Dún Laoghaire Summer Festival

Repository: dlr Local Studies, dlr Libraries

Title	Dún Laoghaire Summer Festival
Archive Reference	DLR/DLSF
Web Link to this Entry	https://iar.ie/archive/dun-laoghaire-summer-festival
Creation Dates	1976-1985
Level of Description	Fonds (The whole of the records, regardless of form or medium, organically created and/or accumulated and used by a particular person, family, or corporate body in the course of that creator's activities and functions). (Often, but not always, contiguous with an archives ‘collection’ ).
Extent Medium	28 pp, 12 photographs, 10 magazines, 1 booklet

Administrative History ↴

Dún Laoghaire Summer Festival was founded in 1976 to promote and encourage community life in Dún Laoghaire Borough, with local groups and organisations invited to participate in the festival programme. In February 1976, a number of people including representatives of the Regional Tourist Office and Bord Fáilte met in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire to discuss the possibility of a local festival. From this meeting, the Dún Laoghaire Summer Festival was arranged and organised with the support of a large number of organisations and individuals in the borough. The festival ran from the 1970s into the 1980s.
Archival History ↴

Deposited with dlr Libraries in 2016.
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴

Donation

Scope & Content: Clancy, Basil ↴

Material relating to the establishment of Dún Laoghaire Summer Festival in 1976. The collection includes typed draft copies of announcement of festival, and preliminary report and recommendations which provide information on the founding of the festival and include names of those involved. Includes document sent to potential donors and patrons of the festival. Also includes ‘The Story of Dún Laoghaire’ by Dermot Dwyer (1976), newspaper clipping and short typed article on Connolly’s of Patrick Street, and copy of speech delivered at opening of third festival in 1979,

Photographs include aerial image of Dún Laoghaire and surrounds (1954), Mr and Mrs Basil Clancy and Geoffrey Copcutt, chairman of festival committee, welcoming Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave to the festival (18 June 1977) and undated images showing scenes from East Pier and Dún Laoghaire Baths. The collection includes copies of Dún Laoghaire Summer Festival magazine (1976-80/1982-83/1985). Also includes one A4 advertising poster for the festival, local guide and directory created by Dún Laoghaire Chamber of Commerce, and framed painted crest of the Borough of Dún Laoghaire (1980). Also includes copy of Ireland of the Welcomes (Vol. 26, 1977) with feature on Dún Laoghaire.
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Further Additions Anticipated
Arrangement ↴

Minimal Arrangement.

Access Conditions	Open to researchers. Please contact localhistory@dlrcoco.ie
Conditions Governing Reproduction	Please contact localhistory@dlrcoco.ie
Creation Dates	1976-1985
Level of Description	Fonds (The whole of the records, regardless of form or medium, organically created and/or accumulated and used by a particular person, family, or corporate body in the course of that creator's activities and functions). (Often, but not always, contiguous with an archives ‘collection’ ).
Extent Medium	28 pp, 12 photographs, 10 magazines, 1 booklet
Material Language Script	English

There are no Allied Materials

Rules/Conventions	ISAD(G)
Date of Descriptions	2019