• The Arts Council in the 1950s
• 1952 The Arts Council – first meetings and first grant (£500)
• 1952 A cultural centre in the Rotunda buildings
• 1953 All Ireland Amateur Drama Festival
• 1954 Longford Productions – ‘to give the people of Ireland the best drama’
• 1954 ‘To bring the arts to the people’ – halls in rural areas
• 1954 To encourage the purchase of paintings by Irish artists
• 1955 The restoration of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham
• 1955 Supporting the artist – Gerard Dillon / George Campbell
• 1955 Hugh Lane and his pictures: the campaign to return the Lane pictures
• 1955 The Haverty Trust Exhibition – the first Arts Council touring exhibition
• 1956 From bus shelters to lamp cowls – design and the city
• 1956 ‘A proper institute for the development of the arts’ – 70 Merrion Square
• 1957 Irish Industrial Development – a mural for the International Labour Office
• 1958 Supporting Irish participation at the Biennale exhibition, Venice
• 1959 Implementing the Arts Act – the Director’s Report

• The Arts Council in the 1960s
• 1960 Dolmen Press: the publication of works of literature in Ireland
• 1960 The origins of tax exemption for artists
• 1961 Art USA now: It draws the crowds
• 1963 The John F. Kennedy Memorial Concert Hall
• 1964 Graphic Art Exhibition
• 1965 Cuimhneachán 1916: the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising
• 1966 ‘Assisting students of revolutionary tendency’
• 1967 Focus Theatre
• 1967 Limerick Music Association

• Private: The purchase of works of art for hotels
• 1960 Private: The Arts Council and the public

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