Summary of proposals received from prospective tenants for a farm at Cahermee, Doneraile, county Cork.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianSummary of written submissions on planning applications 2019/80 and 2085/80 prepared for an oral hearing held in Lifford on 4 March 1981. Attached to the summary are photocopies of correspondence between Ralph Sheppard (DUC Secretary), Donegal County Planning Office, T. O’Reilly (County Secretary), D. Mackey (Acting County Secretary), the County Planning Office, An Bord Pleanala, and James P. Sweeney (Solicitor for the appellant, Irish Base Metals Ltd.). The letters relate to objections made by DUC to planning applications 2019/80, 2031/80 and 2085/80 and amendments to be made to conditions set out in the planning permissions granted by Donegal County Council. Also attached are copies of the original decisions to grant planning permissions to applications no. 2019/80 and 2085/80, and of applications by the DUC against them.
Dalby, Simon, Professor EmeritusSummary of school income and expenditure accounts between 1853 and 1883.
Mungret Agricultural SchoolSummary of proceedings of the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union Symposium on Irish Options within an EEC Energy Policy held in Malahide. Also outline notes for a talk entitled ‘Planning to Meet Electricity Energy Needs’ by J. J. Kelly delivered at the seminar.
Dalby, Simon, Professor EmeritusSummary of lots of the 4th Earl of Limerick’s sales, listing number of lot; amount of rent; years purchase; reserve proposed; and remarks.
Pery family, Earls of LimerickBound summary compiled by Mr Sanders of estimated sales of estates in Queen’s County and County Tipperary sanctioned by Eyre Coote.
Coote Family, Barons CastlecooteTyped summary of Companies Acts Amendment Bill 1958.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickTyped summary detailing the formation, activities and operations of C Company 2nd Limerick City Battalion, and the formation of the Limerick City Active Service Unit, including a list of the names and addresses of its members. Also complete and incomplete copies of the original document, and versions of the original text with slightly differing detail, some with handwritten additions and amendments.
Healy, Michael, Irish VolunteerSummary of Michael O’Toole’s interview with Mother M. Patrick O’Brien at Laurel Hill Convent, Limerick, Kate O’Brien’s friend and fellow boarder at Laurel Hill school and the model for Eileen O’Doherty in The Land of Spices. The notes outline Mother Patrick’s early recollections of Kate O’Brien; the parallels between Laurel Hill Convent and the Compagnie de la Sainte Famille in The Land of Spices; parallels between people known to Kate and characters in her novels; Mother Patrick’s irritation with the liberties Kate took with these characters; Kate’s time at UCD; her move to England; her early career as a teacher; her marriage and reasons for its failure; and her homosexuality.
O'Toole, Michael (1938-2000), journalist, author and bibliophileHandwritten summary of Michael O’Toole’s meeting with Kate O’Brien’s nephew John O’Brien, when O’Toole was writing an article about her plays. The notes refer to her failings as a playwright and deal mainly with the unsuccessful adaptation of That Lady for the stage and screen; the purchase of the house in Roundstone from the proceeds of that work; Kate’s unhappiness in Roundstone; her relationship with alcohol; and her sad and unproductive final years.
O'Toole, Michael (1938-2000), journalist, author and bibliophile