File of typescript correspondence relating to management and administration of Macnas. Includes copy letter from Padraic Breathnach to James Harold, Arts Officer, Galway County Council, making application for funding for Macnas, with list of activities planned by Macnas for 1991 enclosed, with projected income and expenditure; from Breathnach to Peadar Curran, Eyre Square Centre, Galway, discussing schedule and costs of upcoming events, one named as "The Ferocious O'Flaherty's." Also letters regarding sponsorship of Macnas events as well as membership/employment on community employment scheme operated by Macnas. Includes series of letters between Macnas and a number of individuals such as art and music historians and music organisations, seeking assistance and information on the making of steel drums.
Typed list of Macnas activities and events for 1990, 1991
Copy letter from Bob Quinn to Adrian Munnelly of the Arts Council writing in support of Macnas and their production of 'Alice', as "one of the best things I have seen in Galway and deserves to be seen elsewhere" (21 Jan 1990).
Planning outline document for "Peist An Da Shuill Deag".

Management Correspondence from Macnas relating to the administration of the 1991 tour by Macnas of Tír Faoi Thonn.
File 1 includes a drawn map of Ireland with details of venues of the Macnas tour, noted to be the first tour undertaken by Macnas. Attached is a breakdown of 'scenarios' for production in various tour venues around Ireland, as well as lists of crew members; a breakdown of income and expenditure, with other costs, budgeted for the tour; Press release regarding the tour issued by Macnas; list of sponsors; manuscript research notes on the O'Flaherty family of Galway, marked FILE Research; tour work schedules; manuscript list of characters in the parade; typescript notes from Macnas staff meeting regarding event planning schedule (June 1991) and document for press entitled "Who are Macnas?"
File 2 includes outline scenario, costs, budget and cats list for proposed Macnas event as part of the Limerick Treaty 300 celebration plans, sent from Breathnach to Mary Coll, Limerick planning Committee. Similar documents are sent to other tour venues in Ireland, such as Belfast, Belmullet, Clifden and others.

Letters of enquiries made to Macnas regarding potential events during 1991 and discussions regarding events produced by Macnas. Letters include those sent to/from Macnas and others, such as, "Macnas in Westport", a production of The Fir Bolgs (Sep 1991) Macnas events at Bank of Ireland Race Day; Galway Oyster Festival; Athenry, Co. Galway fancy dress parade; Aer Rianta Shannon 'Santa is Home' event; The Fir Bolgs at Dublin Street Carnival (June 1991); Bernard Loughlin of Tyrone Guthrie Centre Annaghmakerrig; Susan Deighan of Streetbiz, Glasgow; Brendan Flynn, Clifden Community arts Week; Portumna Summer Festival; David Grant of Dublin Theatre Festival; Miriam Lambert of Lambert Puppet Theatre; Athlone Tercentenary Committee; Festival Interceltique de Lorient; Newcastle Free Festival; John Coll, Arts Officer, Castlebar; Belfast Civic Week;
Waterford Festival of Europe; Donegal County Council. Also press release by Macnas on shows for children, The Sea-Serpent and the Little Big Game Hunter; National Children's Day Association. Also letter with attached sample production photographs from Dutch theatre company, De Gebroeders Flint, and sent by Felix Strategier.

Files relating to the planning and establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont, including the secondment of Hugh Logue

File relating primarily to the secondment of Hugh Logue from the European Commission to work as special advisor and of the establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly. File is arranged as per original structure with some subject/section dividers in place, including those labelled "The Agreement", "Terms and Conditions", "Proposals", "Departmental Structures", "Civic Forum". File includes some manuscript notes by Logue on early points to discuss on party agreements etc., Series of Fax correspondence between Hugh Logue and J.G. Hunter of Central Personnel Group, Northern Ireland Civil Service, discussing terms and conditions of the secondment of Hugh Logue as Special Advisor to the Assembly from his current position at the European Commission (14 Aug 1998); Letter from Logue to Hunter seeking more information on the role and function of the new position (15 Aug 1998); Typed series of pages with cover letter signed by Logue and sent to Seamus Mallon (15 Aug 1998), the cover letter states "Word is just coming in of the utter horror of Omagh [Bombing], and much of the work attached feels empty". The 13-page fax by Logue sent to Mallon includes discussions on the "Departmental Structures - Considerations"; "Suggestions for New Departmental Structures Based on Existing N. Ireland Departments", "North-South Provisions", "Civic Forum".
Document under section "Timetable" includes a multi-page typed "Deputy First Minister's Diary" for 24 Aug - 31 Oct 1998.

Timetable to the Meeting of the Assembly (14 Sept 1998) sent to First Minister by Paul Sweeney; Document by John Semple entitled "Deputy First Ministers - Special Advisors" (17 Aug 1998) and also by Semple, "Organisation at the Centre of the New Administration" (13 Aug 1998); Sweeney to Deputy First Minister "Options for Departmental Structures and Ministerial Structures and Ministerial Portfolios" (17 Aug 1998).

Various papers/appendices: "Analysis of Proposals for the Establishment of a Northern Ireland Civic Forum"; Discussion Paper on Consultative Civic Forum"; "The Civic Forum - A Consultation Document from New Agenda"; "The Civic Forum - A Consultation Paper"; "Proposal For a Northern Ireland Civic Forum".

File includes three typed documents with title "Departmental Structures" and with bullet points/details of same; Also printed tag with "Hugh Logue" printed and with manuscript notes by Logue, assorted travel receipts. Original folder label read "Departmental Structures Briefing for Deputy First Minister - 22 October 1998 Meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair".

File includes documents entitled "Departmental Structures and Central Machinery" (31 July 1998); "Time and Place of Assembly Meetings" (31 July 1998) and "Department of Agriculture - Structure" (31 Jul 1998); "Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Performance Unit"; "Economic Policy Unit" with outline of function, role, remit of same and across three distinct drafts; "Executive Strategy Unit"; Document with five bullet points re. structure of Office of First Minster/Deputy First Minister and with manuscript notes by Logue. Photocopy letter copied to Hugh Logue, signed by Marjorie (Mo) Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to R.B. Catell, Chief Executive, Keyspan Energy, Booklyn, New York, discussing investment in Northern Ireland.

Document "North-South Co-Operation" sent from Paul Murphy to David Trimble and Séamus Mallon, "The purpose of this paper is to provide the First Minister and Deputy First Minster with Officials' technical and operational assessments ....." (24 Aug 1998); Fax of news update "Flash Update From Dublin - Northern Ireland Agreement - A Good Start by Trimble; Hesitations from Sinn Féin" (21 Apr 1998); Photocopy of printed text of speech by Dr. Martin Mansergh, Special Advisor to the Taoiseach, at the John Hewitt Summer School, Co. Antrim (1 Aug 1998). Fax copy of printed speech by Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, M.P. at Belfast Waterfront Hall, 3 Sept 1998, a speech delivered in the wake of and reference to the Omagh Bombing.

Single print page (with coffee ring) "on July 15th I asked for leave of the assembly to make a personal statement about my position as Deputy First Minister (Designate)......"

File contains pink-coloured sub-folder with "Correspondence" written across its cover. Within in a text of statement "Deputy First Minister Welcomes Sinn Féin Leader's Statement" (1 Sept 1998); Press Release from Sinn Féin Press Centre, Belfast - "Keynote Statement from Gerry Adams M.P." (1 Sep 1998); Document entitled "1798 - A Unionist perspective" by Bill Brown, July 1998, with manuscript annotation by [Hugh Logue]; Letters between Paddy Kelly, Children's Law Centre, Belfast and Office of Séamus Mallon, The New Northern Ireland Assembly (Aug 1998) with discussions around foregrounding the protection of rights of children by the new Assembly.

File includes document from Paul Sweeney to David Campbell, "Meeting with Central Secretariat" (Sep 1998); Manuscript notes by Hugh Logue, e.g. points re. "Assembly setting up to appoint FM/DFM"; "Points for Seamus Mallon Speech - All Departments to have Substance / Accountability / The Challenge for Government", across a series of MS notes by Logue; Agenda/list for Breakfast Meeting on the Occasion of the Visit to Brussels by The Northern Ireland Assembly (4 Nov 1998); Copy letter from Séamus Mallon, DFM, to Secretary of State, Mo Mowlam, re. "staged assessments of North-South Implementation Bodies...." (17 Nov 1998); Document "Staffing of North South Bodies - Principles". Summary document, from Jack Layberry, Dept of Finance and Personnel, from the Visit of Mr. Murphy, David Trimble and Séamus Mallon to Brussels (3-6 Nov 1998). Letter from and signed by Lord Dubs, Minister for Agriculture and Environment, to Séamus Mallon (14 Oct 1998) re. stretch of Motorway planning along the Belfast-Border route; Copy letter (10 pages) from Alderman Peter Robinson, DUP Deputy Leader and on Democratic Unionist Party headed paper (27 Oct 1998) outlining a response to "intensive consultations on political development. The DUP will be happy to meet with you both, for a bilateral session at any mutually agreeable time, but, consistent with previous consultations we would not be present during the round table discussions to which you have invited Sinn Féin/IRA."

File includes document entitled "Office of the First Minister (Designate) and Deputy First Minister (Designate) - Statement 18 December 1998; Print copy with some manuscript annotation of "Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998; Minutes from "Stocktaking Meeting - Monday 21 Dec 1998) from Paul Sweeney, 18 December 1998; Print copy of report "Post-Agreement Northern Ireland and the European Union: An Interim Report by European Liaison on Northern Ireland's Relations with the European Union After Devolution" (Dec 1998); Document from M.A. Warnock entitled "Chancellor's Initiative" being the sixth progress report on the Implementation of the Chancellor's Initiative" (15 Dec 1998); Document from Billy Gamble, Private Secretary to Deputy First Minister (Designate) "Report on Encounter Round Table" and referencing submission made by Logue at same (15 Dec 1998); Document from Paul Sweeney to D.A. Lavery entitled "Assembly Plenary 15 December 1988 [sic]: Political Development". Briefing note document for Deputy First Minister, Séamus Mallon, for meeting with An Taoiseach, B[ertie] Ahern. 8 Dec 1998.". Document "EU Structural Funds Post-1999: Letter from Mr. Trimble and Mr. Mallon to Commissioner Wulf-Mathies" (14 Dec 1998). Letter from Pauline Sweeney to Logue re. Launch of Book "The Brennan-McTier Letters 1776-1793" to be launched by Mallon at Linen Hall Library.

Printed document with breakdown of total votes cast, by constituency, from the 1998 Assembly elections held in Northern Ireland.