Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann National Library of Ireland Collection List No. 141 OIREACHTAS NA GAEILGE PAPERS (MSS G 1,318 /1 – MS G 1,416 /9) (Accession No. 5230) A collection of administrative records, competition entries, and adjudicators’ reports relating to An tOireachtas, or Oireachtas na Gaeilge, as it is also known - the National Festival of Irish Language and Culture held yearly from 1897 until the present. Compiled by Máire Ní Chonalláin, Assistant Keeper II, 2008 Table of Contents Introduction and Historical Note................................................................................................ 5 I. Administration of Oireachtas na Gaeilge................................................................................ 8 I.i. Early Programmes 1898-1924...................................................................................................................... 8 I.ii. Programmes 1939-1992 .............................................................................................................................. 9 I.iii. Annual Reports 1939-1988....................................................................................................................... 10 I.iv. Art exhibition programmes ....................................................................................................................... 12 I.v. Art exhibition log-books............................................................................................................................. 14 I.vi. Féile Náisiúnta Drámaíochta an Oireachtais: Oireachtas na Gaeilge Drama Festival – Programmes .. 15 I.vii. Programmes for Ard-Fheis Chonradh na Gaeilge: The Gaelic League Annual General Meeting Programmes ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 I.viii. Speeches / Lectures to mark the opening of Oireachtas na Gaeilge....................................................... 18 I.ix. Lectures, talks and speeches delivered mainly by Aindrias Ó Muimhneacháin at various events around the country........................................................................................................................................................ 20 I.x. Minutes of Oireachtas na Gaeilge Committee and Sub-Committee Meetings and Related Material ........ 28 I.xi. Subscribers to the Oireachtas na Gaeilge Competition............................................................................ 35 I.xii. Accounts................................................................................................................................................... 35 I.xiii. Log Books with lists of Competitors for Stage Competitions.................................................................. 40 I.xiv. Minutes of An Tionól Gaedheal 1939...................................................................................................... 40 I.xv. Minute Books and related material for An Chomhairle Náisiúnta Drámaíochta..................................... 40 I.xvi. Minute book for An Amharclann Ghaeilge.............................................................................................. 43 I.xvii. Chess Competition Log Book ................................................................................................................. 43 I.xviii. Press Releases and Promotional Material............................................................................................ 43 I.xix. Newspaper cuttings ................................................................................................................................. 46 I.xx. Books and pamphlets found in the Oireachtas na Gaeilge Collection ..................................................... 47 I.xxi. Flós Fómhair and Duais-Aistí................................................................................................................. 51 I.xxii. Miscellaneous items ............................................................................................................................... 51 I.xxiii. Correspondence by topic....................................................................................................................... 53 I.xxiii.1. Taispeántas Earraí Gaelacha ......................................................................................................... 53 I.xxiii.2. Na Teaghlaigh Ghaelacha ............................................................................................................. 54 I.xxiii.3. Correspondence re new initiatives to promote the language and culture...................................... 55 I.xxiii.4. Ómós do Mháirtín Ó Cadhain....................................................................................................... 56 I.xxiii.5. Cumann Lúthchleas Gael – Gaelic Athletic Association .............................................................. 57 I.xxiii.6. Oireachtas na nÓg, Ógras, Slógadh .............................................................................................. 57 I.xxiii.7. Daonscoil na Mumhan .................................................................................................................. 58 I.xxiii.8. Céilí an Oireachtais....................................................................................................................... 58 I.xxiii.9. An Comhchaidreamh .................................................................................................................... 58 I.xxiii.10. Sponsorship................................................................................................................................. 59 I.xxiii.11. Lá na nÓg.................................................................................................................................... 60 I.xxiii.12. Forás Éireann .............................................................................................................................. 61 I.xxiii.13. World Assembly of Youth and Welsh League of Youth ............................................................ 62 I.xxiii.14. Glór na nGael.............................................................................................................................. 62 I.xxiii.15. Eisteddfod (Wales) and Mod (Scotland)..................................................................................... 62 I.xxiii.16. Scéim na Gaeltachta.................................................................................................................... 62 2 I.xxiv. Correspondence by year........................................................................................................................ 63 II. Competition Entries and Adjudicators’ Reports.................................................................. 73 II.i. Music ......................................................................................................................................................... 73 II.ii. Old copybooks and miscellaneous items .................................................................................................. 78 II.iii. Competition entries where it was not possible to establish the year of entry.......................................... 79 II.iv. Competition Entries and Adjudicators’ Reports: 1939 – 1994................................................................ 85 II.iv.1. 1939: Adjudicators’ Reports............................................................................................................ 85 II.iv.2. 1940 ................................................................................................................................................. 86 II.iv.3. 1941:Competition Entries ................................................................................................................ 88 II.iv.4. 1942 ................................................................................................................................................. 88 II.iv.5. 1943 ................................................................................................................................................. 89 II.iv.6. 1944 ................................................................................................................................................. 91 II.iv.7. 1945 ................................................................................................................................................. 94 II.iv.8. 1946 ................................................................................................................................................. 96 II.iv.9. 1947: Competition Entries ............................................................................................................... 97 II.iv.10. 1948 ............................................................................................................................................... 98 II.iv.11. 1949: Competition Entries ............................................................................................................. 98 II.iv.12. 1950: Competition Entries ............................................................................................................. 99 II.iv.13. 1951 ............................................................................................................................................. 100 II.iv.14. 1952 ............................................................................................................................................