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Work plan for Pat Doyle, Community Development Officer, for 1977; includes information on work completed in the southeastern area for the pilot scheme in community development.

Material in this subseries, including correspondence, reports, flyers and ephemera, relates to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work as a Senator in Seanad Éireann, Ireland's upper house of parliament (Senate), and is further broken into three subsubseries: Seanad Éireann (P143/2/2/1) which covers election campaigns, correspondence to and from colleagues and members of the public, addresses given at events and reports and research; former Member of Oireachtas (P143/2/2/2) which covers correspondence MR sent/received as a former member of the Oireachtas [Irish Parliament], and the Irish Parliamentary Joint Committee on EC [European Community] Secondary Legislation, 1977-1989 (P143/2/2/3) for which MR was a member and contributed.

MR was first elected to the Seanad in 1969, as an independent candidate and under her maiden name (Bourke). This was Ireland's 12th Seanad since its formation. She was elected to the 13th Seanad in 1973 under her married name, having married in 1970, and again as an independent (Ind) candidate. She was subsequently elected five more times: 14th Seanad, 1977-1981, Labour (Lab); 15th Seanad 1981-1982, Lab; 16th Seanad, 1982-1983, Lab; 17th Seanad, 1983-1987, Lab; 18th Seanad, 1987-1989, Ind. Following 20 years as an elected member of Seanad Éireann she chose not to put herself forward for the following election.

Her work as a Senator also overlaps with her work as a lawyer, in particular in family law, including in relation to campaigning and then legislating for the removal of the ban on contraception and divorce (see P143/1/3).

[Archivist's note: A Seanad election takes place up to 90 days after Dáil Éireann [lower house of Irish parliament] has dissolved. This means that the new Dáil has assembled before the Seanad election takes place. Often candidates who were unsuccessful in the general election who were eligible to run for the Seanad, would do so, or would get nominated as part of the Taoiseach's nominees. (Forty-nine of the Seanad’s 60 members are elected and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.) Of the 49 elected members, 43 are elected from panels of candidates representing specified vocational interests. The remaining 6 members are elected by university graduates of certain universities. MR was elected through the Dublin University [Trinity College Dublin] panel to one of 3 panel seats.]

Material in this subseries relates to various cases Mary Robinson (MR) worked on as Junior Counsel, Senior Counsel or legal advisor. Many of these cases were precedent setting and resulted in significant changes in Irish legislation, thereby drastically improving citizens' rights.

An approximate chronological arrangement, based on when MR became involved in each case, was applied.

File containing handwritten and typed verses and lyrics from various sources.

Handwritten poem (transcribed by Mr Fleming and given to the Robinsons c1972). The transcription includes an introduction from J O'Neill who heard the poem in the late 1890's from a 'struggling young mason in Aran', who wrote it after listening to fairy stories told by seanachaís on a winter night. The mason sadly died in his 20's. The poem is in English, 3pp;

Handwritten letter to Robinson from Antoine Powell in Irish including words to three songs composed in Aran between 1880 and 1910. (29 Sep 1980) 2pp;

Typed letters to Robinson from Éamon [Ó Tuathail] enclosing lines from a ballad on an Dola Ard, a copy of Amhrán Shéamuis Uí Chonchúir, and notes on the Village of Cill Rónáin based on the 1821 Census. A later letter from Bríd encloses a remembrance card after the passing of Éamon. (19 Jun-28 Nov 1993) 17pp;

Typed letter to Tim and Máiréad from Breandán [ ] with a rhyme. Undated, 2pp;

Typed words to 'The Song of the Plassy' by Brian O'Linn 7pp;

Handwritten notes on 'Amhráin an Chapair' 1p;

Handwritten words to 'Patt Mullen' 1p;

Nine handwritten verses beginning 'Moladh muid thú a chaepar' 2pp;

Three typed verses of a lament beginning 'A big reward was offered to bury him' 4pp;

Several pages of photocopies from 'Ar Aghaidh' with songs and verses (1968-9) 15pp.

File includes research relating to compilation of word-lists, local words, place names, phrases etc. Includes offprint of article by Etienne Rynne, "A Word List from the Neighbourhood of Kilkerley, Co. Louth. (Journal of Co. Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. XIX, No. 4, 1980. File includes assorted local history articles, mainly from Munster and Louth, on local words and phrases. Also letters to Rynne from local individuals passing on information regarding certain local words and their use. Offprint of article published by Etienne Rynne: "A Word-List from the Neighbourhood of Kilkerley, Co. Louth", Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society". Vol. XIX, No. 4, 1980.

File includes TS report compiled by Rynne upon visiting the site at Ower Bog, Moycullen, Co. Galway where two wooden spades (slanees) were found in the bog. Drawings included as well as correspondence regarding the transfer and deposit of the items to the National Museum.

File of manuscript research notes by Etienne Rynne on the topic of wooden shovels as evidenced through finds and objects in Ireland but also in the Netherlands. File includes published articles by other scholars on the topic also.

Sepia photograph of a wooden plaque painted in Cage 10, Long Kesh Prison, Belfast, depicting huts in Cage 10 of the prison.

File includes detailed manuscript research, notes, and drawings by Etienne Rynne on the topic of wooden boxes, with examples as per black and white photographs included, dating to 500-800 A.D. Images sourced from Nordiska Museet, stockholm, Sweden.