Ringbound Book of Appeal in two parts: "…The Supreme Court between Francis X. Martin Plaintiff and The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, Stephenson and Associates and John Paul and Company Limited Defendants…."; copy of same which may have been used at a later court appearance.

Folder labelled "Folder 'B' Documents" including copies of documents from Supreme Court appeal January 1978, and earlier injunctions and a large envelope labelled "original exhibits" including coloured plan of site. It also includes correspondence 26/01/1978-13/06/1978 between Nicholas Robinson (NR) and various parties including J McCarthy, Chairman, the Commissioners of Public Works; Pascal Scanlan, Principal Officer, National Parks and Monuments Branch, OPW and William Dundon, Law Agent, Dublin Corporation and a Statutory Declaration of Edmond Buckmaster on 27 June 2023, that he attended the Wood Quay Site with NR on 23 June, took photographs and handed all negatives and prints to NR, and that no other copies exist.

Material relating to the York Archaeological Trust sent to FX Martin, including flyers, newsletters, circulars and a typed document giving the background to the trust, 21/11/1977-11/1978; statement from National Museum of Ireland "...on the Dublin Excavations", 28/04/1978; draft public appeal written by Dr Anngret Simms, seeking subscriptions for the "Wood Quay Viking Fund" to help costs of case going to High Court and Supreme Court following injunction in November 1977, [1978?]; circular from Friends of Mediaeval Dublin, 05/09/1978.

Folder labelled "Correspondence & Misc A.G. (F.X. Martin) v Dublin Corporation 1979 No 133P Wood Quay Injunction”. Includes correspondence, copies of correspondence, handwritten notes, maps and handwritten note and typed version on the state of play on injunction proceedings; correspondence between Louis Dockery, Chief State Solicitor on behalf of the Attorney General and Nicholas Robinson (NR), 09-31/01/1979; several draft general endorsement of claim documents; letter from George Eogan, National Monuments Advisory Council to NR nominating archaeological experts to participate with clients' two engineering consultants in order to assess archaeological consequence of any proposed solution relating to the safety of the site, 25/01/1979; photocopy of map of agreement with National Museum of Ireland (NMI), Stephenson Gibney Design Associates and Dublin Corporation, with notation; copies of press statements by the Commissioners of Public Works on the Wood Quay reprieves August and Oct 1978, with cover note from Olivia O'Leary, handwritten notes of Mary Robinson on case, and to-do lists; newspaper cuttings; photocopies of letters from the professional archaeological assistants working in the excavation under Patrick Wallace, to the Minister for Education, and Minister for Environment, along with newspapers, in relation to actions taken by them to prevent further mechanical excavations (Jan 1979); map of Wood Quay Fishamble Street site and excavation work marked in colour pencil; notes re affidavit of George Eogan; correspondence between Eogan and NR in relation to the Joint Consent of 29/08/78 (15-17/01/1979); photocopy of typed letter from Joseph Raftery, Director, NMI and Director of National Parks and Monuments Branch OPW, 29/11/1978 with notation; summons to attend High Court for Patrick Wallace and Peter Danaher, 23/01/1979; photocopy of report of Dr Eogan and Dr Michael Herity and Peter Danaher following site visit 26 Jan 1979; photocopies of letters from NR to various parties requesting attendance at the hearing 01/02/1979; copy of affidavit of Peter McCabe 27/01/1979; notes typed on affidavit of George Eogan; copies of letters from NR to defendants informing them that NR and Co have received Fiat of the AG to issue proceedings at the relation of FX Martin to restrain any or further mechanical excavations and that counsel was applying to Judge of High Court for an injunction the following day (10/01/1979); copies of cover letter from NR & Co sent to Office of AG re enclosed plenary summons for file 10/01/1979 and to Philip Sheil, c/o William Dundon Law Agent, Dublin Corporation in relation to enclosed affidavits, 10/01/1979; batch of correspondence with commissioners and Law Agent relating to authority for the excavations 27/11/1977-08/06/1978.

Brief for Counsel (DB, SC, T.C. Smyth, SC & MR B.L.) and background material on case including drafts and photocopies of court documents such as affidavits, plenary summons, notices of motion, exhibits referred to in affidavits, and other contents of book of pleadings along with notes from Mary Robinson. Material includes typed opinion of Counsel Donal Barrington 23,30/01/1979; index of book of pleadings; affidavit of Professor Reginald W Kirwan, 09/01/1979 with notation; photocopy of typed names and addresses of standing committee of National Monuments Advisory Council; photocopies of typed defence of defendants and replies to defence which were delivered by Nicholas Robinson, 14-20/2/1979; notice of appeal, 21/02/1979; photocopy of typed letter from Principal Officer to Dr AT Lucas, Director of NMI 16/05/1973; photocopies of correspondence between NR & Co and Louis Dockery, Chief State Solicitor 09/01-22/02/1979, Dr George Eogan, Chairman National Monuments Advisory Council 23-25/01/1979, Philip Sheil and William Dundon, Law Department, Dublin Corporation 23/01-28/02/1979, Dr Peter McCabe, McCabe Delaney & Associates 01/02/1979; poster (black type on yellow background) for organ music and bell ringing event, Christ Church Cathedral, 16/02/1979, issued by Friends of Medieval Dublin including view of Cathedral taken from across Wood Quay, which would disappear once civic offices built.

Newspaper cutting Daily Mirror, 12/03/1979 reporting on FX Martin (FXM) taking his case to the European Commission of Human Rights in Strasbourg; document and copy "In the matter of an application to the European Commission of Human Rights under article 25 of the convention for the protection of Human Rights and Fundamental freedoms Francis X. Martin petitioner and Ireland, the Government of Ireland and the Attorney General, High Contracting Party", additional submissions 06/04/1979; press statement from Friends of Mediaeval Dublin welcoming initiative from Dublin City Councillors who have tabled motions concerning Wood Quay, 30/04/1979; handwritten notes on the case and how to present it, in loose form and two Parliament Barristers notebooks marked "Wood Quay I" and "Wood Quay II"; personal letter from FXM to Mary Robinson (MR) congratulating her on a win in Labour Court (another case?) which he believed would/should "win you the support of even the male chauvinist pigs not to mention the piglets", 12/05/1979; letter from Anngret Simms to MR congratulating her on election to Dublin City Council, and enclosing newspaper cutting from German newspaper Die Zeit 27-29/06/1979

Material relating to legal costs including draft letter seeking help with funding (probably from Friends of Mediaeval Dublin to subscribers) n.d.; document labelled "16 July 79" issued by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the RH Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin in relation to the Consent issued by parties on 29/08/1978 under the Consent under Section 14 of the National Monuments Act, 1930, dated 16/07/1979; letter from Dublin Corporation to Nicholas Robinson re assessment of damages, 20/07/1979; material including correspondence relating to costs to defendants and costs to plaintiffs including typed article on FX Martin being sued by Corporation for £200,000 and notice of motion

Material in this file includes photocopies of typed replies to questions from Councillor Michael O'Halloran and Alderman Alexis FitzGerald at meeting of Dublin City Council (DCC), 01/10/1979; set of official minutes for monthly, quarterly and special meetings of the DCC (18/06/1979, 25/06/1979, 02/07/1979, 09/07/1979, 17/07/1979, 13/08/1979, 03/09/1979, 01/10/1979); photocopy of typed motion set down for meeting of DCC on 08/10/1979 by Alan Shatter, Councillor; copy of official report of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly thirty first Ordinary Session, 08/10/1979; photocopy of typed letter from Assistant City Manager to the Planning and Development Committee, Development Department, Dublin Corporation in relation to the DCC passing a resolution on 20/08/1979 to have the results of the investigation into alleged breaches of the terms of Consent 29/08/1979 and of the Building Contract 21/10/1977, be made available, 08/10/1979; copy of proposal submitted by Senator Mary Robinson (MR) for consideration by the National Monuments Advisory Committee of the DCC at special meeting 16/10/1979 to have an area of Medieval Dublin given special consideration in terms of cultural heritage with respect to maintenance and development; folder of copies of legal documents relating to FX Martin (FXM)'s application to the European Commission of Human Rights including further submissions 21/10/1979-22/10/1979; photocopies of correspondence between Nicholas Robinson as solicitor for FXM, and William Dundon as Law Agent for Dublin Corporation, 05/09/1979-30/10/1979 along with copy of letter from Councillor MR to City Manager 26/10/1979 possibly as part of European Commission application or research into costs; letter from Anngret Simms, lecturer UCD, to Robinsons with copy and translation of letter received by Simms from Hannelore Schmidt, wife of German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in relation to their interest in Wood Quay 23-26/10/1979; copies of letters sent by Ann Lane, for Senator MR to Alderman Alexus FitzGerald, and Councillor Mary Flaherty in relation to getting support from the Fine Gael group within the DCC for her proposal; Parliament Barristers notebook with handwritten notes.

Save Wood Quay Campaign 1980

[Archivist's Note: photocopies of some reports and correspondence are duplicated across this subsubsubseries as they were being used for research purposes, as part of briefs for counsel and/or as exhibits in court.]

Material in this file consists of correspondence from FX Martin to Mary Robinson (MR) 07-22/01/1980 relating to important discoveries during excavations, photocopy of letter from Dr Anngret Simms to Charles Haughey, Taoiseach Designé, including newspaper cutting from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and translation 08/12/1979-25/01/1980; correspondence between Nicholas Robinson & Company and William Dundon, Law agent, Dublin Corporation 11-30/01/1980; handwritten notes of MR and others including on how to argue case; letter from Bride [Rosney] to MR in relation to questions for Counsellors to ask during a site visit to Wood Quay, n.d.; correspondence between MR as Senator and Dr Breandán O'Riordan (BOR), Director, National Museum of Ireland (NMI), 22-23/01/1980; photocopy of letter from Private Secretary to the Taoiseach and Mr Mathew Byrne in relation to Government making more funds available for further excavation 25/01/1979; letter from Dr Anngret [and David?] Simms congratulating MR on a Supreme Court victory in relation to a separate unmentioned case and in relation to the new director of NMI BOR's attitude to the Wood Quay site 26-29/01/1980.