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Correspondence with Con Healy, relating to the article on Gallivan, which appeared in the Limerick Yearbook 1990 (for which see P30/1/3/2/7).

Correspondence with author Críostóir O’Flynn. The letters deal in the main with O’Flynn’s book There is an Isle, which Gallivan believes is timely for ‘righting the distortions of Angela’s Ashes’. Attached to one of O’Flynn’s notes is a copy of an open letter to Michael O’Toole as a response to the latter’s view of There is an Isle as ‘sad and silly begrudgery’.

Correspondence with Customs & Excise, relating to Herrema’s request to import a car purchased in 1973.

Correspondence with D. J. McAuley and Eugene McCarthy, Federated Union of Employers, Baggot Bridge House, 84 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2, mainly relating to problems in the areas of industrial relations and social security; the state of the Irish economy; and 4/5 cycle shifts. Some of the correspondence relates to the keynote speech delivered by Herrema at the Swords Business Association Christmas Lunch in 1983 (for which see P22/4/6/2). In his reply, Herrema’s provides background information to his residency in Ireland.

Correspondence with David Higham Associates Ltd, 76 Dean Street, Soho, London W1 relating to Kate’s proposal to make My Ireland available in Irish school libraries, and complications arising from the fact that the book is no longer in print.

Correspondence, mainly with Dennis Johnston, Shaw Festival, Box 774, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, relating to McMorrough’s offers of Gallivan’s plays for production. One of the letters attaches Gallivan’s CV.

Correspondence with Dr Dan Farrelly, Drama Studies Centre, Blackrock Campus, UCD, in which Gallivan seeks Farrelly’s professional analysis of The Indomitable Lamb and Twin Pillars to identify why the plays have not found favour with theatre companies. The last letter, dated 15 November 1996, contains a handwritten note entitled ‘Where I differ from Dr Farrelly’s analysis’.

Correspondence with the Most Reverend Dr Michael Browne, Bishop of Galway, Mount St Mary’s, Galway. The letters are primarily of social nature but one contains a long narrative by Stephen O’Mara discussing the pros and cons between choosing an architect and running a design competition in connection with the construction of Galway Cathedral. Attached to the letter is a set of regulations governing the promotion of architectural competitions. There are also letters discussing bureaucracy and the preparation of an unspecified report. Also an invitation to the blessing of the foundation stone of the new cathedral. In three folders.

Correspondence with dress designer Clodagh O’Kennedy, 21 South Anne Street, Dublin 2, relating to an offer by Clodagh to supply Condell with garments for her trip, which Condell has accepted. The letters deal in the main with arrangements for the delivery of the clothes; the success of Condell’s trip; and clothes samples required for an unspecified fashion show and trade fair. Attached to the correspondence are a to do-list, a list of garments required, and an itinerary of Condell’s trip.

Correspondence in Dutch with E. T. J. T. Kwint, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Dublin, relating to an informal meeting to discuss non-agricultural business of Dutch interest in Ireland.