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Small file of press cuttings relating to the Gaeltacht at Rath Cairn from Connacht Tribune, Anois and the Irish Times. 1980-1986.

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.

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.

Folder 1/2 Three information pieces entitled 'Mining Awareness - Rationale for an independent environmental impact assessment' - summarises exploration programmes underway in Connacht and outlines the process. Refers to west Connacht's peaty soils and heavy rainfall as putting the local population at risk, explains environmental and legal problems, and prospecting.

Photocopy of 'Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Ireland Mineral Resources' (1922). Provides memoir and map of localities of minerals of economic importance and metalliferous mines in Ireland, notes throughout.

Faint photocopy of part of a map of the geological survey of Ireland showing the distribution of peat bogs and coal fields, and with comments on the Glengowla Lead Mine.

Photocopy from Fossil and Mining Localities in Ireland; copy of the Journal of the Irish Society of Surveying Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, November 1990.

Press cutting of Michael Viney's 'The Shadow of Midas on Mweelrea' (Oct 1990); handwritten notes on these sources.

Circular issued by Save Roundstone Bog entitled 'Mining in Roundstone Bog?' inviting people to object to the Minister for the Marine. Correspondence between Department of the Marine, Ray Bourke, Éamon Ó Cuív, Leo Hallissey; Noel Kavanagh, Bórd Fáilte; Professor Emer Colleran of An Taisce.

Press cuttings from Connacht Tribune, Irish Times, Foinse (1999-2001).

Folder 2/2. Letter from David Hogan of the Gold Environmental Impact Assessment soliciting written submissions to help scope an environmental impact assessment for West Connacht, encloses objectives (1989). Two public meetings held on the matter at Letterfrack and Westport. Letter from (David Hogan) enclosing the latest information from the Geological Survey of Ireland on the prospecting underway in the West with map of the areas being surveyed.

Bound report, 'Gold Mineralization Associated with Ultramafic Shear Zones in County Mayo, Ireland', reporting on progress in a 307 sq kilometre area being surveyed in Mayo (undated).

A list of names and addresses of people to write to regarding mining in Connacht.

Press cuttings between 28 November 1987 and 22 March 1991 from Connacht Tribune, Irish Independent and Irish Times. Includes opinion piece in the Irish Times 6 May 1989 by Dr Joseph Cassidy, Archbishop of Tuam "Croagh Patrick: its wealth is not in gold".

Page of notes on grazing on Goirtín / Dog's Bay, and press cuttings on the subject of protecting Roundstone beach. A report by Teagasc on Erosion at Gorteen Bay and Dog's Bay - outlines measures such as fencing, grass seed mixture to help bind the sand, control of the rabbit population, signs, costings are also included.

Letter of protest from the Roundstone Community Council to the Minister of the Marine objecting to a licence being awarded to the University of Milan to remove 30 tons of sand from Dog's Bay, with related enclosures (1991). Copy of thesis by Louise Purton 'An Investigation of the Evolution of Dog's Bay / Gorteen Bay Tombolo' 1993. An information leaflet written by Dr Adrian Rundle of the Kent Geologists' Group on the diverse fauna present in sand from Dog's Bay.

Correspondence with Eamon P Kelly of the National Museum relating to a quern at Dog's Bay. Midden deposits and limpet shells also discussed. (2002).

Photocopy from 'Excavations 1991, summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland', 'Investigation of the prehistoric settlements near Roundstone', 'An essay on military architecture in Ireland previous to the English invasion'.

Filed with this in Tim's archive is a letter from Rietje de Bijl about a project underway in the Netherlands on infant burial grounds. (May 2013). And a letter marked 'Ervallagh painting'.

Three drafts, handwritten and typed, of 'Connemara - a subjective triangulation', a talk given at a cartography-related conference (marked "for SUC conference, Dublin, Sep 1987").

Letter from Brian S Ruston to Tim Robinson, on behalf of the Botanical Society of the British Isles concerning a paper Tim is presenting at their annual AGM (Sept-Oct 1994).

A programme for the AGM, typed version of Tim's talk, and subsequent article for the Irish Botanical News.

Two copies of the newsletter with Tim's article 'Botany - a Roundstone View' included, and accompanying flyers.

Letter from Dr F H A Aalen on behalf of the National Committee of Geography (Royal Irish Academy) outlining their interest in producing An Atlas of Irish Landscape, inviting Tim Robinson to produce it. Copy of Tim's response reluctantly declining due to his focus on Stones of Aran Pilgrimage, but offering assistance. Subsequent correspondence asks if he is willing to contribute a regional study on Connemara, with copies of regional case studies for Counties Armagh and Meath included.

Drafts of 'Connemaran Contradictions' - Tim Robinson's contribution included, with sketches of maps, and correspondence with Dr Kevin Whelan, Martin Freely (Geology, UCG), Matthew Stout (Geography TCD), and Michael [Gibbons], Archaeologist OPW, checking details according to their disciplinary knowledge.

Final pieces of correspondence relate to the publication of the Atlas of the Rural Irish Landscape in 1997.

Small file of reviews.

In 1987, the European Year of the Environment, Folding Landscapes won the Irish Ford Conservation Awards. They went on to represent Ireland at the European Awards the following year, and also won that competition in Madrid.