This subseries consists of texts of addresses made by Mary Robinson (MR) as a Presidential candidate, and subsequently as President of Ireland from December 1990 to September 1997, and material relating to those addresses. It is arranged chronologically and is a substantial but not definitive collection of MR's addresses.

Ref: P143/4/11

Material relating to "Tribute to Daniel O'Connell", an address President Mary Robinson made to the Reform Club, London, England, 15/05/1997, including text and drafts of address, background information on Daniel O'Connell prepared by Maurice O'Connell, The King's Hospital, Palmerstown Dublin, and his cousin Professor Emeritus Maurice R. O'Connell, both possibly descendants of Daniel, April 1997; background material on The Reform Club, 21/03/1997; newspaper cutting on Daniel O'Connell "New Ireland writes The Liberator out of History", The Irish Catholic, 08/05/1997.

[Archivist's Note: 1997 marked the 150th anniversary of the death of Daniel O'Connell.]

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Framed typed prayer "A Prayer for Peace", by Joe Noonan on behalf of Athlone VTOS, no date.

[The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme is a second chance education and training scheme for adults which provides courses of up to two years duration for jobseekers].

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