Small slips of paper, making up the index to 'A Little Gaelic Kingdom'. Two dust jackets for 'A Little Gaelic Kingdom'.

A CD-ROM containing a copy of the index.

Typed fair copy of the manuscript for 'A Little Gaelic Kingdom'. In the title sheet, Robinson has called it 'Connemara 2', indicating its place as the 2nd part of the Connemara trilogy, despite being the last book in the series to be published.

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.

Research and other material collected by Tim and Máiréad Robinson from a variety of sources in researching the writing and map work. It includes correspondence exchanging information and ideas, notes, photographs, sketches and copies of secondary readings.

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.

Twenty-three notebooks collating the information Tim Robinson gathered in his field research of Connemara. This mostly relates to his map work. Some of the notebooks have been indexed using letters, so this file is arranged in alphabetical rather than chronological order. The notebooks' contents, as described on the cover are transcribed below:

Connemara A: Griffith's Union of Galway (Killanin, Killcummin), Union of Oughterard, Altóir (wedge grave in Cashel), Petty's map names, Congested Districts Boards Reports for Knockboy, Ogygia, Lace Schools (undated).

Connemara B: Field Name Books for Moyrus, Killanin, Kilcummin, Hamilton Grave, Tower Ceann Gulam, Ros a Mhíl, Drawing of Tower Ros a Mhíl (undated).

Connemara C: Poems from Connemara Patrick Kelly (1879-1940), 1820 census, phone numbers (to Dec 1990).

D: Knockboy, Notes from Westropp lecture, MacGonigal biography, Derryinver cist, Caroline Blake 'Interrupted Wedding', notes on Clifden buidlings, rectors of Omey, Hyacinth Darcy memorial, references for Na Leachtaí, Knockboy, Leenane, Kylemore Abbey history, Glencraff, Leenane notes (Fr Costelloe), Nora Keane (Mám) notes, Willy Crawford (Mám) notes, Mary Keane, Mám Hotel Register, Salruck, Thompsons, Lettergesh placenames, Leenane Sketchmap (undated).

DD: Places on Errisbeg (O'Donnell), Notes on Mám Éan, Ballynahinch, L. Scaimhe crannógs, Galway Vindicator 1880, 1st edition OS maps of South Connemara, Blake Family records, Casement, William O'Malley Ballinfad, Moyard Graves (undated).

E: Ballynakill notes, D Wentworth Thomson on Inishlackan, Letterfrack sketchmap, Ballynafad graves and chapel, Captain O'Malley (notes from ms) Nov 1985.

G: OS Name Books Moyrus, IRA, Clifden area megaliths, 1981 census figures, D. Mac Giolla Easpaig's notes (undated).

Moyrus Bk 2 (Omey and Ross): T S Ó Máille's notes, Irish Architecture Archive photos (undated).

H: OS Name Books Ballynakill continued, Omey. Galway Archaeological Survey checklist, notes from the northern sheets of the OS 6 inch 1st edition maps, lighthouses, Redington Inishbofin wreck (Undated).

J: Ó Máille's Den, Berridges Ledgers (from April 1987).

K: Wakeman in West of Ireland, Land Commission Records, Dela McAuley, O'Donovan, Petrie, App to 10th report of Irish Fisheries 1829 (undated).

Connemara c. 1984: drawings of tombstones and phone numbers.

Connemara July 1986: Errislannan.

Connemara 1991: Four Masters on Aran, and Tallaght Martyrology on Enda, 1821 Census, Kilmurvey House (see P120/3/1/1).

Fieldwork notes: OS Field Name Book for Ross Parish, Moyriss, Kilcummin Parish (undated).

Fieldwork notes: Mullaghglass (undated).

Fieldwork notes: Townlands in Parishes of Kilcummin, Killannin, Cong and Ross (undated).

Fieldwork notes: Kilcummin Parish (Moycullen Barony) undated.

St Enda, Gleann Oidhreach alignment (undated).

The Blakes of Tully, Micheál Bairéad (Irish and English) undated.

Inis Leacan '04, and Inis Ní Houses (c. 2004).

UCD folklore collection, Derryclare lichens, Marconi site flora, Derryclare notes, Connemara marble notes (c. 2005).

Scrap notebook containing lists of art work, phone numbers etc.

Handwritten list of parties likely to be interested in the Save Roundstone Bog campaign, addresses of relevant lobby groups.

Two cut out sections of Tim robinson's maps, with the proposed sites for the Clifden airstrip marked out.

Photocopies of 2 maps titled 'Proposed Candidate Special Area of Conservation, Connemara Bog Complex', with Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht branding.

Several iterations and copies of a circular sent on behalf of the Save Roundstone Bog Campaign group, entitled 'Another Threat to Roundstone Bog'.

Three drafts and one final copy of the submission made to Síle De Valera, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht entitled 'Against the Proposed Exchange of Lands'. The 6 page document explores 12 points under the headings of: Connemara, Roundstone Bog, The Marconi Site, and The National Park.

Printed email sent by the Save Roundstone Bog campaign reminding people to write to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and enclosing a statement by the Clifden and Connemara Airstrip Community Group.

Press release dated 2 March 1998 listing some of the high profile objections to the proposed exchange of lands.

Three copies of a list of species found by Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington around the proposed site, dated 18 August 1998.

Brochure from the Irish Peatland Conservation Council, page of a fax with promotional quotes for the Save Roundstone Bog campaign. Copy of an article (faxed, and text is quite faint) 'The Connemara Airport Proposal: a decision making exercise' by Stephen Boyal and James Robinson.

File of correspondence and campaign material relating to a new proposed airstrip.

Correspondents include Noel Kavanagh, Co-ordinator of National Programmes at Bord Fáilte, who are supporting the protection of the bog; John Cunningham - Editor of the Connacht Tribune; Submission to Síle De Valera TD - Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands on behalf of the Save Roundstone Bog campaign raising points on the impact and threats of an airport on Connemara; Éamon Ó Cuív TD; third party correspondence between Ó Cuív and Derrick Hambleton of An Taisce; Frank Fahey TD; Rúairí Quinn TD; Alan Dukes TD.

File of correspondence received by Tim Robinson from supporters and opponents of the Save Roundstone Bog campaign. Some enclose correspondence they have sent to Ministers of State. Correspondents: Mary O'Keeffe; Uli Schuh; Penny Perrick; Patrick Curry; Jean and John Dawkins; Michael Gibbons; Louise Dorhout-Ritsema of the board of Letterdyfe House; Emer Colleran UCG; Jackie Roberts (PA to Freda Rountree, The Heritage Council); Mary Cawley; Thomas Kilroy; Timothy Collins UCG; Stephen Clancy; Ferdinando Zezza; Malcolm Coxall; Victor Westhoff; Siabh O'Neill of Earthwatch; Marianne ten Cate of the Corrib Conservation Centre; Shevawn Lynam of Wicklow; Liam Cashman; Éamonn de Buitléar; Anne Foyle of the Rosleague Manor Hotel; Micheline Sheehy Skeffington UCG; John Marshall; Anne Gallagher Marshall; Jane Smart of Plantlife; Professor Matthijs G C Schouten of the Foundation for Conservation of Irish Bogs The Netherlands; Erin (no surname given) enclosing a poem entitled "Conamara Chaos Region"; Michael D Higgins TD; Liam Lysaght; Rosemary Carr; Mary Banotti; Irene Lynch enclosing sonnet "Roundstone Bog"; the Irish Peatland Conservation Council; Lorette Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh; letter from Robert Jocelyn to Dr Noel Kirby Regional Manager of the Heritage Service at Connemara National Park; Éamonn Grennan (the author of a poem entitled 'Amphibian'); Cllr J J Mannion, Michael [ ] and Jim [ ].

Faxed correspondence from Áine Ní Dhubháin of Nuacht Theilifís na Gaeilge to Tim Robinson requesting an interview, and faxed correspondence from Catherine McMullin of An Taisce to Robert Jocelyn enclosing information on the 'Golf Wars' in Killarney, summarising the arguments made in each of the 3 wars, and enclosing a hand-drawn map (original of map also included).

File of press cuttings dating from 1 January 1998 to 1 July 2005 reporting on the Clifden Airport proposal. Connacht Tribune, The Irish Times, The Galway Advertiser, The Connemara Press, Glór Chonamara, Foinse, and Wings (Birdwatch Ireland's journal).

The final cutting in the series is from the Connacht Tribune, 1 July 2005 reporting on the signing of the contract to develop an airstrip for Inishbofin.

Copy of a BA dissertation submitted in UCD in May 1999 'Controversy Surrounding the Proposed Clifden Airstrip' by Paula de Courcey.

Letter with enclosures from Paul Hughes of Derrigimlagh Restoration Group (incorporating the Clifden Airfield Committee) to Dr Emer Colleran of the Microbiology Department at UCD, outlines a proposed joint venture to include a Marconi Interpretive Centre, An Alcock and Brown Interpretive Centre, a reconstruction of the narrow-gauge railway which would be used for Bog Rail Tours, a possible extension of the railroad to include Roundstone Bog, an Interpretive Centre for Roundstone Bog, a grass airstrip for light aircraft, a common access road for the above projects,and car parking. Enclosed are maps and documents for preliminary discussion.