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Copies of letters written to the Connacht Tribune and the Irish Times. A press notice enclosing a brief 'Conservation Organisations Unite to Prevent Proposed Clifden Airport Being Sited at Roundstone Bog'. Handwritten notes for Galway West Radio, and two typed drafts for Gay Byrne Show Intro, with handwritten edits.

File of press cuttings relating to the proposed airstrip from Nov 1989 - 1990. From national and local publications, Irish and English language.

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.

File of photocopied third party material.

Letter to Paul Hughes from MA Cassidy Lt Col, Aeronautical Officer providing advice on the viability of an airstrip. Photocopied 'Preliminary Application in Principle for the Development of an Airstrip at Clifden' by Kevin Humphreys, and subsequent third party correspondence and meeting agendas. The third party correspondents includes the secretary to An Taoiseach Charles J Haughey, the Regional Manager of AIB, solicitors, chartered accountants, consulting civil and structural engineers, the Galway County Council Manager. Subjects covered include the environment, development opportunities, outlines of the proposal, cost estimates, and potential sites for the Clifden and West Connemara Airstrip. (1986-1990).

File of copied maps, showing the site of the proposed Clifden airstrip, the layout of the Marconi station at Derrygimla.

Folio of maps showing the distribution of plants and birds of note in the Roundstone Bog Complex.

A photocopy of the Community Support Framework for Ireland (1983-1993), issued by the Commission of the European Communities.

Two photocopies of the Environmental Impact Study for an airstrip at Ardagh, Clifden, carried out by REMU (Resource and Environmental Management Unit at UCC). The report was carried out in August 1989, and was commissioned by the Clifden and West Connemara Airport Company Ltd. Cover letter from Galway County Council chief planning officer listing errata in the REMU study.

Handwritten list of parties likely to be interested in the Save Roundstone Bog campaign, addresses of relevant lobby groups.

Two cut out sections of Tim robinson's maps, with the proposed sites for the Clifden airstrip marked out.

Photocopies of 2 maps titled 'Proposed Candidate Special Area of Conservation, Connemara Bog Complex', with Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht branding.

Several iterations and copies of a circular sent on behalf of the Save Roundstone Bog Campaign group, entitled 'Another Threat to Roundstone Bog'.

Three drafts and one final copy of the submission made to Síle De Valera, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht entitled 'Against the Proposed Exchange of Lands'. The 6 page document explores 12 points under the headings of: Connemara, Roundstone Bog, The Marconi Site, and The National Park.

Printed email sent by the Save Roundstone Bog campaign reminding people to write to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and enclosing a statement by the Clifden and Connemara Airstrip Community Group.

Press release dated 2 March 1998 listing some of the high profile objections to the proposed exchange of lands.

Three copies of a list of species found by Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington around the proposed site, dated 18 August 1998.

Brochure from the Irish Peatland Conservation Council, page of a fax with promotional quotes for the Save Roundstone Bog campaign. Copy of an article (faxed, and text is quite faint) 'The Connemara Airport Proposal: a decision making exercise' by Stephen Boyal and James Robinson.

File of correspondence and campaign material relating to a new proposed airstrip.

Correspondents include Noel Kavanagh, Co-ordinator of National Programmes at Bord Fáilte, who are supporting the protection of the bog; John Cunningham - Editor of the Connacht Tribune; Submission to Síle De Valera TD - Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands on behalf of the Save Roundstone Bog campaign raising points on the impact and threats of an airport on Connemara; Éamon Ó Cuív TD; third party correspondence between Ó Cuív and Derrick Hambleton of An Taisce; Frank Fahey TD; Rúairí Quinn TD; Alan Dukes TD.

File of correspondence received by Tim Robinson from supporters and opponents of the Save Roundstone Bog campaign. Some enclose correspondence they have sent to Ministers of State. Correspondents: Mary O'Keeffe; Uli Schuh; Penny Perrick; Patrick Curry; Jean and John Dawkins; Michael Gibbons; Louise Dorhout-Ritsema of the board of Letterdyfe House; Emer Colleran UCG; Jackie Roberts (PA to Freda Rountree, The Heritage Council); Mary Cawley; Thomas Kilroy; Timothy Collins UCG; Stephen Clancy; Ferdinando Zezza; Malcolm Coxall; Victor Westhoff; Siabh O'Neill of Earthwatch; Marianne ten Cate of the Corrib Conservation Centre; Shevawn Lynam of Wicklow; Liam Cashman; Éamonn de Buitléar; Anne Foyle of the Rosleague Manor Hotel; Micheline Sheehy Skeffington UCG; John Marshall; Anne Gallagher Marshall; Jane Smart of Plantlife; Professor Matthijs G C Schouten of the Foundation for Conservation of Irish Bogs The Netherlands; Erin (no surname given) enclosing a poem entitled "Conamara Chaos Region"; Michael D Higgins TD; Liam Lysaght; Rosemary Carr; Mary Banotti; Irene Lynch enclosing sonnet "Roundstone Bog"; the Irish Peatland Conservation Council; Lorette Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh; letter from Robert Jocelyn to Dr Noel Kirby Regional Manager of the Heritage Service at Connemara National Park; Éamonn Grennan (the author of a poem entitled 'Amphibian'); Cllr J J Mannion, Michael [ ] and Jim [ ].

Faxed correspondence from Áine Ní Dhubháin of Nuacht Theilifís na Gaeilge to Tim Robinson requesting an interview, and faxed correspondence from Catherine McMullin of An Taisce to Robert Jocelyn enclosing information on the 'Golf Wars' in Killarney, summarising the arguments made in each of the 3 wars, and enclosing a hand-drawn map (original of map also included).

File of press cuttings dating from 1 January 1998 to 1 July 2005 reporting on the Clifden Airport proposal. Connacht Tribune, The Irish Times, The Galway Advertiser, The Connemara Press, Glór Chonamara, Foinse, and Wings (Birdwatch Ireland's journal).

The final cutting in the series is from the Connacht Tribune, 1 July 2005 reporting on the signing of the contract to develop an airstrip for Inishbofin.

Copy of a BA dissertation submitted in UCD in May 1999 'Controversy Surrounding the Proposed Clifden Airstrip' by Paula de Courcey.

Letter with enclosures from Paul Hughes of Derrigimlagh Restoration Group (incorporating the Clifden Airfield Committee) to Dr Emer Colleran of the Microbiology Department at UCD, outlines a proposed joint venture to include a Marconi Interpretive Centre, An Alcock and Brown Interpretive Centre, a reconstruction of the narrow-gauge railway which would be used for Bog Rail Tours, a possible extension of the railroad to include Roundstone Bog, an Interpretive Centre for Roundstone Bog, a grass airstrip for light aircraft, a common access road for the above projects,and car parking. Enclosed are maps and documents for preliminary discussion.

File of research material and correspondence relating to fish farming.

Folder 1/3: Copy article 'An Introduction to the Shellfish Research Laboratory, Carna', John P Mercier, (1977).

Correspondents include Jim Higgins;
L McGriskin, General Manager of Bradán Mara Teo enclosing an OS map with the hatchery and road route marked out;

Photocopy of documents relating to application for permission to moor cages on an area of foreshore at Murvey Rocks, Bertraghboy Bay, drawings of proposed works and maps (Oct 1988);

A draft of the case opposing Murvey Rock fish farm prepared for Roundstone Group, (Feb 1989) and information sheet entitled 'Salmon Cages in Roundstone: A Threat to the Environment';

Progress report prepared by the Connemara Fishfarm Watchgroup;

Report prepared by Bord Fáilte 'The Tourism Industry and Aquaculture Report', (Jan 1991);

Reports on visiting angler statistics and the visual impact of fish farming;

Report prepared by Údarás na Gaeltachta on Salmon Farming, marked 'draft', undated. Undated handwritten notes on aquaculture.

Folder 2/3, Correspondents include Minister of the Marine - Brendan Daly; Desmond O'Malley TD; Paddy Fay, Private Secretary to John P Wilson TD; Gerry Rice, Private Secretary to Padraig Flynn TD; Máire Geoghegan-Quinn TD; the office of the Taoiseach Charles J Haughey TD; Robert Molloy TD, Séamus Laffan on behalf of the Roundstone Environmental Awareness Group; North Connacht Farmers' Co-operative Society; Michael Falvey, Aquaculture Section of the Department of the Marine enclosing a copy of parliamentary questions from 8 March 1989; Connemara Fishfarm Watchgroup; letter from the Green Party ahead of the European Elections in 1989;

Copy poster - Oppose the Murvey Rock Salmon Farm.

Research material and circulars:
'Salmon Cages in Roundstone, a threat to the environment';

'Effect of Neguvon and Nuvan Treatment on Crabs, Lobster and Blue Mussel' by E Egidius and B Moster (1987);

'The reduction of the impact of fish farming on the natural marine environment' - a report prepared for the nature conservancy council by the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling (1988);

Report of the working group on environmental impact to the aquaculture development group - looks at Enrichment of sediment and water bodies, use of chemicals, antibiotics and antifoulants, monitoring, intercalibration and data processing, and site management and guidelines for water quality (Mar 1988);

'Aquaculture, amenity and conservation, a response by An Taisce to the Environmental Issues and Conflicts raised by the development of the marine and fresh water aquaculture industry', April 1988. Includes an attachment on aquaculture from the Irish Sea Fisheries Board, Bórd Iascaigh Mhara;

Press release from the Marine Conservation Society, incorporating the coastal anti-pollution league 'Deadly pesticide threat to Scottish Seas';

Minutes of the Irish Aquaculture Association Aquaculture Development Group, 9 December 1988 - covered an Irish salmon breeding programme to reduce reliance on Norway's egg supply, quality control for farmed mussels, EC draft regulations on live bivalve molluscs, environmental impact and monitoring on salmon farms, environmental impact of sea lice treatments and alternative remedies;

'Controlling Nature's Predators on Fish Farms' a report by Alison Ross for the Marine Conservation Society, Ross-on-wye, England, dated 1988;

'The use of Nuvan 500EC in the Salmon Farming Industry' by Alison Ross and Paul V Horsman, for the Marine Conservation Society. The report focuses on the fish farming industry in Scotland, and looks at Nuvan 500EC, which is a pesticide to control sea lice in salmon farming. The limited data available indicates it is highly toxic;

A handwritten graph written by Colm Duggan of the Department of Marine in 1988, looking at the effects of Nuvan on limets, mysides, native oysters, clams and mussels.

Press cuttings from 16 April 1987 to 8 April 2009, from various specialised magazines, Connacht Tribune, Irish Times. Reporting on Nuvan, sea lice, and fish farming issues.

Folder 3/3 Ephemeral material relating to Connemara Sea Week 16-23 October 1988. Programme of events, notification of a Connemara Wildlife Conference, a catalogue of art works on display in an exhibition at Connemara National Park, and a poster for the Fisherman's Ball on 22 October. File of press cuttings dating from 3 September 1982 to 2008 on plans to develop fish farming off the coast of connemara. Cuttings from Connacht Tribune, Sunday Tribune, Irish Times, Anois, MaGill, Sherkin Comment, Aquaculture Ireland, and includes opinion pieces, letters to the editor, editorials, reports on funding.