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Interview notes entitled ‘Questions to Brian Flannery, Red + Black John McLeane’.

90-minute cassette tape containing on Side A an interview by Victoria O’Brien with Catherine Gyll in Naas, county Kildare relating to Gyll’s early years as Cepta Cullen’s pupil and how this experience influenced her appreciation of dance in later life. Duration 00:07:00 minutes. Side B is blank.

90-minute cassette tape containing on Side A an interview by Victoria O’Brien with dancers and dance teachers Desmond Domnican and Myrtle Lambkin in Dublin, relating to status of ballet in Dublin in the 1940s, with references to Cepta Cullen (Irish Ballet Club), Muriel Kelly (Abbey School of Ballet) and Sara Payne. Duration 00:39:00. The interview continues on Side B for 18 minutes (the tape should be turned as soon as the recording on Side A ends). This interview has been recorded in part at double speed and can only be listened to by using N6/5/8.

90-minute cassette tape containing on Side A an interview by Victoria O’Brien with Ester O’Brolchain in county Dublin, relating to the establishment of the National Ballet School, O’Brolchain’s early training with Valentine Dutko and Patricia Ryan, and her work as a dancer with the National Ballet Company. Duration 00:49:00. Side B is blank. This interview has been recorded at double speed and can only be listened to by using N6/5/8.

90-minute cassette tape containing on Side A an interview by Victoria O’Brien with Jill Gregory in London, relating to Gregory’s time at the Abbey Theatre School of Ballet in Dublin in 1927-1933, and her subsequent work with Ninette de Valois in London. Duration 00:44:00. Side B is blank.

90-minute cassette tape containing on Side A an interview by Victoria O’Brien with Judith McGilligan in Bray, county Wicklow, relating to McGilligan’s early training in Dublin; her time with Patricia Ryan and the National Ballet Company; and her subsequent career with Leonide Massine. Side B is blank. Total duration 00:46:00.

90-minute cassette tape containing on Side A an interview by Victoria O’Brien with Patricia Ryan in county Dublin, relating to her entry into the world of ballet both as a student and as a teacher; her early teaching career; and the establishment of the National Ballet Company. The first two minutes of the interview are missing. The interview continues on Side B 7.5 minutes into the tape. Total duration 01:09:00. Also see N6/5/5.

90-minute cassette tape containing on Side A an interview by Victoria O’Brien with Patricia Ryan in county Dublin, relating to Ryan’s tenure as Director of the National Ballet Company; and her choreographic collaborations. The interview continues on Side B. Total duration 01:04:00. Also see N6/5/3.

This sub-series contains mainly notes taken by Simon Dalby during personal interviews.

Interview notes entitled ‘Donegal. Michael Ward. 2 April. Chat.’ A remark at the bottom of the page states that ‘Michael Ward took me to all the appropriate sites concerned with the exploration + planning permission’.