Literary manuscripts
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Typed final draft of 'Person/Place/Book, Synge's The Aran Islands', and annotated typed draft of 'Notes to Synge's 'The Aran Islands'.
Pre-publication copy of 'J. M. Synge The Aran Islands with an Introduction edited by Tim Robinson'. Handwritten notes indicating pagination in table of contents, and some corrections.
A photocopy of the 1907 book, with some markups for Penguin.
Manuscript material on the creation and publication of 'Stones of Aran: Labyrinth'.
Handwritten notes and early typed drafts of the following chapters, includes some feedback from contemporaries, where indicated.
'Sworn to the Tower', with a note from Robinson to Liam Mac an Iomaire requesting that he proof read a piece of Irish, with response on the back. (Undated)
'Maidenhair', a letter to Robinson signed Michael [ ] from the Department of Botany at UCG with feedback on the chapter. (16 May 1993)
'Sermons in Stones'; 'Discrepencies'; 'Dwelling' and 'Iaráirne' (amalgamated in to one chapter before publication); 'Tales from the Hill.
'The Invisible Tower' (1991), with a handwritten letter to Robinson from Con [Manning] of the OPW. Manning has read one of the drafts and includes some notes about Cill Éinne, Franciscan brothers brewing ale, a note about round towers, a note on a legend in Clonmacnoise, and Mael Sechnaill, notes are incorporated in the chapter.
'Origin and Vanishing Point' with notes on St Enda; 'Dark Angel'; 'Mementos of Mortality'; 'Sometime Places' with notes on An Turlach Mor and the Committee Road; 'Development' with notes on Cill Ronain; 'Statistic and Sentimental Tourists'; 'An Ear to the Coffin' with notes on the Protestant Church of St Thomas; 'Climbing the Hill'; 'Backwaters'; 'Mainistir'; 'Among the Thorns'; 'The Fitzpatricks'; 'Gold and Water'; 'Lights in the Darkness' under the working titles of Ancient Lights, and Lights on a Hilltop; Notes on Dun Eocha; 'Evelyn's Shop'; Draft pieces on Eochaill Church (that led to the chapter "Locus Terribilis");'A Fool and his Gold'; 'In Search of Wasted Time'; 'The Four Beauties'; 'In the bed of Diarmuid and Gráinne'; 'Modalities of Roughness'. The file for 'Modalities of Roughness' includes a note from Paul Mohr on the source of the term 'Asbian'.
'The Blood of the Heart', includes photocopied annotated OS maps, and an index card on Buaile an Challa.
Handwritten notes on the famine in Aran, and a typed draft of 'Dark Harvest', the chapter that became 'Black Harvest' in the published book. Draft of 'Spuds'.
Handwritten notes and early typed drafts of the following chapters.
Early drafts of Part 2, Residence, and the following chapters from Part 3, West.
'The Boundary' (becomes 'On the Boundary' in a later draft)' 'Village of Women' (later 'The Village of Contented Women'; 'Storm Driven Male'; 'The Shining Ways'; 'Moongrazing'; three drafts of 'The Clock' (the first draft carries the working title 'The Spiral').
A fax to Tim Robinson from Roddy McCaffrey (14 Sep 1994) enclosing comments on a description of Kilmurvey House.
Notes and a drafted piece of writing on storms and storm worship, and drafted pieces of writing that were integrated into the chapter 'Going to Cill Mhuirbhigh'. These cover Kilmurvey House, na muirbhigh mora, and cnocán na mban. Three typed drafts of 'Going to Cill Mhuirbhigh', the second draft with handwritten edits.
Notes and typed draft piece on Teampall MacDuach, later integrated into the chapter 'Ancient Histories', and two typed drafts of that chapter, one labelled "unfinished version".
Five typed drafts of 'The Ferocious O'Flahertys', with handwritten edits throughout, dated Autumn 1994 and February 1995.
Five typed drafts of 'The Big House', one with corrections written in by Liam Mac an Iomaire.
A handwritten and typed draft of 'Dún Aonghusa Revisited', with a note from Claire [ ] from the Discovery Programme advising she will send further information on Dún Aonghusa.
Typed notes on bullan mhaoilabhair / mhaolodhair, which were later integrated into the chapter 'Clochán', and a typed early draft of that chapter, with the working title 'Clochán na Carraige'.
Handwritten and typed notes, later integrated into the chapter 'Seven Churches and a Factory', and two annotated typed drafts of same.
Draft notes on Clochán an Airgid and Bullan na Caillí, later integrated into the chapter 'Looking Out of Aran'.
Handwritten notes and two typed drafts of the postscript 'The Lesser Aran'.
Editor's copy of 'Stones of Aran Labyrinth', with corrections and handwritten edits. Various chapters are dated October 1994 and February 1995.
All chapters, except for 'A Poet and his Village' are included.
Close to the final draft of 'Stones of Aran: Labyrinth'.
Some minor edits have been handwritten in.