Letters and documents relating to Michael Rynne's appointment to the role of Assistant Legal Advisor to the Department of External Affairs, Irish Free State. Includes letter confirming his appointment as Assistant Legal Advisor (23 Jan 1932); Letter to Rynne from [P. McGilligan] Department of External Affairs, discussing departmental work and roles and also related correspondence regarding salary received by Rynne.

Files of assorted documents relating to the appointment of Kevin Boyle as Special Advisor to Mary Robinson in her position as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Includes email between Denise Dora and Boyle (22, 26 Mar 2001) being a discussion with a former student and discussing mutual research interests; Letter signed by Boyle, University of Essex, and written to Mary Robinson, mentioning his upcoming appearance at the Bloody Sunday (Saville) Tribunal and discussing his non-presence at the rally in 1972 and discussing his upcoming travel to Geneva, also encloses a C.V. (7 Jun 2001); further email and letters between Boyle and others which congratulate Boyle on his move or discuss his move to the U.N. include Kazuhiro Kawamoto (23 Jul 2001); Baroness Shirley Williams (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge - 27 Jul 2001) Baroness Helena Kennedy, Chair, the British Council (27 Jul 2001) Baroness Onora O'Neill, Cambridge (27 Jul 2001); the Right Honourable Lord Bingham of Cornhill (13 Aug 2001); Annika Claassens and Geoff Gilbert (31 Aug - 2 Sep 2001) Larry Cox (2 - 7 Sep 2001) the Hon' Justice Michael Kirby, High Court of Australia; Letter from Sara Corcoran, Personnel Section, University of Essex, notifying Boyle that his request for leave of absence was approved (28 Aug 2001); Letter of appointment with terms of contract for Boyle from the United Nations Office for Project Services (Item CLOSED); Page of TS summary being 'Note on K. Boyle's UN Position September 2001 - 2002' written by Boyle; Print out of press articles including "United Nations appointment for Human Rights lawyer; 'Professor's High Ranking Job with UN"; "My Year with the UN" written by Boyle"', Some manuscript notes written by Boyle regarding the move. Also includes business cards belonging to Boyle from his position as Senior Advisor to the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Mounted map entitled 'Approaches to Galway Bay', surveyed by Commander George A. Bedford, R. N., surveyed 1844-1849. The coastline and topography are chiefly from the OS map, and references to Admiralty Chart 5011 are made. The scale is 1/48,450.

File of correspondence between Kevin Boyle and various individuals from during Boyle's time as an academic at Yale University, Connecticut.

Offprints of articles by Etienne Rynne on features of the Aran Islands and of Dún Aengus specifically. Articles include "Dún Aengus - Fortress or Temple?" by Rynne and included within "An Aran Reader" edited by Breandán and Ruairí Ó hEithir. Another article is "Dún Aengus and Some Similar Celtic Ceremonial Centres" by Etienne Rynne, published in "Decantations: A Tribute to Maurice Craig. (Lilliput Press, 1992).
Article entitled "Slate Medals and Amulets from the Aran Islands", published in the Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. (1979/80)

Colour photographic prints taken of Dún Aengus, Inish Mór; and also aerial shots of Dn Conchubhair, Inis Méan (1981). File also includes assorted flyers, brochures and tourist pamphlets about the Aran Islands and Dún Aengus.

Assorted press cuttings from local (Galway) and national press featuring coverage related to archaeological and historical evidence of the Aran Islands and Dún Aengus.

Assorted printed research maps of mainly Inis Mór and Dún Aengus.

File of assorted published articles and copies of excerpts from journals, books and magazines kept by Etienne Rynne and which relate to the Aran Islands, forts and Dún Aengus. Includes an offprint of "Who Built Dún Aengus" by John P. Dalton from the Galway and Archaeological and Historical Society Journal, Vol. XIV, 1928-1929.

File includes research article by Etienne Rynne, "Slate Medals and Amulets from the Aran Islands"; Correspondence between Rynne and Larch S. Gerrard of the Manx Museum, Isle of Man (1974, discussing parallel interests in slate and pebble objects on Aran Islands as well as on Isle of Man. Includes black and white photograph print of two slate medals found on Inis Oírr (From National Museum of Ireland). Also manuscripts notes, writings, research, and reports used by Rynne in his work.