Typescript document, with manuscript notes by Lelia Doolan, being "Film Institute of Ireland - Five Year Plan (1st Draft)." Minutes of thirteenth meeting of [Irish Film] Council (18 Apr 1994) and also audited accounts and report of the Irish Film Centre, 1994.

File 2 includes Minutes of the first AGM of the Galway Film Resource Centre Limited (no date); Galway Film Centre Policy document; Minutes of Board of Directors of Galway Film Centre Meeting 22 Jan 1993; Correspondence to Colm Ó hEocha and the Arts Council of Ireland. , also folder documents with AGM meeting documents (agenda etc.) from Galway Film Centre (2001).

File 3 includes Minutes and Agenda from AGM of Irish Film Institute, 23 Oct 1991; 6 Feb 1993; proposed membership list of Irish Film Institute [1993]; financial statement of IFI 30 June 1992; print issues of Irish Film Institute Newsletter Vol 1 No 1 Sep/Oct 1992; Vol 1, No 2, Dec/Jan 1992/1993; Pamphlet about the IFI; Season programme of film screenings by IFC Cinemas, Feb Mar 1993, Áras Scannán Eireann; Booklet "Cinema Ireland 1896-1950 From the Liam O'Leary Archives"; Booklet "Re-Viewing the Revolution Ireland 1916-23 on Film, presented by the IFI (1991). Print copy of report from Independent Cultural Entrepreneurs, Temple Bar, March 1994 re. Training-Enterprise development programmes in the cultural industries".

File 4 includes letters, agenda, and minutes of Irish Film Institute Council meetings, of which Lelia Doolan was a member, 1993 -1994.

File relating to the production of "Knocknagow" produced by the Irish Film Company. Michael Rynne was an extra in the film, with Stephen Rynne. Michael's mother Mary, had a central acting role in the film. Includes contract made between Mary Rynne and James M. Sullivan (producer) March 1917, detailing terms and conditions of Mary Rynne's role. Also extensive correspondence/letters to the press (Irish Times) by Michael Rynne, discussing the filming of "Knocknagow" and details around the film and his own role and that of his mother in the film. Also MS letters from Rynne to Liam O'Leary discussing his book "Cinema Ireland: 1895 - 1976" (Copy of book included). discussing aspects of the Film Company of Ireland"; Minutes of meeting of the Dublin Arts Festival meeting around an exhibition of Irish film, detailing the purpose and content of the proposed exhibition (1976).

Issues of Film Base News - Ireland's Film Magazine, issues present for No. 5 Jan - Feb 1988; No. 27 Jan - Feb 1992.

Files of assorted ephemera including printed invitations to the launch of "Memoir" at the Long Room, Trinity College Dublin (n.d.); Printed invitation to the launch of "Love of the World", introduced by Claire Keegan, held at Newman House, Stephen's Green, Dublin. (Nov 2009) and attached is typescript page of unlabelled text, possibly that by Keegan; Proof of book jacket for Faber first edition of "Amongst Women"; unused headed paper from the Vanderbilt Hotel, London; photocopy of letters between Georges Sand and Flaubert, copy belonging to John McGahern and with annotation/markings by McGahern; Printed poster of Clann na Poblachta with side profile black and white photograph of "Vote 1 - Reilly, A"; printed race card from Leopardstown Club November Meeting (20 Nov 1965), with lists, times, and details of all horse races and with some runners circled on the card.
Printed menu from Bloomsday Celebration 2001 at St. Stephen's Green, attended by John and Madeline McGahern.

File 2 includes photocopy of Memorandum of Association of The Yeats Society (Sligo) Incorporated (28 July 1964); Printed booklet from Fenagh National School 1898 -1965 Centenary celebration, and also booklet from the centenary mass included. (1998).
Bound file of photocopy press cuttings from French media on the occasion of John McGahern winning the 1994 Ecureuil Savings Bank Literature Prize for Foreign Authors at the Book Fair of Bordeaux, 1994.
Photocopy of manuscript by Sean McGahern (John), 57 Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin, Dec 1951. Opens with "Dear Tony ...".

File 3 includes an original copy of 'The Leitrim Observer' newspaper, 8 June 1929; original artwork used as an illustration to accompany an interview with John McGahern in Country Living magazine. The artist's name is Jeanette Dunne (1990). Assorted business cards (Henri Jean Lebeau, Richard Phelan, Maggie Doyle, Georges Belmont, Michel Braudeau.
Nilands Trade Market card issued to McGahern (Jul 1977); Plane ticket for flight to Helsinki with SAS Airlines [1960s]; Memorial card for Murray Mindlin; programme of lectures at University of London-Université de Paris, 1979, with a lecture on the Irish novel and McGahern by Mark Mortimer; Booklet from the Fête du Livre Lieux Écrits book festival in Aix-en-Provence, France, Oct 1987.
Publication catalogue from Steidl Press, Germany, 1992, including a German language edition of McGahern's novel, "Der Pornograph". Folder of information and brochures from Université de Poitiers, with photocopy letter inside to John and Madeline McGahern, Nov 2000, from [ ].
Printed booklet from Presentation Brothers College, Carrick-on-Shannon memorial mass for John McGahern, 2006.

File of records from the Field Day Theatre Company's production of Thomas Kilroy's play Double Cross, starting with a performance in Derry (11 February 1986), then touring Ireland with a run at The Gate Theatre, followed by a run at the Royal Court Theatre, London. Directed by Jim Sheridan; starring Stephen Rea, Kate O'Toole, Richard Howard. Containing correspondence (with Margaret Ramsay Ltd, Field Day, members of the public); printed programmes and promotional material; newspaper reviews including a copy of Theatre Ireland (May/August 1988) with an article about the play by Gerard Dawe. Including legal correspondence with Ramsay (and memorandum of agreement, 28 May 1985), correspondence from biographer Charles Lysaght, Jim Sheridan, from Séamus Deane (fragment letter); article in magazine Play and Players (March 1986). Also including correspondence from late 1992/ early 1993 between Kilroy's agents, the BBC World Service, and a member of the viewing public, suggesting that the play was produced by the BBC and broadcast in 1992, with [Stephen Rea].

File of photocopied press-cuttings from The Irish News , The Irish Press , The Sunday Observer , The Independent on Sunday further reports on the contacts between the British government and the paramilitaries, and the ensuing 'war of words' over the authenticity of some of the records published by the British government. Including key articles by Mark Rosselli for The Observer entitled 'Ulster foes exposed on secret path to peace', and by David McKittrick for The Independent on Sunday entitled 'Disbelief in Britain's words...'; both with marginalia and markings by [Éamonn Downey].

File of letters between Lionel Pilkington, Lecturer in English, University College Galway (NUI Galway) and Mary and Pearse O'Malley, discussing his research on the Lyric archive and on "Over the Bridge" by Sam Thompson, among other plays. Responses and opinions on these plays are given by Pearse O'Malley. Also includes material relating to the launch of the Lyric Archive at University College Galway Hardiman Library, with exhibition catalogue, brochure, as well as photographs of Pearse O'Malley with Pilkington and Marie Reddan, University Librarian, UCG.

File of correspondence and other documents regarding the PICT production of Thomas Kilroy's play Henry, running from 31 August to 24 September 2005. Directed by Andrew S.Paul; with Richard McMillan, Ben Hersey, Martin Giles. Including correspondence between the director, the author, and the cast; rehearsal schedule; historical research done for the director; printed programmes and fliers (one advertising Stephen Rea's participation, otherwise replaced by Richard McMillan); press reviews (some focussing on the Equity trade union's case preventing Stephen Rea from performing in the US). The theatre programme includes a piece by Kilroy entitled "Adapting Pirandello". Also including a letter from Chris Luthin originally enclosing draft of an interview with Kilroy; interview by Thierry Dubost with director Paul. [This belongs together with the preceding three items, production and rehearsal scripts.]

Files relating to the publication of a festschrift in honour of Helen M. Roe, edited by Etienne Rynne and published by the Glendale Press for the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in 1987.

File 1: Includes offprints of chapter by Etienne Rynne included in the volume entitled "A Pagan Celtic Background for Sheela-Na-Gigs"; Press cutting of interview with Helen M. Roe by Elgy Gillespie on the occasion of Roe's 90th (1985); MS notes by Rynne notes to be for the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) for the press following Roe's election to the RIA; List of those recommended for election to the RIA, Mar 1984;Letter from RIA to Rynne acknowledging Roe's nomination for election to the RIA by Rynne (Nov 1983); Review of "Images from the Past"; Correspondence between Rynne and Glendale Press discussing the publication process for the volume; Correspondence between Rynne and contributors to the volume, including Sir John Galvin; and others including Brendáin Ó Ríardáin, Director, National Museum of Ireland; Dr. Colm Ó hEocha, President, University College Galway; Prof. John O'Scanlan.

File 2: Includes correspondence between Etienne Rynne and Helen M. Roe, Ellen [Nell] Prendergast, National Museum of Ireland,, Invitation to the launch of the volume at the Royal Irish Academy, Oct 1987; printed flyer with contents details for the volume; black and white photograph of Etienne Rynne presenting Helen M. Roe with a bouquet of flowers on the occasion of the book launch at the RIA, Oct 1987. Later letters from Prendergast to Rynne outline her plans to undertake a report chronicling the history of the National Museum of Ireland. Also additional material from 1999 includes a press cutting of an obituary for Prendergast, from the Irish Times, May 1999.

File 3: Includes correspondence between Etienne Rynne and Glendale press regarding publication of the volume; Joe Marron, National Museum of Ireland; Aidan Duggan, RIA, regarding the election of Helen M. Roe; Cormac Bourke, London; Ellen [Nell] Prendergast, National Museum of Ireland; Dr. Colm Hourihane; Breandáin Ó Riárdáin; J.P. MacHale, UCD.

File 4: Letters between Etienne Rynne and contributors to the book, including Anthony Weir, Co. Down; Elisabeth Munksgaard, National Museum of Denmark; Charlotte [Blindheim], University Museum of National Antiquities, Oslo, Norway; Dr. Ann Hamlin, Dept. of Environment, Northern Ireland.

Files include reports produced by Michael Rynne from his engagement as a visitor to Free State soldiers recovering in hospitals from wounds received during Civil War hostilities. Weekly reports include name of hospital, patient details, pay information and details of sanitation, clothing, treatments and other information.