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- 1940-1990
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14 boxes
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Francis McVeigh was born in Belfast on 16 November 1910 and raised at first in Killough, Bangor (county Down), and Belfast. His father died when he was very young, and in 1922, in a serious outbreak of sectarian violence targetting also the McVeigh househ
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
This collection was deposited in February 2007 in the archives of the National University of Ireland, Galway, by Proinsias Mac an Bheatha's family.
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Scope and content
The bulk of the papers covers a period of fifty years. All material contained in the collection illustrates Mac an Bheatha's two main private areas of interest: that in the development of the Irish language, and that in the labour and trade union movement
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The collection is in good physical condition. Arrangement was mostly imposed, although most of the press-cuttings (both by Mac an Bheatha and other authors) were found together, as was the material for book publications. The arrangement falls broadly into
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Conditions governing access
This collection is available to all bone fide researchers, and subject to the conditions of access governing consultation of archival material at the James Hardiman Library. For a full statement of these conditions see: http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/res
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192
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27-06-2013
08-07-2025