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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.

Dutch-language press cutting from De Telegraaf, comprising a full-page interview with Herrema relating to his abduction, and the abduction and murder of Gerrit-Jan Heijn in 1987.

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.

Manuscript draft entitled ‘Interview with Miss Kate O’Brien by Miss Lorna Reynolds in Rome on the 9th May 1954’.

Dutch-language article from Privé bearing an interview with Nelleke Ellenbroek, one of the survivors of the 1977 Dutch train hostage crisis. The article also bears a reference to and photograph of Tiede and Elizabeth Herrema.

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.

This series contains notes taken by Michael O’Toole during interviews with people associated with Kate O’Brien.