Archive Collection List Mss.19 Hugh Tinney Collection

Reference Code 3413/Mss.19 Title Hugh Tinney Collection Creation Dates 1945, 1970-1976, 1987 Level of Description File level description Extent & Medium 1 Box; 120 items Creator(s) Hugh Tinney

Scope & Content

Biography: Collection Scope and Content: Collection of papers mainly relating to the Republican movement, in particular the Provisional I.R.A. (Derry Brigade) and various socialist parties of Ireland. The Collection includes newsletters, leaflets and brochures, photographs and newspapers articles. The collection was donated to the Museum Service by Hugh Tinney of the Bogside Derry.

Mss.19.1 File level descriptions: Mss.19.1.1 Bloody Sunday (4 items) – 1972 Four photographs showing images of Bloody Sunday in Derry, January 1972.

Mss.19.1.2 Ulster Defence Association – 1976 The Ulster Defender, published by the Ulster Defence Association – Londonderry Command, February 1976.

Mss.19.1.3 Ulster Defence Association – 1972 Poster for a Loyalist march and rally End the No-Go Areas Stop the Terrorists Now, June 1972.

Mss.19.1.4 Derry Brigade, I.R.A. – 1972 Poster Memorial to the dead of Derry Brigade, Irish Republican Army 1970-1972, includes images of the 13 people killed, 1972.

Mss.19.1.5 Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (2 items) – 1970s Two posters published by the N.I.C.R.A., Internment Rule Not Okay and End Internment, 1970s.

Mss.19.1.6 Derry Brigade, I.R.A. – 1970s Poster warning against selling intoxicating drinks to minors, issued by the Brigade Staff of Derry City, c.1970’s.

Mss.19.1.7 Derry Brigade, I.R.A. – 1970s Poster warning against careless talk, probably issued by the Derry Brigade, I.R.A, c.1970’s.

Mss.19.1.8 Bogside News (9 items) – 1974, 1987 Collection of issues of the Bogside News. February 1974- May 1974, January 1987.

Mss.19.1.9 Collection of Republican Material (35 items) – 1970-1976, 1981 Collection newsletters and pamphlets relating to the Republican movement in Derry, includes Saoirse (2); The Cropper, Oct 1973-Feb 1974, (3); Terror at Ballykelly, published by the Wolfe Tone (Provisional) Sinn Fein Cumann (Bogside) Derry City, Dec 1973; Provo, 1974, (2); Civil Rights, The Journal of the N.I.C.R.A., Aug 1974; Nuachtan Derry Hunger Strike, June 1981; Terror tactics of the British Army, Oct 1976; Repression of Irish Catholics in the Fourth World (3); Free Derry News, Aug 1972; Derry Emigrant Newsletter, Dec 1970; Irish American Reporter, Apr 1971; plus a selection of loose leaflets and notices for meetings, 1970-1976, 1981.

Mss.19.1.10 Volunteer (27 items) – 1973-1974 Collection of issues of Volunteer, c.1973-1974.

Mss.19.1.11 Newspaper Collection – 1970s Collection of newspaper cuttings, mainly from An Phoblacht and national newspapers, relating to the Troubles period in Derry, 1970’s.

Mss.19.1.12 Republican Movement – 1976 Calendar produced by the Republican movement with the title Saoirse Freedom-Liberte, 1976.

Mss.19.1.13 Collection of Published Material (12 items) – 1945-1973 Collection of brochures, reports and pamphlets relating to partition, civilian deaths and Catholic issues, including The Mutilation of a Nation, The Story of the Partition of Ireland by Cahir Healy, 1945; Taoiseach’s Broadcast to the Nation, 17 May 1945; Report Into the Circumstances surrounding the Deaths of Seamus Cusack and George Desmond Beattie, Chairman Lord Gifford, 1971; Pathways to Peace in Northern Ireland, Conference timetable, Aug 1972; Report of the Tribunal appointed to inquire into the events on Sunday, 30th January 1972, which led to loss of life in connection with the procession in Londonderry on that day by The Rt. Hon. Lord Widgery, April 1972; Northern Ireland Constitutional proposals, March 1973; Peace Without Defeat, D.J. Harding; Ireland’s Right to Unity, published for the All-Party Anti-Partition Conference, Dublin (2); Ireland a Christian solution, 1972; Dail Uladh, description of the proposed new structure (2), 1945-1973.

Mss.19.1.14 Bloody Sunday (6 items) – 1972, 1987 Collection of notes relating to events of Bloody Sunday, Derry plus a card and envelope relating to elections of 1987.

Mss.19.1.15 Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Shantallow – 1976 Souvenir brochure of the opening of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Shantallow, Derry, 1976.

Mss.19.1.16 Collection of material relating to Socialist and Communist Movements (23 items) – 1970s Collection of material relating to various socialist and communist movements including a poster, general correspondence, and brochures including Red Patriot (2), Ramparts, Newspeace (2), The Irish Communist, and Unfree Citizen (5), 1970’s.

Mss.19.1.17 Flags (5 items) – 1972 A collection of flags, including a tricolour, two black flags used during hunger strikes and two flags possibly relating to the Knights of Malta, 1972.