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Correspondence between Brendan Dunford and Tim Robinson beginning with a letter from Dunford inviting Robinson to the upcoming launch of burrenbeo, a new information and education initiative. Ensuing correspondence discusses the relationship between the farming community and the environmentalist cause, specifically access, burning of gorse, grazing levels, and public liability concerns that have forced some farmers to put 'no trespassing' signs on their land. (9 May - 9 Jul 2003) 9pp;

The rest of the folder contains Robinson's membership card for Burren Beo Trust, promotional postcards, an interactive CD-ROM entitled 'Images of the fertile rock', the trust's annual magazine Burren Insight, (2010-2012).

File of invitations to exhibitions and events connected with the Burren. Includes publication details of E Charles Nelson's book about the Burren, (Mar 1991), an exhibition of photographs entitled 'Clare's Outback' by Thomas Quinn (17 Jan 1986), an invitation to a poetry reading by Deirdre Carr (15 Jul 2000) and an invitation to the official naming of the refurbished Carron Field Station in honour of the late Professor Máirín de Valéra (3 Jul 2006).

Material relating to Tim Robinson's first map of the Burren, 'The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare'. The map was published in 1977. The archive includes annotated reference maps, field notes, correspondence relating to placenames and archaeological sites. See P120/3/2/4/5 for a conference paper given by Robinson in 1999 in which he describes his Burren mapping methodology

Seven final published Burren maps. 'The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare'.

Material contributing to the production of a revised edition of the Burren map, published in 1999. The archive includes correspondence from local experts and scholars of the region, with edits carried out by many on the 1977 map.

Material representing Tim Robinson's Burren research.

Arrangement is broadly by subject area, there is some intersection between subjects and correspondents reflecting the inter-disciplinary nature of Robinson's research and writing. The related material field makes an effort to reflect this.

File of Burren National Park studies published by Michael D. Higgins, T.D., Minister for Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht, and including "Draft Park Management Plan"; "Draft Conservation Guidelines for Proposed Natural Heritage Areas", "Draft Strategy for North clare Area", "Draft Executive Summary" ad copy of brochure published by the OPW about Burren National Park.

Two typed copies of a talk entitled 'Writing up Connemara' reflecting on the geography of Connemara and its reflection of the region's nationalist history.

A programme for the conference, held between 6-8 February 2009. In the programme, Robinson's talk is entitled 'Landscape, Memory and Amnesia'.

Leaflets, timetables and postcards advertising Burren tourism from 1970's to 1990's.