File 2 - Notes, reference material, and early drafts of Part 2: A World of Words

2 folders

Handwritten notes titled 'Land of Talk', press cuttings from the Sunday Tribune and Irish Times on the work of the Irish Folklore Commission and the socio-economic status of native Irish speakers, and a typed draft of 'A Tale out of Time', the Preface to Part 2 of 'A Little Gaelic Kingdom'. This draft is titled 'The Stormy Headland', (14 Apr 2009). 9pp;

Handwritten notes indicating a shipwreck with the heading Kilfeather, and a typed draft of 'The Castle' indicating corrections from Liam Mac an Iomaire (16 Apr 2009). 9pp;

Handwritten notes on An Aird Thoir and An Aird Thiar, and a handwritten account of a meeting with Joe Heaney. The account is in English, but is titled 'Cuairt ar JH'. Both of these subjects featured in the chapter 'The Song of Granite'. (3 May 2009), 8pp;

Photocopied article 'An Drochshaol in Amhráin agus i Véarsaíocht' which includes the words to many verses and songs. In the Irish language, 32pp;

Two typed drafts of 'Religious Storms' (17 Jun 2009), and verses in Irish about the soup house at Moyrus, 30pp;

Photocopy article entitled 'Airneán, Eine Sammlung von Texten aus Carna, Co na Gaillimhe', which despite the German language title, is in the Irish and English languages. 13pp;

Handwritten notes on Oileáin Mhic Dara, which was the subject of 'The Sheltering Island', 3pp;

Handwritten notes and typed draft of 'The Song of Wonders'. The text indicates this is a 2nd draft of the chapter. (3 Jul 2009), 13pp;

Two typed drafts of the chapter 'The Town of Tall Tales'. The drafts are titled 'Carna' and 'The Capital of Tales', and are dated 27 Jul 2009 and 29 Jul 2009 respectively. 13pp;

Handwritten notes in the writing of Liam Mac an Iomaire, and a typed draft of the chapter 'A Necklace of Islands', (8 Oct 2009, an earlier draft from August is indicated), 32pp;

Typed draft piece on Roisín na Mainiach, inland side, which became part of the chapter 'Sorrowful Mysteries', 4pp.

Two handwritten letters to Robinson from Liam Mac an Iomaire in Irish with feedback on the chapters 'Sorrowful Mysteries' and 'Profit and Loss', (7-8 Jun 2010), 13pp;

Page of handwritten notes titled An tAth Maoilre, relating to the chapter 'Saving Father Miley', (undated), 1p;

Typed draft of chapter about Cnoc Mordáin 'The Wizard' (22 Oct 2009), 4pp.

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