An Chomhairle Ealaíon

An Ceathrú Tuarascáil Déag Bhliantúil Fourteenth Annual Report and agus Cuntais ó lú Aibreán, 1965, Accounts from 1st April, 1965, to go 31ú Márta, 1966. 31st March, 1966. Tíolacadh don Rialtas agus leagadh Presented to the Government and laid faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas de before each House of the Oireachtas bhun altanna 6 (3) agus 7 (1) den pursuant to Sections 6 (3) and 7 (1) of Acht Ealaíon, 1951. the Arts Act, 1951.

Luach Sé Pingne Price Sixpence (Pr. 8909)

An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Na Comhaltaí/Members Reverend Father Donal O'Sullivan, S.J. Director

Dr. C. S. Andrews Ordinary Member

Dr. Richard J. Hayes Ordinary Member

Mr. John Hunt Ordinary Member

Dr. Thomas McGreevy Ordinary Member

The Earl of Rosse Ordinary Member

Mr. Michael Scott Ordinary Member

Dr. Brian Boydell Co-opted Member

Mr. R. R. Figgis Co-opted Member

Sir Basil Goulding, Bart. Co-opted Member

Dr. Conor A. Maguire Co-opted Member

Mr. Terence de Vere White Co-opted Member

An Chomhairle Ealaíon

An Ceathrú Tuarascáil Déag Don Rialtas: Bhliantúil agus Cuntais ó 1ú. Aibreán, 1965 go 31ú Márta, De bhun altanna 6 (3) agus 7 (1) den Acht Ealaíon, tíolacann an Chomhairle 1966 Ealaíon Tuarascáil agus Cuntais na Chomhairle don bhliain lú Aibreán, 1965, go 31ú Márta, 1966.

Is í An Chomhairle Ealaíon an comhlucht a bunaífodh leis an Acht Ealaíon, 1951, agus ta sí comhdhéanta de líon nach mó ná dhá chomhalta déag mar leanas:

An Stiúrthóir, arna cheapadh ag an Uachtarán Seisear comhaltaí, dá ngairmtear gnáth-chomhaltaí, arna gceapadh ag an Rialtas.

Pé méid comhaltaí, nach mó ná cúigear, dá ngairmtear comhaltaí comhthofa, arna gcomhthoghadh ag cornhlucht atá comhdhéanta den Stiúrthóir agus den seisear gnáth-chomhaltaí. Is iad feidhmeanna na Comhairle Ealaíon (1) suim an phobail sna healaíona a spreagadh,

(2) eolas, dea-mheas agus cleacht ar na healaíona a chur chun cinn,

(3) cabhrú le caighdeáin na n-ealaíon d'fheabhsú,

(4) taispeántais (sa Stát nó lasmuigh den Stát) d'oibreacha ealaiíon agus de cheardaíocht ealaíonta d'eagrú, cabhrú lena n-eagrú,

(5) comhairle a thabhairt don Rialtas, nó d'aon chomhalta den Rialtas, i dtaobh aon ní (is ní da bhfónann eolas agus taithí ar na healaíona) a n-iarrfar comhairle orthu ina thaobh.

(6) comhoibriú agus cabhrú le haon daoine eile ag a bhfuil baint, go direach nó go neamhdhireach, le nithe a bhaineas leis na healaíona.

San Acht Ealaíon, ciallaíonn an abairt 'na healaíona' péintéireacht, sníodóireacht, ailtireacht, ceol, drámaíocht, litríocht, dearthóireacht tionscail agus na mín-ealaíona agus na healaíona feidhmeacha i gcoitinne

An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Fourteenth Annual Report To the Government: and Accounts from 1st April, 1965 to 3 1st March, 1966 Pursuant to Sections 6 (3) and 7 (1) of the Arts Act, 1951, An Chomhairle Ealaíon presents the Report and Accounts of the Council for the year 1st April, 1965, to 31st March, 1966.

An Chomhairle Ealaíon is the body established by the Arts Act, 1951, and consists of not more than twelve members constituted as follows:

The Director, appointed by the President Six members, known as ordinary members, appointed by the Government.

A maximum of five other members, known as co-opted members, co-opted by a body comprising the Director and the six ordinary members. The functions of An (1) to stimulate public interest in the arts, Chomhairle Ealaíon are (2) to promote the knowledge, appreciation and practice of the arts,

(3) to assist in improving the standards of the arts,

(4) to organise or assist in the organising of exhibitions (within or without the State) of works of art and artistic craftsmanship,

(5) to advise the Government or a member of the Government on any matter (being a matter on which knowledge and experience of the arts has a bearing) on which their advice is requested,

(6) to co-operate with and assist other persons concerned directly or indirectly with matters relating to the arts.

In the Arts Act, the expression 'the arts' means painting, sculpture, architecture, music, the drama, literature, design in industry and the fine arts and applied arts generally

Contents

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Introduction 1 The Visual Arts Painting, (a) An Chomhairle Ealaíon Collection 3 Sculpture, Architecture, Design, Applied Arts (b) Scheme for the Purchase of Works of 3 Art and their sale at half-price

(c) The New York Irish Institute Fund 3

(d) Duais-Chiste an Uachtaràin de hÍde 3

(e) Prize for Portraiture 4

(f) Batik Art Exhibition 4

(g) Malaysian Art Exhibition 4

(h) Francis Bacon Exhibition 4

(i) Macaulay Fellowship in Sculpture, 1965 4

(j) Macaulay Fellowship in Painting, 1966 4

(k) Sligo County Museum 4

(l) Lusitania Peace Memorial, Cobh 5

(m) Art Slides 5

(n) Other Exhibitions and Activities 5

Music (a) University Scholarships in Music, 1965 6 and 1966

(b) Grants and Guarantees 6

Drama Grants and Guarantees 6

Literature (a) Triennial Prize for Poetry in Irish 7

(b) An Chomhairle Ealaíon Series of Irish 7 Writers

(c) Grants and Guarantees 7

Other Activities (a) Advice and Recommendations to 7 Government Departments, Public Bodies and Other Organisations

(b) Varia 8

Accounts 9

Exhibition of Malaysian Art Nik zarnal abidin vishnu the Warrior (oils)

INTRODUCTION The encouraging and financing of music continues to be the Council's most intractable problem. In the year under review grants and guarantees to music numbered 25 (of these 17 were given to the provinces and 8 to Dublin) and over 50 % of the total moneys distributed by the Council was spent on music while painting and sculpture together received only 28 %. Last year the percentage for music was 38.7 and for the previous year it was 21-6. This expenditure on music—while allowing that it is a costly art—cannot possibly be increased; it must in fact in fairness to the other arts be diminished. The expressed mind of the Taoiseach and of the Legislature at the time of the Arts Act of 1951 was primarily to favour the visual arts because of the grave state of neglect which for so long had been their fate. Music, while certainly to be aided, was not envisaged by them as being the first concern of the new body which they were setting up.

We have then, most regretfully, to make it clear to those applying for musical grants that the increase in three years from 21 % to over 50 % has been seriously disproportionate and cannot continue. The reason is an entirely simple one—An Chomhairle Ealaíon has just not got the money, and neither indignant nor pathetic letters can alter that fact. The Council is no less grieved about it than the applicants and is fully conscious of the magnificent work that is so generously being done. But the Council is not empowered to mint money—as some correspondents seem to think—and it must also remember its obligations to the other arts which are in danger of suffocation from the ever-growing demands of music. This year, for instance, as last year also, we were shamed—the term is only a little too strong—into granting another £1,000 University scholarship in music to match the generosity of the Dorothy Mayer Foundation. These scholarships are a long-term investment which one can only hope is worthwhile— obviously there can be no guarantee of this: but it is an investment we cannot hope to repeat for quite a while to come.

'Suppose that one of you decides to build a tower. Does he not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete the work?' Some of our applicants are indeed admirable in this way and are too conscientious and properly proud to beg what, with effort, they could themselves produce; others are just hopeless. The decision of a group in a country town to 'do' a week of Grand Opera—what a fearsome fascination it has!—may be admirable. On the other hand it may be quite ridiculous—for want of sufficient talent and musical experience and for want of any realistic approach to costs. 'Oh, the Arts Council will finance it!' But in this age of universal television and radio, when excellent opera and excellent light music played by competent musicians can be got at the flick of a switch, it is not the function of An Chomhairle Ealaíon to support with its exiguous grant what too often are little better than pleasant social amenities. In music, as in the other arts, one of the Council's main tasks is to 'assist in improving standards'. So, amid the clamour of rival demands, its policy is to aid what shows either some measure of actual attainment or some promise of excellence.

That some of these many and increasing demands are 'rival' will in future have to be taken into account by applicants for aid no less than by the Council itself. With modern ease of travel it is surely possible for two or three neighbouring towns to combine in a joint musical effort, thus ensuring a reasonably high standard of performance and audiences of a size that would cover more than a token proportion of the expenses. People who motor fifty miles to a dance once or twice a week, may be shocked at the suggestion that they should travel twenty miles for a rehearsal—and under a conductor from another town and with the leading lady's part given to a rival soprano! But these all too human difficulties have to be ironed out if musical performances are to attain a worth-while standard and are even approximately to pay their way.

An Chomhairle Ealaíon Collection Louis Ie Brocquy 'Homage to Clonfert 1965'’ oils on canvas

While aware that dissensions are nothing new either in the art world or in Irish life, the Council will in future be forced to display more curiosity as to why, in the same city, different groups cannot amalgamate. Occasionally this is due to the need for specialised concentration on one or other form of musical expression. But too often it is the outcome of a local and personal touchiness; and An Chomhairle Ealaíon cannot be expected to waste its sparse funds on perpetuating it.

Ultimately the sad fact remains that any marked development of the activities of the Council is bound to be slow until it is voted an annual grant—still better, a triennial one—remotely proportionate to that of other countries who are increasing such grants even under conditions of acute economic distress. Capital cities in other lands would and do look to their national Arts Councils for the finances to save a theatre like the Gaiety. If—an impossible 'if—the Irish Council were to suspend all its activities (and granting that the Dáil continued to vote the usual grant), it would after four years have accumulated enough to buy the Gaiety—but not, of course, to run it.

But, we repeat here—for the fact needs much stressing—what we wrote in the Annual Report for 1963: it is not right to expect that the State from its central funds should supply all the artistic wants of the country. That would be both psychologically bad and financially impossible. While the number of people in Ireland capable of extending large private patronage to the arts is few, yet the number of private patrons who give a pound to this group and a guinea to that is growing. And Industry is beginning to be conscious of its obligations to the cultural life of the country from which it draws its wealth. But no change of magnitude will occur in Ireland's cultural life until Local Authorities are empowered by Government to assist the arts, or rather until, having been so empowered, they actually do give appreciable assistance. In the recognition of local civic responsibility for the arts it is to our shame that we lag far behind any other country in Europe.

It is suggested then that some of the activities which—so many letters assure us —are threatened with extinction must look more to individual local giving for their financial support. The first necessity is an increase of paid attendances at the various performances. Only too often we are faced with a balance sheet of this kind: Expenses—£498. Receipts from Admissions—£169. Last year a Council representative attended a function in a provincial city to which a guarantee of £150 had been given. There were eight persons in the cheaper seats of the theatre: the balcony was filled, though there of course account has to be taken of complimentary tickets. What is certain is that the receipts totalled only £169. This is the type of experience that is all too frequent; and, even if money permitted, it is no function of An Chomhairle Ealaíon to force music upon unwilling citizens. That is very different from 'stimulating interest' in music: it is on this and on the raising of standards that the Council's moneys should be expended.

The second form of support one would hope for, is the sponsoring of musical performances of worth by local industry or by the better-off inhabitants who in differing ways make a comfortable living out of the town or countryside in question. The sums required are often not large and could easily enough be gathered if only there was a more widespread recognition of civic and neighbourly responsibility. The apathy and even cynicism with regard to such civic duty is hardly a sign of a developed culture. Luckily there are signs that the tide is on the turn: and wherever the Council finds local initiative it will heartily welcome it and, within the limits of its funds, give it every encouragement.

DONAL O'SULLIVAN

An Chomhairle Ealaíon Collection Gerald Dillion ‘Figures on a beach’ Collage 36 "x 25"

AN TUARASCÁIL The financial year 1965-66 was the fourth full year of the Third Council's term REPORT of office. The President appointed Rev. Father Donal O'Sullivan S.J. to be Director for a further period of five years with effect from 5th July, 1965. During the year there were ten meetings of the Council, and the main activities were as follows:

THE VISUAL ARTS (a) An Chomhairle Ealaíon Collection Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Design, Further purchases were made for the Council's Collection which now consists of Applied Art 62 paintings and one tapestry, all the work of contemporary Irish artists. It is intended that when an adequate and representative Collection has been built up, it will be publicly exhibited and sent on tour, both in Ireland and abroad. Tentative arrangements have been entered into to have it shown in Great Britain, and in other countries abroad. The Council's activity in making purchases has been a great source of encouragement to Irish artists and has greatly stimulated interest in the visual arts among the public.

(b) Scheme for the Purchase of Works of Art and their sale at half-price

This scheme has now been operating for five years. During the year 1965-6640 paintings and I piece of sculpture were sold under the Scheme and 75 paintings and I piece of sculpture were purchased either for the Council's Collection or for re-sale at half-price to bodies in respect of which the Scheme operates. The Council have on their premises 45 paintings and 2 pieces of sculpture for disposal in this way. Under the Scheme the Council pay half the price of any works of art by Irish artists purchased by hotels. State sponsored bodies, local authorities, the Institute of Public Administration, public galleries, Cork Sculpture Park Committee, and by or for schools, for display in parts of their premises ordinarily frequented by the public, provided that the Council have selected those works as suitable for the purposes of the Scheme, and subject to an undertaking by the purchasers that they will not sell the works of art so acquired at less than the original price, and that, if they do sell them, they will refund to the Council the amount of the Council's contribution.

(c) The New York Irish Institute Fund

The Council purchased Round Tower and Crosses, by Nano Reid and despatched it to New York. In 1960 the Irish Institute Incorporated, New York, donated to the Council a sum of money for investment. From the interest annually accruing on this capital sum paintings or works of sculpture by Irish artists are purchased for transmission to the Institute, which, if it succeeds in selling these works of art bought for it by the Council, transmits the money so obtained to An Chomhairle Ealaíon for further purchases. The object of the Fund is to promote Irish painting and sculpture and make them better known in the United States.

(d) Duais-Chiste an Uachtaráin de hide

The late Dubhglas de hide, Uachtarán na hÉireann, endowed a fund for the annual award of the gold medal 'Duais-Bhonn an Uachtaráin de hÍde'. The fund is administered by An Chomhairle Ealaíon, and the award is made for the best painting of an Irish historical subject shown at the art exhibition held annually in Dublin by An tOireachtas, provided that the Council are satisfied that an adequate standard has been attained. For many years the Council in order to stimulate further interest in competition for the medal, gave an additional prize of £50 from their own funds to the winner of the award. As from 1965-66 the Council decided to increase the value of their monetary prize to £100. This year the gold medal and Council's prize were awarded to Brian Ó Fearáin for his painting Le gach bó a lao. Ie gach leabhar a leabhrán.

(e) Prize for Portraiture

In order to improve the standard of portrait painting in Ireland the Council offered a prize of £250 for competition among portrait painters of Irish birth, Irish nationality, or who were ordinarily resident in Ireland Competitors were required to submit two examples of their work in oils and one drawing (conté, charcoal, pencil or ink). The competition attracted forty-two competitors, and the prize was divided equally between John Behan, 30 Brian Road, Marino, Dublin, and Brian Bourke, 20 Booterstown Avenue, Booterstown, Co. Dublin The adjudicator was Sir William Coldstream, Slade Professor, University College, London, and he very highly commended two other competitors, Thomas Carr and Michael Kane.

(f) Batik Art Exhibition

The Council organised the exhibition in Dublin of Batik Paintings by Chuah Thean Teng, one of the most distinguished of present-day Malaysian artists, who adapted the batik process of dyeing cloth to the art of painting. This exotic exhibition was shown in the Municipal Gallery, Dublin in May-June, 1965, and the Council were associated with the Malaysian Students' Association m its presentation. The exhibition was subsequently shown also in the Picture Gallery, Kilkenny Castle with the co-operation of the Kilkenny Art Gallery Society, and m the Crawford Municipal School of Art, Cork Ninety-two paintings were shown, all rich, romantic and colourful and with an exquisite sense of design The batik technique, quite unknown in Ireland, attracted great interest among the large numbers who attended the exhibition.

{g) Malaysian Art Exhibition

The Council were also associated with the Malaysian Students' Association in the organisation and presentation of an exhibition of Malaysian Art in the Building Centre of Ireland in the autumn of 1965 Twenty-eight artists were represented by 123 exhibits of paintings in oil, watercolour, lacquer and pastel, and there were many examples of sculpture in wood, cement and metal The exhibition was opened by Enche Mohamed Sopiee of the Malaysian Embassy, and one of the artists, Anthony Lau, lectured during the course of the exhibition The colour, spirit and variety of the Malaysian work were much commented on by the large numbers who attended

(h) Francis Bacon Exhibition

The Council sponsored an exhibition of the work of Francis Bacon in the Municipal Gallery, Dublin, in May, 1965 Believed by many to be the greatest English painter of his generation and certainly the one about whom most controversy rages, the artist was represented by 57 oil paintings

(i) Macaulay Fellowship in Sculpture, 1965

The Macaulay Fellowship in Sculpture, 1965, value .£1,000 attracted four eligible applicants It was awarded to Brian P King, 4 Hyde Park Flats, Hyde Park, Terenure, Dublin

(;) Macaulay Fellowships in Painting, Jp66 It was decided to award two Macaulay Fellowships, value £,1,000 and £500 each in the art of painting m the year 1966.

(k) Sligo County Museum

The Council met the cost and arranged the transport of seven paintings by Jack Yeats and one coloured crayon portrait by George Russell, generously donated by Mr. James A Healy, New York, to Sligo County Museum

Exhibition of Malaysian Art Chen Wen Hsi Poppies watercolour

An Chomhairle Ealaíon Collection Barrie Cook 'Bennets Bridge' oils on canvas 53" x 40"

(l) Lusitania Peace Memorial, Cobh

The Council commissioned Domhnall ÓMurchadha of the National College of Art to restore and complete the Lusitania Peace Memorial at Cobh.

(m) Art Slide;

The Council's library of slides on art subjects and on the history of painting was added to during the year and continued to be available to lecturers.

(n) Other Exhibitions and Activities

The Council continued to co-operate with other bodies and persons in setting up exhibitions and promoting other artistic activities by giving assistance in the form of either grant or guarantee against loss, or otherwise. These included the following:

The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition, 1965.

The Independent Artists Annual Exhibition, 1965.

Group '65 Exhibition in Dublin.

The Irish Exhibition of Living Art, 1965.

The Dublin Painters' Gallery Summer and Winter Exhibitions, 1965.

The German Cultural Institute in connection with an Exhibition of German Ecclesiastical Art in Dublin in July, 1965.

Waterford Corporation Art Advisory Committee in connection with an exhibition of the work of Jack Yeats in June, 1965.

Obair '65 Exhibition in the Art Gallery, Lavitt's Quay, Cork in September, 1965.

Sligo Art Society's Exhibition of the work of Anne Yeats in Sligo in August, 1965.

Contemporary Irish Art Society Exhibition in the Dublin Municipal Gallery in 1965.

The Elizabeth Rivers Memorial Exhibition in Dublin in March, 1966.

Cork Arts Society in connection with an exhibition of paintings and sculpture in Cork in March, 1966, and towards the lighting of the Society's gallery at Lavitt's Quay and the purchase of patent steel rods for picture hanging.

Limerick Art Gallery Committee towards their Sixth Irish Artists' Winter Exhibition in Limerick in February-March, 1966.

Mrs. Bea Trench in connection with a course in the arts for national schoolteachers at Termonfechin, Co. Louth in 1965 under the auspices of the Irish Countrywomen's Association.

The Architectural Association of Ireland towards the cost of three public lectures. The Irish Architectural Record Association towards the cost of the catalogue for the Association's exhibition in Dublin in 1965. The College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin, towards the cost of sending architectural students of the College to Holland during the Easter Holiday period, 1966.

MUSIC (a) University Scholarships in Music, 1965 and 1966

The two university Scholarships in Music, 1965, set up by An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Messrs. McCullough's, Dawson Street, Dublin, and value £1,000 each, were awarded to Patrick Anthony Dermody, 11 MacCurtain Street, Fermoy, Co. Cork, and Gerard Matthew Murphy, 3 Mary Street, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. The scholarships are tenable in the University Colleges of Dublin and Cork respectively.

To assist in the provision of further male music teachers for secondary schools the Council and The Dorothy Mayer Foundation have offered two further university scholarships in music value £250 per annum for a period of four years for competition in 1966.

(b) Grants and Guarantees

During the year assistance by way of either grant or guarantee against loss was given to the following:

Wexford Festival, 1965. Kilrush Opera Society in connection with their 1965 season of opera. St. James's Gate Musical Society in connection with the three Bach concerts in June, 1965, and a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion in Dublin in March, 1966. Waterford Grand Opera Society in connection with performances of La Bohème and Il Trovativre in November, 1965. Irish National Opera in connection with ten performances of opera in country towns. Waterford Music Club. The Music Association of Ireland in connection with ten recitals in secondary schools in Kildare, Westmeath and Wicklow, and in connection with ten recitals throughout the country by the Ulrich Gebel Ensemble. Cork Orchestral Society towards the performance of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel in the City Hall, Cork, in November, 1965 and in connection with two recitals by the Radio Éireann String Quartet during the winter season, 1965-66. Dublin Orchestral Players towards the cost of the hire and transport of harpsichords, and towards soloists' fees and travelling expenses in connection with two concerts in Dublin. Grand Opera Society, Ballinrobe, in connection with its 1965 season of opera. Ceol-Chumann na nÓg, 1965-66 season of concerts for schoolchildren. Limerick Choral and Operatic Society in connection with a Grand Opera Festival in Limerick in November, 1965. The Music Teachers' Association of Ireland (Munster Branch) in connection with ten recitals in secondary schools in Counties Cork, Waterford and Limerick. Mr. John McKenzie, Principal, Municipal School of Music, Limerick, towards six lunchtime concerts during the winter of 1965-66. The Culwick Choral Society towards a concert in Dublin in November, 1965. The Locrian Consort, Cork, in connection with recitals in Cork. Limerick Choral Union towards a performance of The Messiah in Limerick in December, 1965. The Celtic Singers, Sligo, in connection with a performance of The Messiah in Sligo in December, 1965. The Dublin Grand Opera Society's Festival of Italian Opera in the spring of 1965. Irish Opera Group's performance of La Serva Padrona and Dido and Aeneas in Dublin in the summer of 1965. Feis Ceoil, 1965.

An Chomhairle Ealaíon Collection Michael Farrell 'Thourables Wake Series acrylic on canvas 82' x 82"

Irish Chamber Orchestra towards ten concerts given in country towns in the 1965-66 season. John Cummins and Janos Fürst in connection with a performance of Stabat Mater in Dublin in the spring of 1966. Schools Choral Festival (Northern Region) in Castleblayney in March, 1966. Féile na Scoileanna, Kilkenny, 1965.

DRAMA Grants and Guarantees

Athlone Little Theatre for stage lighting equipment. The Yeats Society, Sligo, in connection with the presentation by The Ashton Players, Cork, of four plays by W. B. Yeats during the course of the Yeats International Summer School in Sligo in August, 1965. Gemini Productions in connection with performances of The Trial by Mairéad Ní Ghráda at the Eblana Theatre, Dublin, in 1965.

LITERATURE (a) Triennial Prize for Poetry in Irish

The Council's Triennial Prize for the best book of poetry in the Irish language published during the years 1962-63-64 was awarded to Mail-tin Ó Direáin for his book Ár Ré Dhearóil. There were eleven books of Irish poetry eligible for consideration, and the adjudicators reported that the standard was high.

(b) An Chomhairle Ealaíon Series of Irish Writers

It is proposed to publish three further titles in the Council's series of Irish writers' work, at present out of print. The following works were commissioned:

The Poems of Allingham, to be edited by John Hewitt, The Autobiography of William Carleton, to be edited by John Montague, and The Poems and Play of F. R. Higgins, to be edited by Robin Skelton.

(c) Grants and Guarantees

Assistance by way of either grant or guarantee was given to the following:

Yeats Centenary Committee in connection with four lectures given to celebrate the centenary of the birth of W. B. Yeats. Kilkenny Literary Society in connection with a series of winter lectures in 1965- 66. Poetry Ireland in connection with its fifth and sixth issues. The Dublin Magazine in respect of four numbers of the magazine. The Kilkenny Magazine.

OTHER ACTIVITIES (a) Advice and Recommendations to Government Departments, Public Bodies and other Organisations To the Minister for Defence in relation to the design of The Military Medal for Distinguished Service. To the Minister for Industry and Commerce urging the removal of import restrictions on artists' brushes. To the Office of Public Works in connection with the Thomas Davis Memorial in College Green, Dublin. To the Office of Public Works in connection with a sculptural feature in the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin.

To An Foras Forbartha in connection with the Draft Report on Modular Co- ordination in Ireland. To the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in connection with an Electricity Supply Board section pillar on the pavement outside the new Abbey Theatre building. To Cuimhneachán 1916 Committee in connection with the design for a medal for presentation to survivors of the 1916 Rising. To Clonmel Urban Council in relation to Clonmel Museum. To Cork Sculpture Park Committee in connection with the purchase of sculpture for Fitzgerald Park, Cork. To the Dean of Killaloe in connection with the erection of a suitable statue in the churchyard of St. Flannan's Cathedral. To the University of Santa Clara, California, in relation to drama scholarship students in Dublin.

(e) Varia

The Council in their capacity as a prescribed body under the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963, made representations to many planning authorities and conferred with other prescribed bodies and interested persons in connection with proposed development activities throughout the country. The Council organised the competition for the design of a badge to commemorate the 1916 Rising.

The Council drafted and submitted to the Government an Order which would confer on An Chomhairle Ealaíon the legal power to establish and administer a fund from which annuities might be awarded in recognition of outstanding creative services in one or more of the arts in Ireland, to persons advanced in years or by reason of ill-health no longer able to fend properly for themselves.

Many proposals for artistic activity and applications for financial assistance, although sympathetically considered by the Council, could not be brought to a conclusion, either because of lack of funds or for other reasons.

Signed: 25th May, 1966

Donal O'Sullivan, S.J. Director C. S. Andrews Member Richard J. Hayes Member John Hunt Member Thomas McGreevy Member Rosse Member Michael Scott Member Brian Boydell Member R. R. Figgis Member Basil Goulding Member Conor A. Maguire Member Terence de Vere White Member

Mervyn Wall Secretary

Accounts Account of Receipts and Payments for the year ended 31st March, 1966 An Chomhairle Ealaíon

RECEIPTS £ s. d. PAYMENTS £ s. d.

Cash in hand and at Bank on the 31st March, 1965 4,586 2 1 Salaries and Wages 5,901 3 8 State Endowment 40,000 0 0 Travelling and Incidental Expenses 595 9 6 Rent, Heat, Light, Fuel 682 8 0 Furniture, Fittings, Stationery 98 5 2 Postage, Telephone and Miscellaneous Expenses 477 19 4 Payments under Section 3 of Arts Act, 1951 31,126 15 8 Balance at 31st March, 1966- Cash in hand and at Bank No. 1 and No. 2 Accounts 5,704 0 9 £44,586 2 1 £44,586 2 1

I have examined the above Account and the appended Accounts. I have obtained all Dated this 13th day of May, 1966 the information and explanations that I have required, and I certify, as the result of my audit, that in my opinion these Accounts are correct. I have no observations to make upon them. MERVYN WALL, Secretary DONAL O'SULLIVAN, Director

27th May, 1966 E. F. SUTTLE, Comptroller and Auditor General

Duais-Chiste an Uachtaráin de hÍde Account for the year ended 31st March, 1966

RECEIPTS £ s. d. PAYMENTS £ s. d.

Balance on 1st April, 1965 125 16 5 Purchase of £121 7s. 7d. 6% Exchequer Stock, 1980- 120 0 0 85 Dividends on 6% Exchequer Stock 1980-85 46 4 3 President Hyde Gold Medal, 1964 25 12 6

President Hyde Gold Medal, 1965 25 12 6

Balance at Bank on 31st March, 1965- President Hyde Gold Medal No. 3 Account 15 8 £172 0 8 £172 0 8

The capital of Duais-Chiste an Uachtaráin de hÍde is represented by £830 17s. 11d. 6% Exchequer "A" Stock, 1980-85 held in trust by An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

Dated this 13th day of May, 1966 MERVYN WALL, Secretary. DONAL O'SULLIVAN, Director

William J. B. Macaulay Foundation in honour of President Seán T.O'Ceallaigh Account for the year ended 31st March, 1966

RECEIPTS £ s. d. PAYMENTS £ s. d.

Balance on 1st April, 1965 978 0 0 Fellowship in Music Composition, 1962 250 0 0

Dividends on 5½% Exchequer Stock 1971-74 1,116 10 0 Fellowship in Sculpture, 1965 900 0 0

Balance at Bank on 31st March, 1966- William J. B. Macaulay Foundation No. 4 Account 944 10 0

£2,094 10 0 £2,094 10 0

The capital of the William J. B. Macaulay Foundation is represented by £20,300 5½% Exchequer Stock, 1971/1974, held in trust by An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

Dated this 13th day of April, 1966 MERVYN WALL, Secretary. DONAL O'SULLIVAN, Director

New York Irish Institute Fund Account for the year ended 31st March, 1966

RECEIPTS £ s. d. PAYMENTS £ s. d.

Balance on 1st April, 1965 47 10 2 "Round Tower and Crosses", by Nano Reid 120 0 0

Dividends on 6% Exchequer Stock 1980-85 103 14 6 Balance at Bank on 31st March, 1966- New York Irish Institute Fund No. 5 Account 66 16 10 Irish Institute, Inc. New York 35 12 2

£186 16 10 £186 16 10

The Capital of the New York Irish Institute Fund is represented by £1,728 14s. 10d. 6% Exchequer Stock, 1980-1985, held in trust by An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

Dated this 13th day of May, 1966 MERVYN WALL, Secretary. DONAL O'SULLIVAN, Director

The Denis Devlin Foundation Account for the year ended 31st March, 1966

RECEIPTS £ s. d. PAYMENTS £ s. d.

Balance on 1st April, 1965 94 5 7 Balance at Bank on 31st March, 1966: Denis Devlin Foundation No. 6 Account 202 6 9 Dividends on 5½% Exchequer Stock 1971-1974 108 1 2

£202 6 9 £202 6 9

The capital of the Denis Devlin Foundation is represented by £1,964 14s. 3d. 5½% Exchequer Stock, 1971-1974, held in trust by An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

Dated this 13th day of May, 1966 MERVYN WALL, Secretary. DONAL O'SULLIVAN, Director