Correspondence between Tim and Rioghnach Ní Fhlathartaigh, Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge at UCD enquiring about music and verse relating to Captain Ó Máille, the rebel priest an tAth Maoilre de Priondarga, and the poet and itinerant craftsman Colm de Bhailís as well as the landlord Richard Berridge for a talk he is giving at Connemara National Park on 'People and Places in Connemara', and response with enclosures (1986).

Several newspaper cuttings and notes with music and lyrics of ballads from the late 1980s:

'To the West' sang by Percy French (1856-1920);

'The Bogs of Shannaheever' from the singing of Mickey Molloy of Ballinfad, collected at Joe Need's Pub in Toombeola in October 1975;

'An Bádóirín'. Letter to Tim from Seán Ó Cróinín in Irish, 1975;

Lament for Callaghan, Greally and Mullen, Killed at the fair of Turloughmore (1990);

'Roundstone Fleet', a verse on taking the fleet from Roundstone to Donegal;

Amhrán an Bháthadh and Amhrán na Trá Báine, with note to say they were sent by Paddy Mulkerrins;

Handwritten verse from an old song on the Roundstone boat races, written down by Mary and Stephen King of Roundstone.

File of photocopied press cuttings sent to Tim Robinson by Donncha Ó hEallaithe concerning civil rights of the Gaeltacht areas between 1969 and 1985.

Several pages of photocopied newspaper articles from these years, reporting on Gaeltacht issues such as closure of post offices, fisheries, broadcasting.

File of bibliographies on Connemara, covering Geological Survey of Ireland, Ecological Evidence for Irish Neolithic structures, Connemara in literature, lists of work held at UCG library, local history books available at Galway County Libraries, a bibliographical index of Galway authors, and various handwritten lists of books and articles to look up. (Folder 1/5).

File of photocopies of the following articles and books:

'Rural Society in Connacht, 1600-1640' by Jean M Graham, (1970);

'Clachán Settlement in Iar-Chonnacht' by Breandan S Mac Aodha, (1965);

'Settlement Patterns in the West of Ireland in the Pre-Famine Period' by Kevin Whelan, (undated);

'The Future of the Irish Rural Landscape' by Kevin Whelan with cover letter (1993);

Introduction to 'Irish Highlands' with correspondence between Tim Robinson and Kevin Whelan (1993);

'The sea-weeds of yar-Connaught, and their uses' by G H Kinahan (1869), with cover letter from Maura Scannell (1986); (Folder 2/5).

'William McCalla - a second 'panegyric' for an Irish Phycologist' by E Charles Nelson (1981);

'William McCalla (c. 1814-1849), Phycologist; his published papers of 1846'. (1980);

'Gleanings from the History of the Franciscan Monastery, Roundstone' (For Rev G Charles, P P Roundstone);

Photocopied photographs from Lissnabrucka photograph albums (Pat Reid), Feature the Monastery, Lord Dudley;

Letter from Simon Ashe to Tim Robinson relating to Inishlacken, enclosing handwritten transcribed extracts from Alex and John's Log Books of quotes about Inishlackan from 1972 to 1996, the Broughton family, and a map (1997);

'Photocopy of Darby Gannon of Inishnee, A Memoir', written from Merlin Park hospital in 1987, written for his German neighbours in Inis Ní, and given to Tim Robinson by Arndt Wigger in 1996. Talks about schooling, fishing, Washington;

A note on Marcus Clogherty of Deer Island, and a press cutting on the Sceirde proposal for wind generation, from Connacht Tribune 2001;

'The End of the World' by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson of QCG, 1945;

'The Fishery at Casla Conamara, its history and records 1684-1956';

'Life of Michael Davitt and History of the Land League'; (Folder 3/5).

Handwritten notes 'An Cheathrú Rua Cáit Ní Dhomhnaill - '84'

Print out email from Bob Quinn (circular to Aosdána members) with enclosed essay by Desmond Fennell 'On Thinking in Ireland' (2009);

Letter from Ríonach Uí Ógáin enclosing an Irish language piece she has written 'Cruach na Cara' (1984);

'Cruach MacDara off the coast of Connemara with a notice of its church, crosses, and antiquities', by Francis Joseph Bigger (1896);

Photocopied article from the Connacht Tribune 'Mac Dara Island's Unique Traditions' (1976);

Photocopied letter to Canon [Previte], enclosing an original ballad on St MacDara's Bay. (2008) (Folder 4/5).

Typed and handwritten bibliography on varied subjects (Fenians, Fossils, Gaeltacht Community, Limestone morphology, flora, and others);

'Subverting the Western Gaze: Mapping Alternative Worlds' by Barbara Bender (1995);

'Early Irish Literature' by Miles Dillon (1948);

'Medieval Religious Houses Ireland' by A Gwynn and R N Hadcock (undated);

'The Long Walk of a Queen - the representation of Ireland as a woman in Irish Literary Tradition' (undated);

'Bibliography Logainmneacha' (undated);

'Genius Fabulae: The Irish Sense of Place' with cover note from Pat Sheeran (1987);

'Town and Baile in Irish placenames' by T Jones Hughes (undated);

'Ancient Irish Law: The law of status or franchise' Eoin MacNeill (1923);

Lyrics - 'In Praise of the [ ] of Mullingar';

'A portrait of Maree', (1986);

'Clogher Record' (1983);

'The modern traveller to the early Irish Church' (undated);

'The hisperica famina: the a-text' by Michael W Herren (1974);

'Limestone morphology in Ireland' P W Williams (1970);

'Irish Raths and Cashels' Bruce Proudfoot (1970);

'The Flora of Turloughs' R L Praeger (1932);

'The Gaeltacht Community in Ireland' (undated);

'Archaeological Aspects of Woodland Ecology' ny Martin Bell and Susan Limbrey (1982);

Tim Robinson's handwritten notes from several of these articles at the end of the folder (Folder 5/5).

File of copied maps, showing the site of the proposed Clifden airstrip, the layout of the Marconi station at Derrygimla.

Folio of maps showing the distribution of plants and birds of note in the Roundstone Bog Complex.

A photocopy of the Community Support Framework for Ireland (1983-1993), issued by the Commission of the European Communities.

Two photocopies of the Environmental Impact Study for an airstrip at Ardagh, Clifden, carried out by REMU (Resource and Environmental Management Unit at UCC). The report was carried out in August 1989, and was commissioned by the Clifden and West Connemara Airport Company Ltd. Cover letter from Galway County Council chief planning officer listing errata in the REMU study.

File of research material and correspondence relating to fish farming.

Folder 1/3: Copy article 'An Introduction to the Shellfish Research Laboratory, Carna', John P Mercier, (1977).

Correspondents include Jim Higgins;
L McGriskin, General Manager of Bradán Mara Teo enclosing an OS map with the hatchery and road route marked out;

Photocopy of documents relating to application for permission to moor cages on an area of foreshore at Murvey Rocks, Bertraghboy Bay, drawings of proposed works and maps (Oct 1988);

A draft of the case opposing Murvey Rock fish farm prepared for Roundstone Group, (Feb 1989) and information sheet entitled 'Salmon Cages in Roundstone: A Threat to the Environment';

Progress report prepared by the Connemara Fishfarm Watchgroup;

Report prepared by Bord Fáilte 'The Tourism Industry and Aquaculture Report', (Jan 1991);

Reports on visiting angler statistics and the visual impact of fish farming;

Report prepared by Údarás na Gaeltachta on Salmon Farming, marked 'draft', undated. Undated handwritten notes on aquaculture.

Folder 2/3, Correspondents include Minister of the Marine - Brendan Daly; Desmond O'Malley TD; Paddy Fay, Private Secretary to John P Wilson TD; Gerry Rice, Private Secretary to Padraig Flynn TD; Máire Geoghegan-Quinn TD; the office of the Taoiseach Charles J Haughey TD; Robert Molloy TD, Séamus Laffan on behalf of the Roundstone Environmental Awareness Group; North Connacht Farmers' Co-operative Society; Michael Falvey, Aquaculture Section of the Department of the Marine enclosing a copy of parliamentary questions from 8 March 1989; Connemara Fishfarm Watchgroup; letter from the Green Party ahead of the European Elections in 1989;

Copy poster - Oppose the Murvey Rock Salmon Farm.

Research material and circulars:
'Salmon Cages in Roundstone, a threat to the environment';

'Effect of Neguvon and Nuvan Treatment on Crabs, Lobster and Blue Mussel' by E Egidius and B Moster (1987);

'The reduction of the impact of fish farming on the natural marine environment' - a report prepared for the nature conservancy council by the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling (1988);

Report of the working group on environmental impact to the aquaculture development group - looks at Enrichment of sediment and water bodies, use of chemicals, antibiotics and antifoulants, monitoring, intercalibration and data processing, and site management and guidelines for water quality (Mar 1988);

'Aquaculture, amenity and conservation, a response by An Taisce to the Environmental Issues and Conflicts raised by the development of the marine and fresh water aquaculture industry', April 1988. Includes an attachment on aquaculture from the Irish Sea Fisheries Board, Bórd Iascaigh Mhara;

Press release from the Marine Conservation Society, incorporating the coastal anti-pollution league 'Deadly pesticide threat to Scottish Seas';

Minutes of the Irish Aquaculture Association Aquaculture Development Group, 9 December 1988 - covered an Irish salmon breeding programme to reduce reliance on Norway's egg supply, quality control for farmed mussels, EC draft regulations on live bivalve molluscs, environmental impact and monitoring on salmon farms, environmental impact of sea lice treatments and alternative remedies;

'Controlling Nature's Predators on Fish Farms' a report by Alison Ross for the Marine Conservation Society, Ross-on-wye, England, dated 1988;

'The use of Nuvan 500EC in the Salmon Farming Industry' by Alison Ross and Paul V Horsman, for the Marine Conservation Society. The report focuses on the fish farming industry in Scotland, and looks at Nuvan 500EC, which is a pesticide to control sea lice in salmon farming. The limited data available indicates it is highly toxic;

A handwritten graph written by Colm Duggan of the Department of Marine in 1988, looking at the effects of Nuvan on limets, mysides, native oysters, clams and mussels.

Press cuttings from 16 April 1987 to 8 April 2009, from various specialised magazines, Connacht Tribune, Irish Times. Reporting on Nuvan, sea lice, and fish farming issues.

Folder 3/3 Ephemeral material relating to Connemara Sea Week 16-23 October 1988. Programme of events, notification of a Connemara Wildlife Conference, a catalogue of art works on display in an exhibition at Connemara National Park, and a poster for the Fisherman's Ball on 22 October. File of press cuttings dating from 3 September 1982 to 2008 on plans to develop fish farming off the coast of connemara. Cuttings from Connacht Tribune, Sunday Tribune, Irish Times, Anois, MaGill, Sherkin Comment, Aquaculture Ireland, and includes opinion pieces, letters to the editor, editorials, reports on funding.

Folder 1/2 Roundstone Community Council documents regarding the pier at Roundstone, and the proposed development of 30 holiday cottages, a treatment plant and mini golf course at Ervallagh.

Includes press cuttings and third party correspondence. Correspondents include An Bord Pleanála, M R Quaid (Architect and Civil Engineer), Roundstone Community Council, Minister of the Marine John P Wilson, Roger Garland TD, Pól Ó Foighil, an tUas S Ó Cuaig.

Small file of correspondence with politicians and Galway County Council relating to repairs and the proposed development work at Roundstone Pier.

Newsletters of the Irish Peatland Conservation Council and Earthwatch.

Folder 2/2 Reports relating to Roundstone town initiatives. Includes:
'Roundstone, a plan for the development of existing resources (1989);

A plan for Old Quay Court;

'The Roundstone Project' - an architectural competition sponsored by IDA Ireland;

Roundstone Water Supply Report 1997;

Organisation for Tidy Towns, and the adjudication report from 2005;

Roundstone Development Plan 1999-2002;

Roundstone Development Plan for 2003-2006;

Note on an objection of the Roundstone Development Council to a large scale holiday home development (2005);

Draft and final version for a translation of a brochure for Letterdyfe House into Dutch, undated;

Photocopy of a letter from 1993 concerning the lands at Ervallagh, owned by Richard Humphreys serving notice on an un-named recipient regarding vacating land, (related? newspaper clippings and maps ***);

Copy of a low carbohydrate diet.

Folder of research articles, notes, and letters from fellow researchers, c. late 1980s. There is a table of contents at the start of the file. It contains: Tim's handwritten notes from several written sources, namely: T J Westropp's 'The Ancient Forts of Ireland'; 'Lebor Gabála Érenn. The Book of the Taking of Ireland'; T F O'Rahilly 'Early Irish History and Mythology'; J G E Power 'The Celts'; Robert Kee 'The Bold Fenian Men'; F A Middlemiss 'A Guide to Invertebrate Fossils'. Photocopy of biographical entry for Edward Lhuyd 1660-1709, Celtic scholar and naturalist, bibliographical source not available. Photocopy of following articles:
'Environmental Archaeology and Karstic Terrains: The Example of the Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland' by D P Drew, handwritten note from David (the author) on front of photocopy;
'The Gaeltacht Community in Ireland', no author;
Photocopied leaflet 'Local Studies Sources in the National Library of Ireland';
'The Flora of the Turloughs: A Preliminary Note' by R Lloyd Praeger;
'Irish raths and cashels: some notes on chronology, origins and survivals' by Bruce Proudfoot;
A section on Turloughs copied from 'Limestone Morphology in Ireland' by P W Williams;
'The Hisperica Famina: 1. The A-Text' by Michael W Herren;
'The Modern Traveller to the Early Irish Church' by Kathleen Hughes and Ann Hamlin;
'Symbols of Death and the tomb of John Forster in Tydavnet, Co Monaghan' by Finbar McCormick;
'A portrait of Maree' by the Maree Community Development Association;
Copy of verse 'In Praise of the ??? Mullingar';
'Ancient Irish Law: The Law of Status or Franchise' Eoin MacNeill, with handwritten cover note from Paul G, Department of Archaeology at UCG;
'Town and Baile in Irish Place-Names' by T Jones Hughes;
Letter from Pat Sheeran of the Department of Modern English at UCG enclosing 'Genius Fabulae: The Irish Sense of Place', and a copy of Tim Robinson's letter in response, pursuing ideas on the role of myth;
'The Long Walk of a Queen - The representation of Ireland as a women in the Irish literary tradition', Brian O'Fourke PhD, with handwritten note from Brian, dated 5 August 1987;
'Medieval Religious Houses Ireland' by A Gwynn and A R N Hadcock;
A bibliography on placenames, Eibhlín Ní Scannláin is written on the top of the page;
Two chapters from 'Early Irish Literature' by Myles Dillon;
'Subverting the Western Gaze: Mapping Alternative Worlds' Barbara Bender.

Material relating to the commissioning and publication of J M Synge's 'The Aran Islands' by Penguin Classics. Tim Robinson wrote an introduction and notes on the piece.