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Major accessions to repositories in 2021 relating to Ireland

National

Imperial War Museum Sound Archive

  • Alan Murray (fl1970-1990), journalist: interview rel to his career, which covered the period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland 1970s-1990s (37020)

National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services

  • Tomás O Donohoe (fl1916), member of the Irish Citizen Army: ruled notebook comprising a hospital list for Frongoch Camp Nr Bala, with date and names of the patients and their prisoner number, following the Easter Rising 1916 1916 (NLW MS 24185)

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

  • Ulster Unionist Council: minutes, correspondence and associated papers rel to Ulster Vanguard, Ulster Unionist Council, Queens University Unionist Voters Association and Ulster Unionist Council; also Ulster Unionist Council headquarter files and associated papers rel to the Northern Ireland Forum and the (Good Friday) Belfast Agreement c1970-2005 (D1327/UNL/1)
  • Prisons Memory Archive - a collaborative project between film-makers and participants who had an association with Armagh Gaol and the Maze and Long Kesh Prison during the Troubles: audio-visual recordings of participants nd (D4616/2/1)
  • Prof Sir Desmond Rea (b1937), Emeritus Professor of Human Resources at Ulster University, former Chairman of the Northern Ireland Policing Board: printed reports, articles and papers written by or rel to his career as an academic, public servant and economist, incl issues of Frist Trust Bank's quaterly 'Economic Outlook and Business Review', which he edited for 25 years c1960-2010 (D4593/UNL/6)
  • P A MagLochlainn (1945-2012), former teacher and gay rights activist from Dungiven, Co. Derry: compiled materials incl correspondence, minutes, funding proposals and reports, questionnaires and printed material rel to the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association (NIGRA) c1984-2020 (D4779/ADD)
  • Ulster Human Rights Watch, advocacy organisation for victims and survivors of the conflict in Northern Ireland: reports rel to the experiences of individuals who were impacted by the Troubles 2021 (D4791/1/1-9)
  • Reid family of Ramelton and Belfast: correspondence of various members. incl Rev Edward Reid of Ramelton (minister 1806-1838), Rev Dr James Seaton Reid, Professor of Civil and Ecclesiastical History at Glasgow University, Dr Seaton Reid MD, Professor of Materia Medica at Queen's University Belfast; Sir Edward Reid; and Dr George C M Douglas c1800-2020 (D4794)
  • Seán Farren (b1939), Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician and academic: compiled papers rel to his membership of the SDLP, incl briefing papers, minutes, reports, speeches, talks and some correspondence, printed material and copy newspaper cuttings 1970-2010 (D4799/UNL/1-3)
  • Professor Marianne Elliott (b1948), historian and academic: correspondence, research notes and newspaper cuttings c1970-2000 (D4805)
  • Records collated by and deposited with Belfast Jewish Heritage as part of a project to locate, preserve, document and make publicly available, material rel to the Jewish community in Northern Ireland, incl a copy of 'Yeshua Gadolah' by Rabbi Gedalia Silverstone, and papers rel to Victuallers Ltd., a kosher butcher shop located on the Antrim Road, Belfast, and run by A J Moss c1903-1984 (D4809)
  • Irish Network for Nonviolent Action Training and Education (INNATE) and multiple others: minutes and printed material relating to INNATE and various peace groups c1970-2018 (D4828)
  • Maturin-Baird Family of Boom Hall estate, Londonderry: annual accounts and rentals, indentures, leases, conveyances and maps rel to Boom Hall estate and agents' correspondence rel to both the Boom Hall and Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, estates c1765-1979 (D4807/UNL/1)

Special

Representative Church Body Library

  • John Armour Haydn (1845-1920), Church of Ireland priest: corresp and genealogical information rel to Haydn and his family 1859-1920 (RCB Library MS 1117)
  • Sir John Andrew Stevenson (1761-1833) Irish composer: 'Royal service' composed by Stevenson, first performed in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 1819 1819 (RCB Library MS 1111)