File of correspondence and campaign material relating to a new proposed airstrip.

Correspondents include Noel Kavanagh, Co-ordinator of National Programmes at Bord Fáilte, who are supporting the protection of the bog; John Cunningham - Editor of the Connacht Tribune; Submission to Síle De Valera TD - Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands on behalf of the Save Roundstone Bog campaign raising points on the impact and threats of an airport on Connemara; Éamon Ó Cuív TD; third party correspondence between Ó Cuív and Derrick Hambleton of An Taisce; Frank Fahey TD; Rúairí Quinn TD; Alan Dukes TD.

File of correspondence received by Tim Robinson from supporters and opponents of the Save Roundstone Bog campaign. Some enclose correspondence they have sent to Ministers of State. Correspondents: Mary O'Keeffe; Uli Schuh; Penny Perrick; Patrick Curry; Jean and John Dawkins; Michael Gibbons; Louise Dorhout-Ritsema of the board of Letterdyfe House; Emer Colleran UCG; Jackie Roberts (PA to Freda Rountree, The Heritage Council); Mary Cawley; Thomas Kilroy; Timothy Collins UCG; Stephen Clancy; Ferdinando Zezza; Malcolm Coxall; Victor Westhoff; Siabh O'Neill of Earthwatch; Marianne ten Cate of the Corrib Conservation Centre; Shevawn Lynam of Wicklow; Liam Cashman; Éamonn de Buitléar; Anne Foyle of the Rosleague Manor Hotel; Micheline Sheehy Skeffington UCG; John Marshall; Anne Gallagher Marshall; Jane Smart of Plantlife; Professor Matthijs G C Schouten of the Foundation for Conservation of Irish Bogs The Netherlands; Erin (no surname given) enclosing a poem entitled "Conamara Chaos Region"; Michael D Higgins TD; Liam Lysaght; Rosemary Carr; Mary Banotti; Irene Lynch enclosing sonnet "Roundstone Bog"; the Irish Peatland Conservation Council; Lorette Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh; letter from Robert Jocelyn to Dr Noel Kirby Regional Manager of the Heritage Service at Connemara National Park; Éamonn Grennan (the author of a poem entitled 'Amphibian'); Cllr J J Mannion, Michael [ ] and Jim [ ].

Faxed correspondence from Áine Ní Dhubháin of Nuacht Theilifís na Gaeilge to Tim Robinson requesting an interview, and faxed correspondence from Catherine McMullin of An Taisce to Robert Jocelyn enclosing information on the 'Golf Wars' in Killarney, summarising the arguments made in each of the 3 wars, and enclosing a hand-drawn map (original of map also included).

File of press cuttings dating from 1 January 1998 to 1 July 2005 reporting on the Clifden Airport proposal. Connacht Tribune, The Irish Times, The Galway Advertiser, The Connemara Press, Glór Chonamara, Foinse, and Wings (Birdwatch Ireland's journal).

The final cutting in the series is from the Connacht Tribune, 1 July 2005 reporting on the signing of the contract to develop an airstrip for Inishbofin.

Copy of a BA dissertation submitted in UCD in May 1999 'Controversy Surrounding the Proposed Clifden Airstrip' by Paula de Courcey.

Letter with enclosures from Paul Hughes of Derrigimlagh Restoration Group (incorporating the Clifden Airfield Committee) to Dr Emer Colleran of the Microbiology Department at UCD, outlines a proposed joint venture to include a Marconi Interpretive Centre, An Alcock and Brown Interpretive Centre, a reconstruction of the narrow-gauge railway which would be used for Bog Rail Tours, a possible extension of the railroad to include Roundstone Bog, an Interpretive Centre for Roundstone Bog, a grass airstrip for light aircraft, a common access road for the above projects,and car parking. Enclosed are maps and documents for preliminary discussion.

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 Three information pieces entitled 'Mining Awareness - Rationale for an independent environmental impact assessment' - summarises exploration programmes underway in Connacht and outlines the process. Refers to west Connacht's peaty soils and heavy rainfall as putting the local population at risk, explains environmental and legal problems, and prospecting.

Photocopy of 'Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Ireland Mineral Resources' (1922). Provides memoir and map of localities of minerals of economic importance and metalliferous mines in Ireland, notes throughout.

Faint photocopy of part of a map of the geological survey of Ireland showing the distribution of peat bogs and coal fields, and with comments on the Glengowla Lead Mine.

Photocopy from Fossil and Mining Localities in Ireland; copy of the Journal of the Irish Society of Surveying Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, November 1990.

Press cutting of Michael Viney's 'The Shadow of Midas on Mweelrea' (Oct 1990); handwritten notes on these sources.

Circular issued by Save Roundstone Bog entitled 'Mining in Roundstone Bog?' inviting people to object to the Minister for the Marine. Correspondence between Department of the Marine, Ray Bourke, Éamon Ó Cuív, Leo Hallissey; Noel Kavanagh, Bórd Fáilte; Professor Emer Colleran of An Taisce.

Press cuttings from Connacht Tribune, Irish Times, Foinse (1999-2001).

Folder 2/2. Letter from David Hogan of the Gold Environmental Impact Assessment soliciting written submissions to help scope an environmental impact assessment for West Connacht, encloses objectives (1989). Two public meetings held on the matter at Letterfrack and Westport. Letter from (David Hogan) enclosing the latest information from the Geological Survey of Ireland on the prospecting underway in the West with map of the areas being surveyed.

Bound report, 'Gold Mineralization Associated with Ultramafic Shear Zones in County Mayo, Ireland', reporting on progress in a 307 sq kilometre area being surveyed in Mayo (undated).

A list of names and addresses of people to write to regarding mining in Connacht.

Press cuttings between 28 November 1987 and 22 March 1991 from Connacht Tribune, Irish Independent and Irish Times. Includes opinion piece in the Irish Times 6 May 1989 by Dr Joseph Cassidy, Archbishop of Tuam "Croagh Patrick: its wealth is not in gold".

Small collection of personal Christmas cards all featuring Galway hookers on the front. From Roundstone Regatta Team, Éamon de Buitléar, John Funskey enclosing a black and white photograph of Tim taken on John's last visit.

Piece of art of a Galway Hooker, signed Joe O'Reilly, 06.

A postcard from Paddy Barry enclosing note on An Stail.

Small file of press cuttings between 1998 and 2003 reporting on maritime matters, a historical piece on the Brig St John, articles about boat men who have died tragically.

Three drafts, handwritten and typed, of 'Connemara - a subjective triangulation', a talk given at a cartography-related conference (marked "for SUC conference, Dublin, Sep 1987").

A brief index card relating to the townland of Annaghbeg, [Coill an Eanaigh]. Includes a note from Griffith's Valuation.

Material relating to Tim Robinson's Aran Islands work, covering his 1975, 1980 and 1996 maps, the two Stones of Aran books, his and Máiréad's research work, and community involvement in the area.