File of letters between Kevin Boyle and Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, including:
MS letter from McAliskey, "Dear Kevin, ever the champion of unpopular causes. . ." and encloses a letter from the wife of Dominic McGlinchey asking Boyle to attend the appeal case hearing of McGlinchey and outlining McAliskey's opinion on the case. (20 Aug 1985)
TS letter from Mary McGlinchey, wife of Dominic McGlinchey, outlining the details of the upcoming hearing for her husband's case at Belfast Appeal Court, outlining details of the case and asking of Boyle to attend as an independent observer. (n.d.)
TS letter from Boyle to McAliskey, writing from Australia, saying he cannot help from there but advises on contacting Amnesty International to attend the hearing and also to study that case under the European Convention of Human Rights. He continues in personal tone to describe his new book with Tom Hadden to which McAliskey "will disagree fundamentally" but that Boyle has maintained consistent views since 1968, he also comments on socialist and class issues in Northern Ireland. (6 Sep 1985)
TS letter from Boyle to Mary McGlinchey, thanking her for her letter and stating he has made suggestions to McAliskey. (6 Sep 1986)
TS letter from Boyle to McAliskey which is an edited version of the letter he sent to McAliskey on 6 Sept. (9 Sep 1985)
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Correspondence between Caoimhín Ó Néill, St Patrick's College, Carlow, and Eoghan, mainly relating to Eoghan visiting him in Carlow, as well as forwarding a short play by Mary Somers for his consideration, commenting "Tá sé roinnt Beckettánach!" [in Iri
Correspondence with Chubb Ireland regarding community alert; Chubb Ireland/Neighbourhood watch; community alert awards.
File contains correspondence with community councils who were interested in developing local enterprises; responses to surveys from community councils; information on the planning of meetings and the outcome of same.
Correspondence from Eamon O’Sullivan to Muintir na Tíre Community groups regarding his role as Enterprise Development Officer and developing community enterprise; exploratory information on meetings with Kingscourt, Cavan, Enfield and Lobinstown, Meath, Newcastle, Rossadrehid, Aherlow, Cashel & Emly and Tipperary Town, Tipperary.
Correspondence with interested councils regarding setting up a meeting to discuss community enterprise; details of expenses for Eamon O’Sullivan; evaluation of work completed for enterprise development course and how improve work practices; details of meeting dates and venues.
Correspondence with community groups regarding the progress of community development by their group; reports of meetings with councils; includes correspondence of thanks with various bodies.
File of correspondence between Tim Robinson and the editors of the Connacht Tribune, beginning with Seán V Fahy in 1983, and John Cunningham by 1985. Included in the file are:
Copy of a handwritten letter from Robinson to Fahy proposing to write a series of articles with information on the placenames, folklore, local history and archaeology of South Connemara. A reply from Fahy agrees to publish the series.
Copies of 4 letters from Tim Robinson to John Cunningham in which Robinson outlines the value of the series, which has resulted in readers contacting Robinson with more local information. Subsequent correspondence indicates a break in the publication of the series.
Typed letter to Robinson from Doreen Caraher-Manning, Honorary Secretary of the Caraher Family History Society. Encloses a copy of an illustration she made of the O'Flaherty centograph when visiting the islands in 1970, includes a story about her experience. (14 Aug 1988).
Handwritten letter to Robinson from Leon Manning of the National Monuments Section of the OPW, thanking him for the invitation to the launch of Mementos of Mortality, makes a suggestion regarding the Fitzpatrick monuments. Enquires about 18th century mainland examples of similar monuments, mentioning Levally near Clarinbridge. (6 Jan 1992).
Correspondence with Lord Killanin, with a letter to Robinson clarifying information from 'Mementos of Mortality' on the FitzPatricks, and a marriage to George Morris. Notes on the division of Cill Ainthin after the Catholic wardenship of Galway, and enquiring about the location of Killarone. A copy of Robinson's reply, with information on the likely repair and conservation of the momuments by a FÁS scheme, to be overseen by the archaeologist Jim Higgins. Brief mention of the Mullaghmore scheme in the Burren. (6-21 Jan 1992).
Photocopied handwritten letter from Robinson to Jim Higgins, enclosing contact prints of the Leachtaí to give an idea of their condition ahead of the FÁS scheme.
Three printed invitations (blank) to the launch of 'Mementos of Mortality' at Kenny's Bookshop.
Handwritten letter to Robinson from Tomás de Bhaldraithe in Irish, complimenting him on 'Connemara'. Copy of Robinson's reply in Irish asking him about the first line of a song in Synge's 'The Aran Islands', the song is 'An tIolrach Mór'. (Jul 1990).
Handwritten note to Robinson from Pat [ ] enclosing a copy of the Synge manuscript with his comments, compliments Robinson on the piece. Undated.