File 7 - General Correspondence 1996

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UGA P143/4/6/7/7

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General Correspondence 1996

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  • 05/02/1996-30/10/1996

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General correspondence to and from President Mary Robinson (MR), and other presidency related material, 1996 including typed letter from anonymised person who attended Alcoholics Anonymous, detailing how they had given up drinking through the help of AA, wishing MR to know what AA had done for her, and mentioned canvassing for MR, 13/01/1996; best wishes note from Italian Senator Francesco Cossiga during visit to Dublin, and unofficial translation, 17/06/1996; typed memo from Colm Butler to Nick Robinson in relation to Christmas Card requirement, including theme/subject for 1996, 16/07/1996; typed letter from Peter D Sutherland [Irish businessman, barrister and Fine Gael politician], thanking MR for inviting him and his wife Maruja on visit to Washington, 01/08/1996; handwritten letter from Noel Dorr [Secretary Dept of Foreign Affairs] thanking MR for gift of Declan Kilber's book "Inventing Ireland", 07/08/1996; handwritten letter from Mary O'Donoghue, Tuam, Co. Galway thanking MR for sending representative to [her husband?] Noel's funeral [acting State Solicitor], 21/08/1996; handwritten letter from Brian Urquhart regarding death of Erskine Childers and referring to their meeting with MR in 1995 [see P143/4/6/7/5], 01/09/1996; handwritten thank-you from Elizabeth Longford for message Robinsons sent for her 90th birthday, 14/09/1996; handwritten letter from Stephen Joyce, Paris/La Flotte-en-Ré, [grandson of James Joyce and the executor of Joyce's literary estate] regarding "Joyce Images" book and meeting in Galway in 1997, 17/09/1996; handwritten letter from Seán Sweeney [co-executor of James Joyce Estate] in relation to possibility of meeting Robinsons at the Nora Barnacle house in Galway in the future, or visiting them in Mayo, 13/09/1996; fax from Moya McHugh, Druid Theatre, on behalf of Garry [Hynes?], with details of and tour schedule for show "The Beauty Queen of Leenane", and mentioning that writer Martin McDonagh had been nominated for "Most Promising Writer", 30/10/1996.

Ref: P143/4/6/7/7

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      27/06/2024
      26/06/2025

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