Correspondence between Aran Islanders and Stiophán Bairéad, some giving news of the island and looking for work in Dublin

File of letters between Kevin Boyle and Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, including:
MS letter from McAliskey, "Dear Kevin, ever the champion of unpopular causes. . ." and encloses a letter from the wife of Dominic McGlinchey asking Boyle to attend the appeal case hearing of McGlinchey and outlining McAliskey's opinion on the case. (20 Aug 1985)
TS letter from Mary McGlinchey, wife of Dominic McGlinchey, outlining the details of the upcoming hearing for her husband's case at Belfast Appeal Court, outlining details of the case and asking of Boyle to attend as an independent observer. (n.d.)
TS letter from Boyle to McAliskey, writing from Australia, saying he cannot help from there but advises on contacting Amnesty International to attend the hearing and also to study that case under the European Convention of Human Rights. He continues in personal tone to describe his new book with Tom Hadden to which McAliskey "will disagree fundamentally" but that Boyle has maintained consistent views since 1968, he also comments on socialist and class issues in Northern Ireland. (6 Sep 1985)
TS letter from Boyle to Mary McGlinchey, thanking her for her letter and stating he has made suggestions to McAliskey. (6 Sep 1986)
TS letter from Boyle to McAliskey which is an edited version of the letter he sent to McAliskey on 6 Sept. (9 Sep 1985)

"Correspondence between Caoimhín Ó Néill, St Patrick's College, Carlow, and Eoghan, mainly relating to Eoghan visiting him in Carlow, as well as forwarding a short play by Mary Somers for his consideration, commenting ""Tá sé roinnt Beckettánach!"" [in Irish]."

Correspondence with Chubb Ireland regarding community alert; Chubb Ireland/Neighbourhood watch; community alert awards.

File contains correspondence with community councils who were interested in developing local enterprises; responses to surveys from community councils; information on the planning of meetings and the outcome of same.

Correspondence from Eamon O’Sullivan to Muintir na Tíre Community groups regarding his role as Enterprise Development Officer and developing community enterprise; exploratory information on meetings with Kingscourt, Cavan, Enfield and Lobinstown, Meath, Newcastle, Rossadrehid, Aherlow, Cashel & Emly and Tipperary Town, Tipperary.

Correspondence with interested councils regarding setting up a meeting to discuss community enterprise; details of expenses for Eamon O’Sullivan; evaluation of work completed for enterprise development course and how improve work practices; details of meeting dates and venues.

Correspondence with community groups regarding the progress of community development by their group; reports of meetings with councils; includes correspondence of thanks with various bodies.

File of correspondence between Tim Robinson and the editors of the Connacht Tribune, beginning with Seán V Fahy in 1983, and John Cunningham by 1985. Included in the file are:

Copy of a handwritten letter from Robinson to Fahy proposing to write a series of articles with information on the placenames, folklore, local history and archaeology of South Connemara. A reply from Fahy agrees to publish the series.

Copies of 4 letters from Tim Robinson to John Cunningham in which Robinson outlines the value of the series, which has resulted in readers contacting Robinson with more local information. Subsequent correspondence indicates a break in the publication of the series.

File of correspondence with contemporaries surrounding the publication of 'Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage'.

Handwritten letter and carbon copy of same from Robinson to Conor [ ]. Notes in his letter that he is enclosing some extracts and seeks his expertise on ensuring what he has written about geological matters is correct. (5 Sep 1984).

Correspondence between Robinson and Angela Partridge from Roinn an Nua-Ghaeilge (Department of Modern Irish) at UCD. Letter in Irish from Partridge asking Robinson to consider giving a lecture on placelore and placenames with the title 'An fhiannaíocht agus tír na hÉireann' (Tales of the Fianna and the country of Ireland). (6 Sep 1984). Mentions she is looking forward to the Connemara map. Copy letter from Robinson in English (16 Jan 1985), thanking her for correcting his Irish spellings, and enquiring about translating some specific passages from Ó Direáin and Ó Cadhain. Carbon copy letter from Robinson asking about the passages before publication. (18 Nov 1985).

Letter from Etienne Rynne to Robinson (18 Feb 1985) enclosing extracts of 'Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage' with some minor comments, and seeking more information on 'Haverty's account of the banquet... the intra-mural walkway at Dún Aenguesa... and the Somerville and Ross reference'. Carbon copy of Robinson's response (5 Mar 1984 indicates one letter is incorrectly dated), in which he answers the queries.

Two postcards from Michael and Eithne Viney to Robinson (6 Aug-20 Aug 1985), complimenting him on his writing in 'Stones of Aran'. A typed piece 'Fear na Mapaí' written by Viney was filed with this correspondence, but is undated. It is an article Viney wrote about Robinson's work.

Carbon copy letter from Robinson to Elizabeth Healy of Bórd Fáilte (6 Nov 1985) enclosing amendments to text, and information on prices for the maps. Letter from Healy to Robinson (22 Nov 1985) mentioning enclosed proofs (not included).

Letter to Robinson from Catherine Byron referring to her article on the Aran Islands in the Linen Hall review, and enclosing two poems of hers 'Pattern Day' and 'The Death of Saint Gregory the Great'. (19 Sep 1987). Carbon copy of Robinson's response, thanking her for the poetry, and mentioning fractals, a train of thought they previously discussed.

Handwritten talk for 'Sense of Ireland Festival' at Riverside Studios, 19 May 1988.

Typescript copy of 'Timescape with Signpost', the Preface to 'Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage', with handwritten notes. Unclear who the reviewer is.