Item 3 (1-2) - Management Correspondence: Padraic Breathnach - Arts Council

2 files, c. 150 pp

Files of correspondence regarding the work of Padraic Breathnach as a member of the Arts Council.

File 1 includes letter signed by Eamon Gilmore T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Marine, discussing awareness of the problems facing arts workers in Ireland (16 Jan 1995); Letter from Terry Devlin, Artistic Director of Island Theatre Company and by Liam Rellis, General Manager of Red Kettle Theatre Company, copied to a number of independent theatre companies in Ireland and Northern Ireland, expressing concern for funding of regional theatre companies in Ireland; Máire Hearty, Siamsa Tíre, Co. Kerry; Kerry School of Music; Fire Station Artists' Studio; Mary Geraghty of Erris Community Group, Belmullet, Mayo; Joe Gavin, City Manager, Galway; Mary-Rose Barrington, Graduate Business School, UCD; John Hargaden, University of Limerick [Concert Hall]; Áine Maguire, Blue Raincoat Theatre Company; Brendan Flynn of Clifden Community Arts Week; Peter Cassells, ICTU; Mel Mac Giobúin of Creative Activity for Everyone; David Teevan, Gallowglass Theatre Company; John Sharples of London Arts Board. (SEE ALSO T7/5/7 for ICTU Parade material)

File 2 includes documentation and papers from the Arts Council and from the period of time which Padraic Breathnach was a member of the Arts Council. Includes Council correspondence, memos, minutes and discussions regarding various committees of the Arts Council, including literature, music, theatre and drama and others. Items discussed include grants and applications made to the Arts Council for funding. Includes discussion documents on the planning and implementation of the Theatre in Ireland review report undertaken by the Arts Council, and copy of the questionnaire issues to those who took part in the report.

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19/11/2019
30/07/2025