Item 2 (1-2) - 'Sit Down and Be Counted' - RTÉ - Correspondence

2 files, c. 60 pp

Files of letters sent to Lelia Doolan in response to the publication of 'Sit Down and be Counted' and RTÉ.
File 1 - Letters to Lelia Doolan from Sigle Nean Ui Donneacha "May I offer you the sincerest congratulations on the stand you have taken in RTÉ" (2 June 1969); from 'Bán'; Padraic Ó Raghallaigh, Head of Presentation, RTÉ (13 June 1969); Blanáid [ ] (10 June 1969); [Owen Quinn] (11 June 1969); Brendan McGann, Trinity College Dublin; Frankie Byrne Public Relations Consultancy (30 Oct 1969); and general members of the public writing to Doolan in support of her efforts and work in response to the standard of programming at RTÉ, 1969.

File 2 includes letters from Paddy McEntee (29 May 1969); John Feigny, Irish Province of Society of the Divine Word (6 June 1969) "I have been meaning to offer some gesture of support for your honesty and straight-speaking . . . I am deeply concerned about Government interference with the actual content of programmes"; bill Keating (30 May 1969); Rev. Cormac Lloyd; Anthony Coughlan, Depty of Social Sciences, University College Dublin, UCD (6 June 1969); Kate O'Callaghan, Corbally, Limerick (28 May 1969); Ann Kilbride Jones "Congratulations. Wonderful courage" (30 May 1969); James 'Jim' Doolan, Harvard University (3 June 1969); Paddy Lynch, Ranelagh, Dublin (18 Oct 1969); Michael [ ], Stanford University, California (24 June 1969); Also carbon copy of typed letter from Doolan to Russell [ ], discussing matters related to the book and RTÉ.

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