Set of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Tooreen, [An Tuairín]. Included are descriptions of Giant's Grave, an unclassified megalithic tomb, and the Old Clifden to Ballynakill road. Local man Mr. Lydon is credited with providing some of the information.
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Set of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Tooreena, [Tuairín Áithe]. Included are descriptions of Greenmount House, an unclassified megalithic tomb, the Giant's Grave, Marconi Station, Talamh Garbh River, Tulach Gaoithe, and Lín an Tuis. Mike Gibbons and Philip Coyne are credited with providing some of the local information.
Set of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Tooreenacoona, [Tuairín Uí Chuanna]. Included is a description of Máimún, and a note of the return from Griffith's Valuation.
Certificate of Stephen J. Barrett with the St. Andrews. Westland Row Branch of the Total Abstinence Men's Association. Signed by John Brennan, CC, Director.
Letters from John MacNamara to Robinson enclosing photocopied maps with The Burren Wildlife Foundation Centre and other details marked in. (12 Dec 1991). John writes again in 1998 with another photocopied map, and further updates on a Nature Reserve, and marking suitable locations for angling. (1991-1999) 8pp;
Handwritten letter from Robert Wainwright to Robinson indicating he has marked out holiday cottages at Ballyvaughan, and an attached map tracing (19 Jun 1997) 2pp;
Handwritten letter from Pat Cassidy to Robinson enclosing a sketch map of a proposed hostel at Carron Co. Clare, for inclusion in the revised map. (22 Sep 1997) 2pp;
Brochures for local businesses and attractions, and lists of local accommodation (1998) 20pp.
File includes MS notes by Etienne Rynne for a talk entitled "Tourism Apart - Why Bother" (1991); Report to Kerry County Council Historic Monuments Committee, "Field Monuments and Planning Control" (17 May 1991). Also letters between Etienne Rynne and Kerry County Council officials regarding planning and heritage issues in Kerry. Also letters between Rynne and Dingle and District Heritage Association.
Invites to seminars discussing the outputs of “Towards a New Democracy”; includes opinions on local government reform.
Index card relating to the townland of Townaghbeg, [An Tamhnach Bheag].
An extensive card catalogue compiled by Tim Robinson throughout the 1980s and 1990s, drawn from his field notes. The series has been arranged by Robinson into civil parishes, and further divided into townlands. For most of the townlands, there are several record cards that give a detailed description of the local landscape. These describe historical, ecclesiastical, geological, and archaeological features. Anecdotes and local lore also feature in these. Robinson adds the names of people who helped him compile his information, usually local people, and often correspondents who sent him information helping him identify the origins of placenames, or certain landmarks and artefacts.
The cards also credit several secondary sources, including the OS maps and corresponding Field Name Books, Hardiman's History of Galway, Alexander Nimmo's map of the bogs in the West of Ireland, and many more.
In all cases in this series, the placename Tim Robinson used as his title appears as the title here. Many are in Irish, and some are in English. The corresponding translation is provided in the description.