Letter from Eoghan Ó hAnluain to Tim Robinson inviting him to speak at the 1992 Merriman Summer School on his experience of the Irish language. Copy reply from Robinson accepting the invitation. Several handwritten and typed iterations of the talk entitled 'Listening to the Landscape'. The talk focuses on placenames on the Aran Islands, and gives Robinson's personal perspective on the Irish language.
Literary manuscripts
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Manuscript material on the creation and publication of 'Mementoes of Mortality: The Cenotaphs and Funerary Cairns of Árainn, Inishmore, County Galway', Tim Robinson, with photographs by Gilbert Stucky.
Material relating to a series of articles by Tim Robinson for the Connacht Tribune entitled 'Mapping South Connemara'. The articles were later published as a series of books. 'Mapping South Connemara' was published in 1985, and was a compilation of the first 29 articles. In 1992, 'Áit agus Ainm' was published, an Irish language translation of the first 29 articles by Liam Mac an Iomaire. In 2002, the bilingual publication 'Camchuairt Chonamara Theas' / 'A Twisty Journey: Mapping South Connemara' came out. This was an anthology of all 58 articles.
Several photocopies of sections of OS maps, with Robinson's handwritten instructions for reduced scale photocopies for his work.
A copy of one of the Burren maps, used for a mockup of the Connemara one inch map. Seven mockups of both the Map and Introduction and Gazetteer.
A fly leaf of Part 1: Introduction and Gazetteer.
Copy of a letter from Robinson to Brendan Barrington of Penguin Ireland giving instructions for the map to be included in 'A Little Gaelic Kingdom', he includes mockup sheets with the correspondence.
There are also some handwritten note pages relating to the book's index.
Five iterations of a reflective piece entitled 'Looking for the Burren'. The file includes two handwritten drafts, one with Robinson's distinctive margin doodles. A third draft is typed with handwritten edits. Two typed final versions, one with handwritten instructions on margins and page layout.
Short piece by Liz de Vanne 'Since you Ask', a tale about Errelough.
No contextual information provided, but it was originally filed with the Nuala Ó Faoláin material.
Material relating to the "Handbook of Modern Irish" and other works.
Manuscript material documenting the creation and publication of the first book in Tim Robinson's Connemara Trilogy, 'Listening to the Wind'. An early draft shows the book was intended to be called 'Connemara: From Tidemark to Skyline'. 'Connemara: Listening to the Wind' was nominated for two book awards, the Irish Book Awards and the Royal Society for Literature's Ondaatje Prize (see P120/3/3/6/12).