter eight of unidentified book on the X Case [a constitutional case on whether a 14-year-old girl who had become pregnant as a result of rape could access abortion in the United Kingdom (see P143/4/6/1/3/1 and P143/4/6/4/3)], which examined specifically the role of Mary Robinson in the case, opining that she was in breach of the constitution when she spoke which may have affected the outcome.

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Photocopy of brief on role of President of Ireland, "Uachtarán na hÉireann" [President of Ireland], dated 7th November 1990, the day Mary Robinson was announced as winner of Presidential election; briefing documentation on Acts of the Oireachtas which refer to the President [11/1990?].

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Documents relating to former President of Ireland Cearbhaill Ó Dálaigh resigning from office (22/10/1976) and letter of apology from then Minister for Defence [Patrick S Donegan] for calling him a "Thundering Disgrace"(19/10/1976), 19/07-09/11/1976; photocopy of final draft of report of inter-departmental committee on "President's Allowance", Department of the Taoiseach, September 1978.

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