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Correspondence between W. Ronan, Mungret College; Lord Emly; and J. G Barry, relating to the distribution of annual prizes and the need to ensure that recipients of prizes are proficient in agricultural chemistry.

Correspondence in Dutch with R. H. Loudon, General Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen, Dienst Van Het, [Den Haag, Netherlands], relating to Herrema’s contribution to the drafting of the speech delivered by Queen Beatrix at a gala dinner on the first day of her state visit to Ireland on 30 October 1990. Attached to the letters are a copy of the address (in English) delivered by the Queen at a gala dinner during President Hillery’s state visit to Holland in November 1986; typescript summary notes to be used in the address; and English-and Dutch-language copies of the final speech.

Correspondence relating to the Dwyer and Doyle families, with photocopies of related birth, baptismal, marriage and death certificates. Also an emigration form relating to the Doyle family travelling from Ireland to Australia in 1841. In two folders.

Correspondence, mainly between solicitors M. H. Franks, Westfield, Mountrath, [county Laois] and M. A. Moriarty, Mallow, county Cork relating to the ejectment of Baron Castletown’s tenant Eliza Nugent.

Correspondence between Rosemary [O’Brien], Mulcair House, Limerick; Dublin Pure Ice & Cold Storage Company Limited, Warrenmount Mills, Mill Street, Dublin; and O’Mara Limited, Limerick relating to the establishment of a cold store in the neighbourhood of Limerick.

Correspondence, mainly between J. & P. Rogers Solicitors, 100 O’Connell Street, Limerick and Stephen O’Mara, Strand House, Limerick relating to the purchase of a property on Catherine Street and of Fitzgerald’s cottages. Also related accounts, which identify these properties as part of the estate of Michael O’Brien, who died in 1923.

Correspondence with the Department of the President concerning the proposal by the Minister for External Affairs to send Stephen O’Mara to the United States to investigate the desirability of extending the Consular service there and to report on the possibility of developing export trade with the United States. Also correspondence, and mainly with the Department of External Affairs, Dublin, Consulate General of the Irish Free State, New York, and with American businesses and publicists, relating to Stephen O’Mara’s activities in America to develop trade between the United States and the Irish Free State; the salaries and subsistence of O’Mara’s secretarial staff in the USA; the intelligent use of publicity to improve the profile of the Irish Free State in Ireland; reduced transatlantic travel fares for distressed cases; and Irish beneficiaries receiving money from America. Also related reports and parts of reports, accounts, calculations and handwritten notes. In four folders.

Correspondence, mainly between Stephen O’Mara, Eamon de Valera and Robert Brennan relating to the formation of the Irish Press newspaper. The letters deal in the main with the joining of O’Mara as one of the directors of the Irish Press; canvassing for share capital; the proposed purchase and reconstruction of the Tivoli Theatre premises; the proposed acquisition of The Nation; the purchase of two printing presses; the resignation of Frank Gallagher as one of the directors; financial difficulties experienced by the newspaper; and O’Mara’s resignation from the Board of Directors as a consequence of a dispute with de Valera over pig killing quotas. Also related accounts of establishing and running costs, note on the circulation figures of the Irish Independent; prospectuses; annual report; financial statements; comparison list of sites under consideration; and calculations comparing the estimated weekly costs of a morning paper versus an evening paper. Also some correspondence with Frank Gallagher in his capacity as editor of the Irish Press, mainly relating to book reviews (including a reference to Kate O’Brien’s The Ante-Room on 7 August 1934), articles submitted to the paper by O’Mara and the Irish bacon industry. In seven folders.

Letter from Susie Watson, Pagette Communications Ltd., 4 Bedford Square, London, relating to one of Nestor’s short stories, which has been included among 50 shortlisted stories for the 1990 Ian St James Awards. Also a letter from Graham Taylor, The Ian St James Awards, 2A Haven Green, Ealing, London, regretting that Nestor’s short story has failed to reach the top-twelve shortlist.

Correspondence with Joseph E. O’Connor, National Archives and Records Service, Washington D.C., and with Robert P. Chalker, Counselor of the US Embassy in Dublin, relating to the John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Project. Condell is asked to contribute to the project, the purpose which is to record interviews with colleagues and contemporaries of the late President. The letters deal in the main with arranging a suitable date for the interview. A related brochure is attached to one of the letters.