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Folder 1: Book reviews written by Tim Robinson for various national press publications, for the following works:

Brian O'Rourke's 'Blas Meala' (1985); 'The Book of the Burren' edited by J W O'Connell and A Korff (1994); 'Maamtrasna: the murders and the mystery' by Jarlath Waldron (1992); 'John Millington Synge, a biography' by David M Kiely (1994); 'The Lie of the Land' by Paul Carter (1996); 'A Mythic Intervention, Turtle was gone a long time' by John Moriarty, (1996); a piece entitled 'For John Moriarty, on the occasion of his conferral' (2006); 'Landmarks, an exploration of great rocks', by David Craig (1996); 'Reading the Irish Landscape', Frank Mitchel and Michael Ryan (1997); Michael Viney's 'A Year's Turning' (1996); '1882-1981: Beathaisnéis a Cúig' by Diarmuid Breathnach and Máire Ní Mhurchú (1997); Rosemary Carr's 'Colours from the Sky', an exhibition in Kenny's Gallery (undated); press cutting from the Irish Times, 15 February 2003, a piece about Michael Viney in celebration of his 70th birthday; Julian Campbell's 'Walter Osborne in the West of Ireland' (undated); copy of a letter sent to Antony [Farrell] commenting on the transcript of Hugh Dorrian's 'A Mournful Silence'.

Folder 2: Several copies of a printed card with a photograph of the stone alignment and winter solstice sunrise at Gleninagh, Connemara. A short explanatory sentence is also printed. The photograph and text are Tim Robinson's own.

Book reviews for the Arts section of The Irish Times, of 'The Book of Aran; the Aran Islands, Co. Galway' Eds John Waddell, J. W. O'Connell, Anne Korff (1994), and 'The Wild Places' by Robert McFarlane (2007).

Folder 1: Two items of copied correspondence from Tim and Máiréad to Brendan [Barrington] and Erica [ ] and Simon [ ]. They are submitting work of their late friend, Allan Burrows to consider for publishing, "a charming expression of the romance of the bohemian life as seen by a simple but canny North of Englander" (2002).

Three original diaries of Allan Burrows containing thoughts and drawings, and titled 'Paris, 1935', (bookmarked reference to Paul Swan), 'Lucerne, Switzerland and Belgium, 1936', and 'Impressions of the International Exhibition in Paris, 1937'.

Folder 2: Copy manuscript of 'The Pill with the Jam' by Allan Burrows.

Letter from Rody Gorman enclosing a manuscript of land poems 'Faoi Shlí Cualann'. Handwritten letter from Tim Robinson (for fax) to the editor of Cló Iar Chonnachta endorsing the manuscript. (1999).

Letter to Tim and Máiréad from David Connearn (postmark 17 Dec 1990/1999). Encloses copies of some of his art work 'Offshore/Onshore' and 'Time and Tide'.

Folder 1: Letter from Marie Heaney, Commissioning Editor of 'Town House and Country House', inviting Robinson to write an essay on a topic that has given him spiritual sustenance for a book called 'Sources' in aid of Focus Ireland. Robinson's submission is included - handwritten and typed, on the sequence of prime numbers.

Folder 2: Correspondence with Dr John Cosgrave from the Department of Mathematics at St Patrick's College in Drumcondra who discovered a Prime Number with 2,000 digits. Folding Landscapes published 'A Prime for the Millennium', and the file discusses the publication, their mutual love of mathematics, press cuttings about the project, and a letter from John Banville declining to launch the book on the grounds of his fluency in mathematics.

Letter to Tim Robinson from Dr Darragh Gallagher enclosing a draft chapter he has written looking at the displaced role of natural history in representing the West of Ireland, and examining the work of Robert Lloyd Praeger, Seamus Heaney, Tim Robinson and Michael Viney. Copy of Tim's reply is also included.

Letter to Father Hayes from A.K. Killeen, Honorary Secretary, Irish Vocational Education Association, sending along the official transcript (not attached) of the Congress proceedings at their annual general meeting of 17 June 1953.

5 copies of a form letter sent by Father Hayes to various people asking to contribute two editions of the women's page for issues of Muintir na Tíre's magazine 'The Landmark' during 1954, and noting that Father Jerome Toner will be the new editor.

Letter from Denis Duggan, Buenos Aires, congratulating Canon Hayes on his new designation on behalf of the Duggan family of Argentina, providing updates on his family, and noting that it has been 20 years since Hayes' visit to the country.

Certificate certifying that Brigid Hanly, son of Edmund Hanly and Catherine Kennedy, was baptised on 23 April 1926 Certificate bears the seal of St. Michael's Church, Tipperary and is signed by Father Richard Quinn.

Letter to Canon Hayes from Kenneth McCabe, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, reminding him of the arrangements for his lecture on public speaking to be held for the students there on 25 November 1955 (see P134/12/1/1/10/169).