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Photocopies of legal documents relating to the Supreme Court Appeal against Injunction including some duplicates of affidavits from FX Martin 28/11/1977 and 14/12/1977, Consuelo O'Connor 28/11/1977, George Eogan 29/11/1977, George Hegarty 30/11/1977 and others which have notations, of correspondence, of newspaper cuttings and of statement FX Martin made to the press in 07/03/1979 re the Corporation bulldozing a portion of the national monument without supervision from anyone at the National Museum of Ireland in contempt of the Condition of the Consent of 29/08/1978.

Material relating to Dublin City Council's engagement with the Wood Quay controversy in June/July 1979, including the new council (post-election) directing the City Manager to enquire about breaches "by the contractors of the terms of the Consent of 29th August 1978" following alleged disturbance and damage on site. Material includes copy of statement by FX Martin (FXM) re Corporation bulldozing a portion of the National Monument 07/03/1979; minutes of Dublin City Council 09/04/1979, 04&07/05/1979, 17/07/1979 and abstract of the "more Important Managerial Orders Made During the" April and May; handwritten notes of Mary Robinson (MR); copy of document on Labour Party's proposal for Wood Quay and the proposal that the Labour Group within the council would move to have it examined by the City Manager (1978?); correspondence to councillors from public re the Wood Quay site; circulars to each member of council from Dublin City Manager and Town Clerk; correspondence from Principal Officer, Dublin Corporation to MR as councillor; copy of judgement of the Supreme Court delivered 21/06/1979 by Justice O'Higgins; letter from FXM to MR stating a bulldozer had begun to cut in to an unexcavated section without a supervisor from National Museum of Ireland (NMI) present, and querying whether it was a deliberate provocation 25/06/1979; statement by MR as senator re objects handed over to NMI which were thrown up by the unsupervised excavation 25/06/1979; translation of extract from article in German Newspaper/Magazine Die Zeit 29/06/1979, Gerhard Prause; article on the 20 day occupation of the Wood Quay site from the point of view of occupiers, which later appeared in a newsletter and which gave the reasoning for the need for occupation of the site, known as “Operation Sitric”; 3 x B&W photographs which were exhibits X, Y and Z referred to in the affidavit of Leo Swan, 17/06/1979 showing a before and after of the section bulldozed; letter to Nicholas Robinson from [BJE?] which includes a slide of the "Sleeping Viking" statue in Elsinore, Denmark which he suggested FXM might like to use, 21/06/1979; copy of telegram to Dublin City Council from Stockholm University appealing to new council to honour European Viking heritage at Wood Quay; circular from Local Government And Public Services Union to Dublin Corporation Branch urging them to support the building of the Civic Offices at Wood Quay 02/07/1979; questions from MR (as Councillor ) to Acting City Manager for written reply 02/07/1979; copies of memo on Section 4 Motion for City Council and supporting documentation relating to motion tabled by the Labour Party, 02/07/1979; copies of correspondence and other material which was produced in the Council chamber; motions of City Council 02/09 July 1979.

Material relating to the appeal of John Paul & Co Ltd to the Supreme Court following Justice Gannon's order to discharge the injunction against the occupiers of the site (“Operation Sitric”). It includes handwritten case notes, copies of legal documents already submitted to court including affidavits, correspondence, document listing the instances of bulldozing on the site from 8th January 1979 - 25th June 1979, TC Smyth's legal opinion and extracts, a statement from the eight listed defendants on their decision to occupy the site on 1st June 1979, on 20th June 1979, copy of statement by Senator Mary Robinson "Re Archaeological Objects handed over to the National Museum" 25/06/1979, and letters to Dublin City Council relating to the Save the Wood Quay Election Committee manifesto to which they had pledged 28 June 1979.

Folder marked "copy documents 1979 John Paul & Co Ltd v FX Martin + Ors 1979 Injunction proceedings" consisting of copies of legal documents including affidavits of FX Martin (FXM), 18/06/1979, Peter McCabe, 27/01/1979, Trevor Lloyd, 12/06/1979, Leo Swan 17/06/1979, Michael O'Brien, Dan Brown and Alexis Fitzgerald, 18/06/1979; correspondence referenced in affidavits including between FXM and John Paul & Co Ltd, 09/06/1979, from Mobius Instruments to FXM in relation to bleed screws being removed from pumps used to drain the site (exhibit W), 09/06/1979; agreement between John Paul & Co Ltd as contractor and the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin 21/10/1977; letter from Arthur Cox & Co solicitors to FXM, Bridie Rosney, Seamus Kelly, Leo Swan, Pat Healy, Seamus O'Reilly, Richard Haworth, Michael O'Brien and John Gallagher noting that the High Court had granted John Paul & Co Ltd an injunction restraining them from trespassing on the Civic Offices Site at Wood Quay that day 13/06/1979, with copy of order of the court, and notice of motion attached; notice of appeal, 19/06/1979 from Plaintiff (John Paul & Co Ltd) following Justice Gannon's order that day to discharge the injunction against those occupying the site (Operation Sitric); Book of appeal (Mary Robinson's copy) "The Supreme Court between John Paul & Company Ltd Plaintiff and Francis X Martin, Bridie Rosney, Seamus Kelly, Leo Swan, Pat Healy, Seamus O'Reilly, Richard Haworth, Michael O'Brien and John Gallagher Defendants".

Newspaper cutting Daily Mirror, 12/03/1979 reporting on FX Martin (FXM) taking his case to the European Commission of Human Rights in Strasbourg; document and copy "In the matter of an application to the European Commission of Human Rights under article 25 of the convention for the protection of Human Rights and Fundamental freedoms Francis X. Martin petitioner and Ireland, the Government of Ireland and the Attorney General, High Contracting Party", additional submissions 06/04/1979; press statement from Friends of Mediaeval Dublin welcoming initiative from Dublin City Councillors who have tabled motions concerning Wood Quay, 30/04/1979; handwritten notes on the case and how to present it, in loose form and two Parliament Barristers notebooks marked "Wood Quay I" and "Wood Quay II"; personal letter from FXM to Mary Robinson (MR) congratulating her on a win in Labour Court (another case?) which he believed would/should "win you the support of even the male chauvinist pigs not to mention the piglets", 12/05/1979; letter from Anngret Simms to MR congratulating her on election to Dublin City Council, and enclosing newspaper cutting from German newspaper Die Zeit 27-29/06/1979

Material in this folder includes a batch of correspondence and two reports, mostly photocopies, marked "Pat Wallace" (19/04/1978-09/01/1979) which includes correspondence between Wallace [lead archaeologist on site] and Joseph Raftery, Director National Museum of Ireland (NMI); correspondence between Wallace and Dublin Corporation including with Seán Haughey, Assistant City Manager, William Dundon, Law Agent, Philip Shiel, Law Department, and Pat Russell, Principal Officer, Development Department; correspondence to Wallace from McWilliams and D [Boyce/Boyle?] of John Paul & company Ltd [construction firm]; correspondence between Raftery and Dublin Corporation including Russell and Haughey; a typed photocopied article by Patrick Walsh on the excavation work at Wood Quay; photocopy of licence issued by the Commissioners of Public Works to NMI to dig/excavate from 10th October - 9th December 1978; report to G Hegarty, Principal Officer relating to visits to York, United Kingdom, October 1978; letter from Raftery to director of National Parks and Monuments branch, Office of Public Works [aka Board of Works]. Further material in this folder includes photocopies of correspondence from Nicholas Robinson & Co solicitors to the Chief State Solicitor in relation to evidence from client (FX Martin) that mechanical excavation had taken place (09/01/1979) and to the attorney general joining FX Martin as relator in proceedings (24-29/01/1979), to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin in relation to plans to apply to the Judge in the High Court for an injunction 09/01/1979, from William Dundon to Robinson re consent, 10/01/1979, and to Dr George Eogan, member of standing committee 23/01/1979; photocopy of article re Wood Quay in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 22/01/1979 with typed translation.

[Archivist's Note: It is probable that much of this material was photocopied for use for and in trial later in 1979]

Save Wood Quay Campaign 1979

[Archivist's Note: photocopies of some reports and correspondence are duplicated across this subsubsubseries as they were being used for research purposes, as part of briefs for counsel and/or as exhibits in court.]

Folder labelled "Folder 'B' Documents" including copies of documents from Supreme Court appeal January 1978, and earlier injunctions and a large envelope labelled "original exhibits" including coloured plan of site. It also includes correspondence 26/01/1978-13/06/1978 between Nicholas Robinson (NR) and various parties including J McCarthy, Chairman, the Commissioners of Public Works; Pascal Scanlan, Principal Officer, National Parks and Monuments Branch, OPW and William Dundon, Law Agent, Dublin Corporation and a Statutory Declaration of Edmond Buckmaster on 27 June 2023, that he attended the Wood Quay Site with NR on 23 June, took photographs and handed all negatives and prints to NR, and that no other copies exist.

Copy of Justice d'Arcy's order that plaintiff [FX Martin] or his nominees be at liberty to inspect the site at Wood Quay, 17/05/1978; Several books of Pleadings [May/June?] 1978.

Folder labelled "Case for Counsel to direct proofs", includes cover letter from Nicholas Robinson to Donal Barrington SC, 12/04/1978 and enclosed documentation for counsel, marked A - D, and consisting of copies of legal documentation and correspondence from earlier in FX Martin's court case; typed copy of Reply to Notice for Further Particulars 21/04/1978; Notice to Produce, 28/04/1978.