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.

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.

3 copies of bound documents labelled "Documents relating to the Supreme Court Appeal Against Injunction" with some notation.

Four attested copies of [Order to Proceed?], Supreme Court, before Chief Justice Mr Justice Hency, Mr Justice Griffin, Mr Justice Kenny, Mr Justice Parke, 25/01/1978; 4 copies of report [re appeal by defendants] "issued for the benefit of interested parties by the Supreme Court of the Judgement delivered by the Chief Justice..." 25/01/1978; typed drafts of Statement of Claim, [January?] 1978; typed draft of "Defence of second named Defendants delivered... January 1978"; typed draft of "Defence to Counter-Claim of First named Defendant delivered...1978"; typed draft of "Reply and Defence to Counter Claim of Third-named Defendant delivered...1978"; typed copy of reply delivered [?] 1978; typed document "General endorsement of Claim", n.d..

Copy of "Take Notice of Trial", 09/03/1978; copies of Notice For Particulars, 10/03/1978; Particulars For "William Dundon, solicitor For The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, Stephenson and Associates and John Paul and Company Limited" [March] 1978; draft typed document "Reply and Defence to Counter-Claim of First-Named Defendant" [March?] 1978; draft typed document "Defence and Counterclaim of Third Named Defendants" 16/03/1978.

Folder labelled "Case for Counsel to direct proofs", includes cover letter from Nicholas Robinson to Donal Barrington SC, 12/04/1978 and enclosed documentation for counsel, marked A - D, and consisting of copies of legal documentation and correspondence from earlier in FX Martin's court case; typed copy of Reply to Notice for Further Particulars 21/04/1978; Notice to Produce, 28/04/1978.

Copy of Justice d'Arcy's order that plaintiff [FX Martin] or his nominees be at liberty to inspect the site at Wood Quay, 17/05/1978; Several books of Pleadings [May/June?] 1978.

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.

Save Wood Quay Campaign 1979

[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 folder includes a batch of correspondence and two reports, mostly photocopies, marked "Pat Wallace" (19/04/1978-09/01/1979) which includes correspondence between Wallace [lead archaeologist on site] and Joseph Raftery, Director National Museum of Ireland (NMI); correspondence between Wallace and Dublin Corporation including with Seán Haughey, Assistant City Manager, William Dundon, Law Agent, Philip Shiel, Law Department, and Pat Russell, Principal Officer, Development Department; correspondence to Wallace from McWilliams and D [Boyce/Boyle?] of John Paul & company Ltd [construction firm]; correspondence between Raftery and Dublin Corporation including Russell and Haughey; a typed photocopied article by Patrick Walsh on the excavation work at Wood Quay; photocopy of licence issued by the Commissioners of Public Works to NMI to dig/excavate from 10th October - 9th December 1978; report to G Hegarty, Principal Officer relating to visits to York, United Kingdom, October 1978; letter from Raftery to director of National Parks and Monuments branch, Office of Public Works [aka Board of Works]. Further material in this folder includes photocopies of correspondence from Nicholas Robinson & Co solicitors to the Chief State Solicitor in relation to evidence from client (FX Martin) that mechanical excavation had taken place (09/01/1979) and to the attorney general joining FX Martin as relator in proceedings (24-29/01/1979), to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin in relation to plans to apply to the Judge in the High Court for an injunction 09/01/1979, from William Dundon to Robinson re consent, 10/01/1979, and to Dr George Eogan, member of standing committee 23/01/1979; photocopy of article re Wood Quay in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 22/01/1979 with typed translation.

[Archivist's Note: It is probable that much of this material was photocopied for use for and in trial later in 1979]