Assorted circulars and correspondence, including a circular dated 11 May 1983 from the chairman of the Ecology Party. The circular relates to restructuring the party and renaming it The Green Alliance following decisions made at a convention at Glencree in April 1983.
Dalby, Simon, Professor EmeritusAssorted correspondence from mainly literary journals relating to poems and essays offered for publication; also relating to Lysaght’s articles on Mahon and Banville, including a letter from Professor Rüdiger Imhof. For Imhof, also see P18/1/3/1 and P18/3/1/4/3.
Lysaght, Seán (b. 1957), poetLetters from the Daily News relating to an article offered by Stephen O’Mara; from Basil Roche Kelly relating to the loan of a buzz box; from C. Farlow & Company Limited relating to the purchase of a fly box and flies; correspondence with Michael Corbett relating to the lease of a house for the dapping season; letter from Gideon [---] relating to outboard motors; and correspondence with Henry Barber & Son Fish Factors relating to a consignment of fish.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickAssorted correspondence relating to the unfairness of the price scales of Irish bacon; British pork and bacon trade; proposed embargo on Dutch and Danish pig products; prohibition of hard-cured American bacon; proposed embargo on the export of live pigs to England; the rationalization of the Irish meat and bacon industry; home sales profits; principals which should guide the redistribution of pigs amongst curers; and a recommendation made to the government to organise the bacon industry on a co-operative basis. Correspondents include Lieutenant-Colonel V. J. Heather, Waterford; Lord Bledisloe, Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, London; Editor, Irish Independent, Dublin; James W. Upton, Honesty, Dublin; R. H. Thompson & Company, London; P. Hogan, Minister of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Dublin; David Keane, Bishop of Limerick; Joseph Connolly, Minister Posts & Telegraphs, Dublin; Department of Agriculture, Dublin; Bacon Marketing Board, Dublin; Pigs & Bacon Commission, Dublin; and John O’Mara, Claremorris Bacon Company Limited.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickPress cuttings pasted on either side of a sheet of thin card relating to performances of Patricia Mulholland’s Irish Ballet and results of folk dancing competitions; also a press cutting relating to the completion of a new primary school at Rathcoole.
Buchanan, Frances née O'Hara (1949-2020), Irish traditional dancerAssorted drafts of talks and lectures; notes taken during seminars and conferences with related handouts; and notes copied from books relating to Irish place names. Also correspondence with Alan Bliss and Melville Richards relating to the development of the meaning of the word tristie; and with Kenneth Jackson relating to his work Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer. Some items in Irish. In five folders.
Daly Family of Limerick CityDocuments granting Hella permission to bring belongings with her to England, along with a typed list in English and German of the personal items to be transported. Also a handwritten note declaring that Hella has no tax debts in Germany.
Fuller, Hella née Scholz (1925-2003)Assorted fact sheets, including an Ecology Party energy policy paper entitled Power Pack. Safe Energy for a Sustainable Society. Dublin: The Ecology Party of Ireland, [n. d.].
Dalby, Simon, Professor EmeritusThis sub-series contains assorted files of Stephen O'Mara Junior's personal correspondence.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickThis sub-series contains letters to Anne O'Mara from incidental correspondents or relating to specific events.
O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick