Correspondence including between Father Francis X Martin (FXM) and Nicholas (NR) and Mary Robinson (MR) 02/01/1978- 19/12/1978; between NR and The Law Agent [William Dundon], Dublin Corporation 09/01/1978-29/08/1978; between NR and MR in their official capacities 09/01/1978-09/06/1978; between NR and Donal Barrington, Senior Counsel 12/01/1978-; between NR and Chief State solicitor 16/01/1978-23/1/1978; copy of letter from Ole Klindt-Jensen, Director of Prehistoric Museum and Institute of Archaeology, University of Aarhus to Dublin Corporation 26/01/1978; from City Manager to SS McCarthaigh, Chairman, Commissioners of Public Works, 30/01/1978-19/04/1978; between Dr Joseph Raftery, Director National Museum of Ireland, to George Hegarty, Dublin Corporation 02/02/1978; between Principal Officer, [Dublin Corporation?] and Dr Joseph Raftery, 10/02/1978-17/05/1978; between P Russell, Dublin Corporation and Stephenson Associates (consultant architects) 22/02/1978-15/05/1978; from NR to J McCarthy, Chairman, Commissioners of Public Works, 01/03/1978-04/05/1978; letter from FXM and George Colley, Minister for Finance, 03/03/1978; letter for Pascal Scanlan, Principal Officer, Office of Public Works, National Parks and Monuments branch 21/03/1978; J McCarthy, Chairman, Commissioners of Public Works, and J Molloy, City Manager, Corporation of Dublin 19/04/1978; letter from City Manager to Dr Joseph Raftery, 19/04/1978; letter from Dr Joseph Raftery to JM Molloy, City Manager, Corporation of Dublin, 21/04/1978; correspondence between Alf Smyth, University of Kent and Frank [FXM?] 21/04/1978-22/05/1978; correspondence between FXM and Peter Addyman, Director York Archaeological Trust, 13/04/1978-22/05/1978; letter from Professor Dr Walter Janssen to Dr Anngret Simms, 23/05/1978; letter to Dublin City Council from Scandinavian participants in the archaeological summer-colloquy of International Council of Museums, Svenborg, Denmark with signatures and institutions attached, 10/06/1978; letter from Anngret [Simms] to NR 22/06/1978; letter from Bob O'Driscoll, Celtic Arts, Canada to FXM in support 26/06/1978; letter from NR to TX Smyth, SC, 27/06/1978; correspondence between NR and Kevin Fox, Hon Sec, National Monuments Advisory Council 30/06/1978-10/07/1978; postcard from Consuelo O'Connor to NR 02/07/1978; correspondence between NR and AJ Hederman, SC Office of the Attorney General 13/07/1978; letter from MR to Irish Press, Irish Independent and Irish Times Editors re secrecy surrounding and high security at site 09/09/1978; invite to farewell party for Anngret and David Simms, from Friends of Mediaeval Dublin 25/09/1978; typed copies of Senator MR's statement (address?) 23/09/1978 "Wood quay has taught us a very valuable lesson, that democracy demands more of citizens than a passive role between elections"; letter from Ruairi [Quinn?] architects office Burke-Kennedy Doyle and Partners re press statement 01/10/1978; copy of letter to MR as Senator from [O'Doherty Owens?] asking her to do utmost to have civic offices built outside of city centre, 05/10/1978; letter to MR as Senator from Alice J Moore, chairperson of Local Government and Public services Union, regarding motion being debated in Seanad Éireann, 06/12/1978;

The file also includes minutes (photocopies) of National Monuments Advisory Council Standing Committee meeting 04/05/1978 and some handwritten notes re costs.

Folder labelled "Documents Discovered from Defendants" and consisting of photocopies of reports and correspondence between Dublin Corporation and others including Stephenson Associates, the National Museum of Ireland, S.S. McCarthaigh, chairman Commissioners of Public Works, and Department of Education. Original correspondence is dated 28/02/1974-12/06/1978.

4 copies of bound documents labelled "reports and correspondence by experts and correspondence generally, [06?]/1978; copy of bound documents labelled "Authority for the Excavations and Correspondence with Commissioners and Law Agent", [06?]/1978; Book of Pleadings, [06?]/1978.

Folder labelled "Documents discovered 28th June 1978" consisting of photocopies of reports and correspondence mainly to and from Dublin City and County Manager, and to and from Principal Officer, Dublin Corporation, 25/11/1968-1976

Folder labelled "Brief for Counsel miscellaneous". Includes draft biographies with notation of some of the experts consulted, copies of statements and letters from experts and interested parties; photocopies (faded) of circulars and correspondence to members of Dublin City Council; photocopy of Seanad Éireann proceedings 10/04/1974; press releases Royal Irish Academy 12/1977; correspondence from The National Tourism Council of Ireland and Jack Lynch TD, Taoiseach; correspondence from The Irish Hotels Federation to FX Martin and to Jack Lynch, 11/1977; photocopy of list of Archaeological finds at site up to July 1976.

Photocopies of affidavits, correspondence etc. with notation, most likely part of brief to counsel [Mar-June?] 1978 (original documents from 1977).

Typed documents relating to who was liable for costs for trial, and includes chronological list of legal proceedings from FX Martin as plaintiff, Ex-parte application for injunction 28/11/1977 to Attorney General in Relator proceedings and hearing [01/07?]/1978; copy of typed judgement in Supreme Court case of Burke & Others v Minister for Labour and Others, delivered 19/12/1978, with notations, which may have been used as research.

Photocopies of reports, correspondence, biographies and legal documents (most likely brief for counsel), some with notations (28/02/1974-1978); drafts and handwritten notes on case, possibly Mary Robinson (MR)'s; copies of correspondence from Nicholas Robinson & Co solicitors to Chief State Solicitor, to J McCarthy, chairman, the commissioners of Public Works, Pascal Scanlan Principal Officer OPW, William Dundon Law Agent, and to Donal Barrington and MR as Special Counsel 13/01/1978-15/03/1978 (most of this material is duplicated elsewhere but notations may vary); includes copy of Consent under section 14 of National Monument Act, 1930, issued jointly by "Commissioners and the corporation" allowing National Museum to "remove part or wholly, to interfere with excavate and disturb the ground within..." section of site between 10/10/1978-09/12/1978, 10/10/1978

Archivist's Note: Much of this material was gathered, and/or photocopied in 1978 for use in the case. However, some of the material photocopied dates from earlier (1974-1978).

Material relating to the Labour Party's proposal for the Wood Quay site following the High Court decision, including press release 02/10/1978; document "The Labour Party's Proposal for Wood Quay", an artist’s impression of the proposal and some correspondence to Senator Mary Robinson as member of Labour 24/09/1978-06/10/1978.

2 copies of a report by Dr Frank Roche, director of, Colin McIver Associates Limited "Exploratory Study of the Tourism Potential of Wood Quay", submitted to Irish Hotels Federation 12/1977 and used as exhibit in court 05/01/1978; 3 copies of a report by Dr Frank Roche and JA Murray of Colin McIver Associates Limited "Tourism and Archaeology: A Study of Wood Quay", commissioned by Dermot Walsh for The Irish Tourist Industry, 03/1978.