MS letter to Kevin Boyle from [Conn] [ ] stating he was glad to be back at C.R.A. meetings again and outlines his thoughts on how to prevent residents having electricity cut off.
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MS letter to Boyle: "I understand that any demonstration is against the law.". . . It's better to hold the peace"
MS letter to Boyle, "Marvellous, wonderful, fantastic, formidable etc. etc. . . we all whooped and cheered and even happened to be delirious bubbly when shots of you on the back of a lorry flashed on the screen . . ." describing the scene of a rally at wh
MS letter from Dowds to Devlin including discussions on notes from speeches by Penny Jackson that made reference to Devlin and the cause in Northern Ireland, notes on Devlin's trip to the U.S. and what people thought of her..."Bernadette is a right-on, beautiful revolutionary person." The letter continues "Just like we are fighting, wanting and now getting, I say to you, Black Power from what I've seen and hear stands behind you all the way.", mentions Bloody Sunday, Angela Davies
MS letter to "Dear Bernadette", and entitled 'A few thoughts that may clarify where we all go from here...', the document is signed off by Kevin [Boyle] and does appear to be in Boyle's hand. The letter is divided by headings: 'The Past' and 'The Present', and includes 10 and 11 points of comment by [Boyle] under each headings and comments on past and current P.D. members, structures, weaknesses and policies.. Points mentioned include "You [Bernadette Devlin] didn't help the claims of Derry and Belfast by having an independent career in Mid-Ulster and Westminster", "The P.D. is in fact organisationally quiet weak..." and "...if [you] linking to the P.D. would mean that [Eamonn] McCann, or yourself, would feel unfree and incapable of developing in the way you think, then it would be best not to have anything to do with it."
Copy of a handwritten letter to Anthony Farrell of Lilliput Press from Robinson, in which he mentions he encloses the disc of 'Connemara After the Famine', and notes the work remaining on the edits. Also enclosed is a page that has traced the page size of the book.
Partial copy letter from T.M. Healy enclosing £1 for a report of the Gaelic League stating "Your proceedings are the most hopeful I have observed".
Letter from Tomas Ua Concheaneann, Lios na Mara, Cathair na Gaillimhe, to Bean Bairéad, stating that he had been in his bed, and that this was his first chance to commiserate with her on the death of her husband [in Irish].
Letter of sympathy from Tom Reddin, Rockfield, Artane, County Dublin to Bean Bairéad.
Letter of sympathy from Tadhg O Scanmnaill, An Fainne, 25 Cearnog an Phairneallaigh, Baile Átha Cliath to Bean Bairéad [in Irish].