ID10648
CollectionFianna Fáil Party Collection
Collection DescriptionIncludes minutes of the National Executive and various subcommittees, the parliamentary party and the national youth committee, as well as election material, constituency files, and organisational files. Also contains material relating to the split with Sinn Féin and the party's evolution, the party's involvement with anti-partitition movements in Britain and elsewhere, press cuttings on Northern Ireland, American fundraising and the foundation of the Irish Press newspaper, party periodicals, publications and photographs.

Application to consult the collection must be made to the depositor. Details of the procedure may be had from UCD Archives. UCD Archives reader's ticket and appointment necessary. Produced for consultation in microform.
Collection Web Addresshttps://www.ucd.ie/archives/t4media/p0176-fianna-fail-party-...
ReferenceFF/B/1/4/c/249-251 (P176)
Description

Personal Correspondence of Frank Wall as General Secretary of the Fianna Fáil Party:
August 1984-December 1987
February-December 1988
January 1989-January1991.
Letters, many asking for information on aspects of Fianna Fáil in the context of research. Many of the letters are from women. For example:
FF249 letter from Máire Bean Uí Dhubhghiolla, 15 June 1987, 'I will not say a chara or a chairde, I do not think I will vote for or support the Fianna Fáil Party anymore. The necessary 'Health Cuts' have nothing to do with my decision. Successive leaders of Fianna Fáil have betrayed all that De Valera and the 1916 leaders stood for..It is no accident that under a Fianna Fáil Minister for Education, in this year's Leaving and Intermediate certificate examinations, English was the first paper, on the first day, of the first week of the exams and Irish is relegated to the second week of both examinations. The ideal of Éire Saor agus Eire Gaelach has been abandoned by Fianna Fáil. Over the years Ireland has been well and truly sold by Fianna Fáil and now I fear Emmet's Epitaph will not be written..' She signs off 'Yours truthfully'.
There are 3 folders in total.

AccessBy prior appointment.
Date1984-1991
Century20th
Keywords
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Repository NameUCD Archives
AddressJames Joyce Library UCD Belfield Dublin 4
EircodeD04 R7R0
Telephone(01) 716-7555
Email Addressarchives@ucd.ie
Repository Web Addresswww.ucd.ie/archives
latitude53.30671
longitude-6.22347