Files of minutes of meetings, agendas, budgets, and manuscript meeting notes, from meeting of the Management committee, the Artistic Committee, and the Marketing Committee respectively of Theatreworks company.

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.

File of letter and fax correspondence between Padraic Breathnach, Chairman of Macnas, and national and international producers and venues regarding the hosting and staging of Macnas events. Correspondents include Massachusetts Cultural Centre, Boston; the American Ireland Fund; American Irish Cultural Institute; Office of the Secretary to the President, Áras an Uachtaráin, regarding Mary Robinson, President of Ireland; Consulate General of Ireland, San Francisco; Consulate General of Ireland, Boston; Consulate General of Ireland, New York; Loretta Brennan Glucksman; Darlene Hone; Blane de St. Croix; Ciaran O'Reilly of Irish Repertory Theatre, New York; Jean Kennedy Smith, American Ambassador to Ireland. File also includes manuscript itinerary for travel and meeting plans for Macnas within the United States, lists of Irish societies in the Boston Consular area. Letter by Michael D. Higgins, Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, on behalf of Padraic Breathnach sent to those potential U.S. based producers and figures (Aug 1994)

File of letters between Padraic Breathnach and Michael D. Higgins, T.D., Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht. Letter from Higgins to Breathnach, 12 Oct 1994, noting points made by Breathnach re. relationship between Macnas and Galway Corporation; Letter signed by Higgins in his capacity as Minister, confirming the appointment of Breathnach as a member of the Arts Council. (21 Sep 1994).

File of letters and fax between Padraic Breathnach, Chair of Macnas, and others including the Galway Against Censorship group (signed by Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Minister for Justice) and also noting Michael D. Higgins, T.D., Minister for Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht, advocating for the repeal of 'Section 31' of the Broadcasting Act; Gearoidín Ní Dhuibhir, Bórd na Gaeilge; Chris Williams, The Brasserie, Galway; Aileen Barr, Artlink; Ken Bourke; John Fairleigh of Stewart Parker Trust; Geraldine Mitchell and Valerie Hughes of Ireland-Bosnia Herzegovina Solidarity Campaign; Des Kenny, Kenny's Bookshop; Friends of the Mentally Handicapped; Bootleg Films Ltd., Dublin; Rubato Ballet Company, Dublin; The O'Casey Theatre Company, Dublin; Letter to Breathnach from ACE - Arts Community Theatre, inviting Breathnach to seminar at Clarence Hotel, Dublin, on topic of Arts Community Education Seminar (Nov 1989). Letter to Breathnach from Focus Point to become a friend of the charity which works with the re-integration of homeless people and families back into society. Flyer with information on the work of Focus Point with homeless people and combatting homelessness included. (Jan 1995).

File of letter and fax correspondence between Padraic Breathnach (and also Declan Gibbons, Derval Byrne) of Macnas, to a number of French theatre companies, producers, and venues, regarding possible hosting and/or collaboration of production by events with Macnas. Also discussion around participating in Macnas events at the Galway Arts Festival (Aug 1995) and ONDA (Office Nationale, de Diffusion).

Lists of contacts, networks, local councillors, political figures, sponsors and others, kept by Padraic Breathnach, Chair of Macnas.

Files of correspondence regarding the work of Padraic Breathnach as a member of the Arts Council.

File 1 includes letter signed by Eamon Gilmore T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Marine, discussing awareness of the problems facing arts workers in Ireland (16 Jan 1995); Letter from Terry Devlin, Artistic Director of Island Theatre Company and by Liam Rellis, General Manager of Red Kettle Theatre Company, copied to a number of independent theatre companies in Ireland and Northern Ireland, expressing concern for funding of regional theatre companies in Ireland; Máire Hearty, Siamsa Tíre, Co. Kerry; Kerry School of Music; Fire Station Artists' Studio; Mary Geraghty of Erris Community Group, Belmullet, Mayo; Joe Gavin, City Manager, Galway; Mary-Rose Barrington, Graduate Business School, UCD; John Hargaden, University of Limerick [Concert Hall]; Áine Maguire, Blue Raincoat Theatre Company; Brendan Flynn of Clifden Community Arts Week; Peter Cassells, ICTU; Mel Mac Giobúin of Creative Activity for Everyone; David Teevan, Gallowglass Theatre Company; John Sharples of London Arts Board. (SEE ALSO T7/5/7 for ICTU Parade material)

File 2 includes documentation and papers from the Arts Council and from the period of time which Padraic Breathnach was a member of the Arts Council. Includes Council correspondence, memos, minutes and discussions regarding various committees of the Arts Council, including literature, music, theatre and drama and others. Items discussed include grants and applications made to the Arts Council for funding. Includes discussion documents on the planning and implementation of the Theatre in Ireland review report undertaken by the Arts Council, and copy of the questionnaire issues to those who took part in the report.

Correspondence (letters and fax) regarding the management and administration of Macnas company. also includes correspondence regarding the planning of events and productions by Macnas; enquiries received by Macnas by various organisations and bodies regarding productions and event engagement by Macnas.

File of letters between Druid Theatre and various individuals. Includes telegram of good luck to Druid sent c/o Peacock Theatre, Abbey Theatre, Dublin (Jun 1982); copy letter from Jerome Hynes and Garry Hynes to Ruth Cooper, Fraser and Dunlop, London, concerning a possible planned Druid production of "Terra Nova" by Ted Tally (Dec 1981 - Apr 1982); Letters between Jerome Hynes and The Book Guild Ltd. concerning purchase by Druid of "Two Plays", plays by Kevin Laffan (Nov 1984); Letters between Garry Hynes, Druid, and Alan Brodie, Dr. Jan Van Loewen Ltd., relinquishing Druid's production option of "The Suicide" by Nikolai Erdman, translated by Peter Tegel, and outlining reasons for so (Sep 1981); Letter from Alan Brodie, Michael Imison Playwrights Ltd. to Jerome Hynes, concerning Druid's production option on "The Accidental Death of an Anarchist" by Dario Fo. (20 Dec 1982) Letter from Doris E. Brown, of 'The Home News', New Brunswick, to Jerome Hynes, Druid, stating Druid's "Playboy of the western World" and "Shadow of the Glen" were highlights of the Dublin Theatre Festival (11 Oct [ ] ; Letter from Jerome Hynes to Con Houlihan, Evening Press, seeking permission for production (five-week youth employment scheme) of Páidín Mhaire in a translation by Houlihan (19 Jun 1984).

Batch of letters between Jerome Hynes, Druid Theatre, and playwright Jim Nolan, Waterford, discussing the terms for agreement on production by Druid of a play entitled "Black Pool" written by Jim Nolan. Contracts signed by Nolan are present, drafted by the Irish Society for Playwrights. RTÉ are noted to have agreed a radio broadcast version of the play. However, this production does not happen. (Sep - Oct 1984)

Batch of letters between Garry Hynes, Druid, and Samuel French Ltd. regarding securing rights to a play "A Night in the Ukraine" by Dick Vosburgh and Frank Lazarus. The request was declined over a clash of productions by another party. (Jul - Sep 1984)

Letter from Nica Burns, Donmar Warehouse Theatre to Jerome Hynes, Druid, offering a production run of "The Playboy of the Western World"in 1985.

Batch of letters between Druid Theatre (Jerome Hynes) and Ray Yeats, Dublin, confirmation commitment by Druid to contribute to a Youth Project as grant aided by the Department of Labour and directed by Yeats. (1984)

Batch of letters between Druid Theatre (Jerome Hynes) and Jim Sheridan, discussing agreements for Sheridan to develop for Druid "a scenario for the musical project with a working title THE RING." (1987)

Letters between Jane Daly, Druid and Caomhán Ó Scolaí, designer, discussion rights and reproduction issues for poster image for "The Midnight Court" designed by Ó Scolaí and used in revived production. (May 1993)