Photocopy of Thomas Colville Scott's original diary, written in 1853 and acquired at auction the previous year.
Manuscript
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Three typed drafts of Tim Robinson's introduction to 'Connemara after the Famine, Journal of a Survey of the Martin Estate 1853'. There are handwritten edits in each draft, incorporated into the subsequent draft.
Three pieces, later included as chapters in 'The Last Pool of Darkness', marked Cúirt 2007. 'A Suspect Terrane', 'Faults', and 'Thinking on the Ocean's Edge'.
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.
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).
Three copies of Tim and Máiréad Robinson's presentation to the Ford European Conservation Prize Jury in Madrid.
A statement of the Folding Landscape project;
Statement to the Jury 'The Dolphin in its Wave' (one with handwritten edits);
Bibliography of Folding Landscape's early publishing history and list of awards;
The Aran and Burren maps;
Review of the Árainn map by David Ward;
Book jacket for 'Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage';
Synopsis, review, and copy of the of 'Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara' pamphlet;
Synopsis, review and copy of 'Mapping South Connemara';
Synopsis and copy of 'The View from Errisbeg' and 'The Burren Uplands', two essays written for 'The Book of the Irish Countryside';
Outline of Folding Landscape's intended map of Connemara, due for publication in Spring 1988, and mockups of the cover to the map and companion to the map;
Sample of the companion text to accompany the upcoming Connemara map, and extracts from an essay about the map;
Synopsis and extracts from his forthcoming monograph on Cenotaphs and Funerary Cairns of Árainn (later published as Mementos of Mortality);
Synopsis and extracts from 'Space, Time and Connemara' and an accompanying photograph (3 different photographs in each of the folders);
Note about the archives accumulated by Folding Landscapes, listing their subject headings, and photocopies of some of their content by means of example - includes a statement of intention to computerise this information to facilitate public reference to them.
There are some slight differences between the folders, and the 2nd folder also includes a copy of an application for a grant from the American Ireland Fund.
Information for the European Jury on the 14 National Conservation Projects of the Year selected for European competition in Madrid.
Handwritten updated layout of the table of contents, editing notes, and typed copies of 'The Ephemeron', 'Approaching the Glacier', 'Secret Meeting', and 'Ice'.
Six iterations of handwritten and typed, annotated drafts of 'In Praise of Space', a talk given by Tim Robinson at The Irish Pages' Annual Lecture in 2004.
Printed email from Bernd Herzogenrath expressing a wish to translate some of Tim Robinson's writing into German, and enclosing his CV.
Two typed versions of 'Ein Connemara Fraktal'. 2003.