Envelope of negatives entitled 'Burren (new roads etc '95), R. Jocelyn'.

Correspondence between Brendan Dunford and Tim Robinson beginning with a letter from Dunford inviting Robinson to the upcoming launch of burrenbeo, a new information and education initiative. Ensuing correspondence discusses the relationship between the farming community and the environmentalist cause, specifically access, burning of gorse, grazing levels, and public liability concerns that have forced some farmers to put 'no trespassing' signs on their land. (9 May - 9 Jul 2003) 9pp;

The rest of the folder contains Robinson's membership card for Burren Beo Trust, promotional postcards, an interactive CD-ROM entitled 'Images of the fertile rock', the trust's annual magazine Burren Insight, (2010-2012).

File of invitations to exhibitions and events connected with the Burren. Includes publication details of E Charles Nelson's book about the Burren, (Mar 1991), an exhibition of photographs entitled 'Clare's Outback' by Thomas Quinn (17 Jan 1986), an invitation to a poetry reading by Deirdre Carr (15 Jul 2000) and an invitation to the official naming of the refurbished Carron Field Station in honour of the late Professor Máirín de Valéra (3 Jul 2006).

Leaflets, timetables and postcards advertising Burren tourism from 1970's to 1990's.

Two booklets published by the Heritage Service within the National Parks and Wildlife Service, entitled Environmentally Friendly Farming, and Farming and Nature.

Christmas card from Éamon de Buitléar and family to Tim and Máiréad Robinson, featuring a photograph of the Burren in stormy weather that was taken by Éamon and Cian de Buitléar.

Material relating to Tim Robinson's Connemara work, covering his writing, his Connacht Tribune series, the Connemara map and community involvement.

Drafts, correspondence and publication details relating to the pamphlet 'Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara'. Earlier drafts were entitled 'Towards a Map of South Connemara'. The pamphlet was published by The Lilliput Press in 1981, and re-published in 1984.

Six drafts of:

'Towards a Map of South Connemara

1. The Tangled Tightrope
2. Walking out to the Islands'

All drafts have the same date of 16 Jan 1981, but the evolution of the writing can be traced from the first, handwritten draft, through each of the subsequent typed versions.

Correspondence between Tim Robinson and his parents Frank and Gay, beginning with a handwritten scroll of Frank's comments on 'The Tangled Tightrope'. Carbon copy of Tim's reply explaining his style of writing and evocation of sound. Two subsequent letters from Frank and Gay having read 'Walking out to the Islands' and finding it the brighter of the two essays.