Handwritten essay 'Islands and Images', which became the first chapter of 'Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara & Other Writings'.
Manuscript
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Handwritten and illustrated notes on Christian myth; handwritten draft of 'The River' (pagination is slightly out of sequence with two drafts in different coloured inks, have left as per original order); 'Telling the Tale'; Handwritten works in progress titled 'University', 'Bullán'.
File relating to conference held on 1-3 March 1985, with manuscript notes by Etienne Rynne. Also includes manuscript index cards of notes regarding iron sage settlement in Ireland by Rynne.
Newspaper clippings, print-outs and handwritten notes of reference material, all subjects that are written about in 'The Last Pool of Darkness'.
The subjects covered include: the tectonic model for South Mayo, standing stones in Ireland, the Thomson family (who owned the Cushkillary estate during the Famine years), Salrock (cross-references Field Notebook E), Marconi, Bina McLoughlin, the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the time he spent in Ireland in 1910 when he came to visit William Eccles, the evidence of Mrs Caroline Blake given to the Special Commission of 1888, Ballynakill Monastery, Robert Isaac Wilbeforce, history of Kylemore Castle and Abbey, three verses from Liam Mac Con Iomaire titled 'An Captaen Ó Máille', a postcard from Sheila Mulloy about Captain O'Malley, notes from the diaries of John Bright, notes from the 3rd interim report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse 2003, the Blakes of Renvyle, quakers, High Island (history of ownership), Omey (notes on flora and fauna), and Mannin Bay.
Easy Lessons in Modern Irish, by B O'Keeney.
Two letters from Henry L Williams, Librarian at Moravian College, Pennsylvania to Robinson on the subject of the former Moravian Chapel at Crossard. He encloses photocopies of the printed accounts of the church of which he is aware. (4 Jan - 12 Oct 1976) 12pp;
Handwritten letter from Déaglán Ó Céilleachair to Robinson thanking him for passing on information on the Moravian Church (5 Feb [ ] ) 2pp;
Robinson's handwritten notes on Churches, arranged into 3 columns that give the name of the church, referenced against T J Westropp, and the era of the church. 13pp;
Photocopied articles:
'Identification of "The Ascetic's Church" Leana, Co Clare' from Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland' (published 1897) 3pp;
'Prehistoric and Early Christian Ireland, a guide, Clare' by Estyn Evans (published 1966) 5pp.
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.
A typed transcription of Thomas Colville Scott's diary, with Robinson's edits and corrections to spellings and syntax handwritten in.