Set of index cards giving a brief description of Tooraskeheen, [Tuar an Sceichín]. Included are a description and anecdote about King's Walls, with some of the information given to Robinson by Rory Lavelle. This King family were related to the Kings of Doire Bhrón.
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Set of index cards giving a brief description of Tullyvoheen, [Tulaigh Bhoithín]. Included is a note on Thomas Frewen who held most of the land in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Lady Leslie (mother of Winston Churchill) once visited here. A note on the workhouse, and fever hospital, and the graveyard. Also included are a description of Cnoc Uí Choigligh, Clifden District Hospital, Loch na mBreac Caoch (home to some very large trout), and Caislín. T. Joyce of Shanakeever, and Rory Lavelle are credited as providing some of the local information.
Set of index cards giving a brief description of Turbot Island, [Tairbeart]. A note on the last inhabitants of Turbot Island, around 50 or so people who left the island in winter 1978/79 after a particularly tough winter when 3 men drowned. A note on when the island first got electricity. Also included are descriptions of Caladh Mór, Carraig an Duibhéin, Maoileán an Mhadra, Maoileán na nÉan, Carraig Leathan, Fuach Black, Carraig a Graiflin, Cuainín, Bantrach Bhuí, Réileán, Cairín, Poll Trá, Dúilic, Tóin an Oileáin, Cois, Carraig na bPortán, Carraig Gheagáin, Lochtaí, Lochán na Móna, Leic, Carraig na Rón, and Úbhra Mhór and Úbhra Bheag. Festy Conneely (once an islander), John Price of Eyrephort, and the un-named residents of the nearest house are credited with providing some of the local information.
Set of index cards, notes and correspondence relating to various aspects of Omey. Robinson has set aside a card each for Rua-oileán, An Meall Thuaidh, and Glasoileán. Some references are recorded, and a note on the Lambert family who leased some land here. A business card for the Salmon and Sea Food Ireland Ltd Company. Two pages of correspondence (in Irish), from a researcher in Belfast, who was seeking information about a lake in Connemara, specifically information about a monster who lurked in it.
A cutting of a piece from the Galway Advertiser by Seathrun of Dubhros, entitled "Miss Flynn, the beauty of Oughterard".
Set of index cards describing some of the local features of Ardderrynagleragh, [Ard-doire na gCléireach]. Included are descriptions of Ard Tóin le Gaoth, Loch Ard Doire, Loch an Ghadaí (where a sheep thief hid out), and a note from the Field Name Books Small Names Index. Seán Ned Ó'Conghaile of Gleann Trasna, M. Lynch of Bunscanniff, and Mrs. Kelly of Ashleann House are credited as being some of the local sources of information.
Set of index cards describing some of the local features of Bunscanniff, [Bun Scainimh]. Included are descriptions of The Halfway House, Tulachaí, Bun Mór, Loch Fhada, and the ruins of Mick McQuaid's Cottage. A note to say two photoraphs of McQuaid's cabin can be found in the Irish Architectural Archive.P. Joyce of Uráid, and Martin Lynch of Bunscanniff are credited as being local sources of information.