NUI GALWAY GETS IMPORTANT WAR PAPERS FOR ARCHIVE
Date Published: 08-Jun-2009
The private papers of Brendan Duddy, former secret intermediary between the British Government and the Provisional Republican leadership, have been given to NUI Galway.The extensive collection of papers charts Brendan Duddy’s involvement, from 1973 to 1993, in the intensive efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict in Northern Ireland.NUI Galway, in collaboration with INCORE - the University of Ulster's International Conflict Research Centre, will carry out extensive research on the papers. The documents, which currently fill 30 box files, will be assessed and catalogued.