File 4 - Campaign letters and press cuttings (First campaign)

1 folder (c. 200 pp)

Copies of campaign letters:

Professor Victor Westhoff to the Planning Department of Galway County Council; fragment letter from the Irish Wildbird Conservancy to the Planning Department objecting to the findings of the ornithological survey; Tim Robinson to the Editor of the Connacht Tribune; a copy of an unsigned letter to the Planning Department outlining 2 grounds for objections to the proposed site; copy of a letter from the OPW to the Planning Officer of Galway County Council with sections under the headings: Vegetation and Flora, Waterways, Mammals and Birds, Area of Scientific Interest, Amenity and Aesthetic Considerations, and alternative sites; fragment letter from Matthijs G C Schouten, the Chairman of the Dutch Foundation for the Conservation of Irish Bogs with a note on the ecosystems of lowland blanket bogs;

A typed piece outlining points to consider in preparing an objection to the proposed development.

Press release from An Taisce calling for Statutory Protection for Areas of Scientific Interest with a cover note from Emer Colleran.

'Roundstone Bog and Clifden Airport - Seven Points', a fact sheet that was widely circulated among supporters of the Save Roundstone Bog Group Campaign; A sheet with 3 frequently asked questions and their answers about Roundstone Bog and the airport development; Two photocopied maps with proposed sites marked out on them.

Bound volume entitled 'Clifden Thatched Airport - Some Other Views', with copied newspaper articles, the submission of the Galway Association of An Taisce to the Galway County Council and photocopies of letters of support.

Voting cards for Tim and Mrs Tim Robinson for the plebiscite. Posters, postcards and ephemeral material to advertise the campaign to preserve Roundstone Bog.

Press cuttings relating to the Save Roundstone Bog Campaign from the Connacht Tribune, Irish Times and other papers, 1990.

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