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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 July 2014

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Questions (451)

Michael P. Kitt

Question:

451. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department and the Government have any proposals to acquire the letters of farewell sent by teenage revolutionary, Kevin Barry, to his mother; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29658/14]

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I am advised by the National Library that a number of items associated with Kevin Barry featured in an auction on 1 July 2014. The Library, which already possesses in its collections copies of some of the items on sale, was represented at this auction. Many of the items were sold for amounts greatly in excess of the estimates. I understand that no correspondence of Kevin Barry’s was included in the July 1 sale.

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