Stories by category and theme
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The Arts Council – first meetings and first grant (£500)
1952
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A cultural centre in the Rotunda buildings
1952
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All Ireland Amateur Drama Festival
1953
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Longford Productions – ‘to give the people of Ireland the best drama’
1954
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‘To bring the arts to the people’ – halls in rural areas
1954
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To encourage the purchase of paintings by Irish artists
1954
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The restoration of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham
1955
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Supporting the artist – Gerard Dillon / George Campbell
1955
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Hugh Lane and his pictures: the campaign to return the Lane pictures
1955
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The Haverty Trust Exhibition – the first Arts Council touring exhibition
1955
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From bus shelters to lamp cowls – design and the city
1956
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‘A proper institute for the development of the arts’ – 70 Merrion Square
1956
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Irish Industrial Development – a mural for the International Labour Office
1957
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Supporting Irish participation at the Biennale exhibition, Venice
1958
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Implementing the Arts Act – the Director’s Report
1959
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Dolmen Press: the publication of works of literature in Ireland
1960
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The origins of tax exemption for artists
1960
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Art USA now: It draws the crowds
1961
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The John F. Kennedy Memorial Concert Hall
1963
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Graphic Art Exhibition
1964
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Cuimhneachán 1916: the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising
1965
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‘Assisting students of revolutionary tendency’
1966
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Focus Theatre
1967
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Limerick Music Association
1967