Collection G40 - The Papers of Proinsias Mac an Bheatha

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Reference code

UGA G40

Title

The Papers of Proinsias Mac an Bheatha

Date(s)

  • 1940-1990

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Extent and medium

14 boxes

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Archival history

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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Accruals

System of arrangement

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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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      27-06-2013
      08-07-2025

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