Entries for the National Ballad Competition about local areas or events; includes synopsis of the competition and details of the winning ballad.
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Details of cash received from councils for lottery.
Ledger detailing income contains loose documents
Ledger detailing income and expenditure
Ledger detailing income and expenditure for No. 4 Account
Set of index cards describing the local features of the townland of Na Sceirdí/Scéirde (possibly Skerdbeg]. Included in the descriptions are Leaba Sceirde, Na Scéirdí, Leathrach Mhóir Sceirde, Dún Ghudail, and Carraig an Mhíle. Noel King credited as being a local source of information.
A large series of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Na Mine, [Minna]. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the lessor was Patrick Blake. Included in the descriptions are Aerfort Chonamara, a note on Thomas Lynch who was the proprietor in 1641, and a detailed note on the castle, where Walter Fada Bourke was murdered on the will of his step-mother, an O'Flaherty, to secure the inheritance of Risdeard an Iarain (Iron Dick) in the 16th century. And a note on Cora an Chasleáin, and a children's burial ground.
Typescript draft with handwritten amendments of "Na Mairnéalaigh", a one-act historical tragedy by "Aeschylus" {Eoghan Ó Tuairisc] submitted for competition at An tOireachtas [in Irish].
Typescript copy of "Na Mairnéalaigh" by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, which won the Arts Council prize at An tOireachtas, issued by An Chomhairle Náisiúnta Drámaíochta [in Irish].
Copy of a letter from Eoghan Ó Tuairisc to Miss [Ling], stating that the terms for broadcasting his play "Na Mairnéalaigh" are fine, and that she may send on the contract.