Lists of contacts, networks, local councillors, political figures, sponsors and others, kept by Padraic Breathnach, Chair of Macnas.

File of letter and fax correspondence between Padraic Breathnach (and also Declan Gibbons, Derval Byrne) of Macnas, to a number of French theatre companies, producers, and venues, regarding possible hosting and/or collaboration of production by events with Macnas. Also discussion around participating in Macnas events at the Galway Arts Festival (Aug 1995) and ONDA (Office Nationale, de Diffusion).

File of letters and fax between Padraic Breathnach, Chair of Macnas, and others including the Galway Against Censorship group (signed by Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Minister for Justice) and also noting Michael D. Higgins, T.D., Minister for Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht, advocating for the repeal of 'Section 31' of the Broadcasting Act; Gearoidín Ní Dhuibhir, Bórd na Gaeilge; Chris Williams, The Brasserie, Galway; Aileen Barr, Artlink; Ken Bourke; John Fairleigh of Stewart Parker Trust; Geraldine Mitchell and Valerie Hughes of Ireland-Bosnia Herzegovina Solidarity Campaign; Des Kenny, Kenny's Bookshop; Friends of the Mentally Handicapped; Bootleg Films Ltd., Dublin; Rubato Ballet Company, Dublin; The O'Casey Theatre Company, Dublin; Letter to Breathnach from ACE - Arts Community Theatre, inviting Breathnach to seminar at Clarence Hotel, Dublin, on topic of Arts Community Education Seminar (Nov 1989). Letter to Breathnach from Focus Point to become a friend of the charity which works with the re-integration of homeless people and families back into society. Flyer with information on the work of Focus Point with homeless people and combatting homelessness included. (Jan 1995).

File of letters between Padraic Breathnach and Michael D. Higgins, T.D., Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht. Letter from Higgins to Breathnach, 12 Oct 1994, noting points made by Breathnach re. relationship between Macnas and Galway Corporation; Letter signed by Higgins in his capacity as Minister, confirming the appointment of Breathnach as a member of the Arts Council. (21 Sep 1994).

File of letter and fax correspondence between Padraic Breathnach, Chairman of Macnas, and national and international producers and venues regarding the hosting and staging of Macnas events. Correspondents include Massachusetts Cultural Centre, Boston; the American Ireland Fund; American Irish Cultural Institute; Office of the Secretary to the President, Áras an Uachtaráin, regarding Mary Robinson, President of Ireland; Consulate General of Ireland, San Francisco; Consulate General of Ireland, Boston; Consulate General of Ireland, New York; Loretta Brennan Glucksman; Darlene Hone; Blane de St. Croix; Ciaran O'Reilly of Irish Repertory Theatre, New York; Jean Kennedy Smith, American Ambassador to Ireland. File also includes manuscript itinerary for travel and meeting plans for Macnas within the United States, lists of Irish societies in the Boston Consular area. Letter by Michael D. Higgins, Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, on behalf of Padraic Breathnach sent to those potential U.S. based producers and figures (Aug 1994)

Management Correspondence from Macnas relating to the administration of the 1991 tour by Macnas of Tír Faoi Thonn.
File 1 includes a drawn map of Ireland with details of venues of the Macnas tour, noted to be the first tour undertaken by Macnas. Attached is a breakdown of 'scenarios' for production in various tour venues around Ireland, as well as lists of crew members; a breakdown of income and expenditure, with other costs, budgeted for the tour; Press release regarding the tour issued by Macnas; list of sponsors; manuscript research notes on the O'Flaherty family of Galway, marked FILE Research; tour work schedules; manuscript list of characters in the parade; typescript notes from Macnas staff meeting regarding event planning schedule (June 1991) and document for press entitled "Who are Macnas?"
File 2 includes outline scenario, costs, budget and cats list for proposed Macnas event as part of the Limerick Treaty 300 celebration plans, sent from Breathnach to Mary Coll, Limerick planning Committee. Similar documents are sent to other tour venues in Ireland, such as Belfast, Belmullet, Clifden and others.

Files of minutes of meetings, agendas, budgets, and manuscript meeting notes, from meeting of the Management committee, the Artistic Committee, and the Marketing Committee respectively of Theatreworks company.

File of email correspondence between members of management of Druid regarding strategic planning; production meetings and planning; building discussions; web and online strategy and other matters.

Incomplete typescript document outlining various points and articles of belief of Article 19 towards people's rights of expression.

TS document being the manifesto of People's Democracy outlining nice points by which the group will operate by and aim to achieve. The reverse of the document has a MS list of names, possibly in Kevin Boyle's hand.