Material relating to the publication of 'Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara & Other Writings'. The project began as an expansion of the 1981 pamphlet 'Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara', and included writings adapted from talks and essays given by Robinson in the intervening years.
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FORUM newsletter (Summer 1998);
Internet print out on Slime Moulds and the ecology of Myxomycetes (website or date not available);
Press cutting (31 October 2002) Irish Times, on slime, and a photo of a specimen seen in a bog pond (January 2003). Press cutting (2007) on fungus, and a photocopied article on 'Eagles in Mayo, A Historical Record' by Seán Lysaght
Manuscript material on the creation and publication of 'Stones of Aran: Labyrinth'.
Manuscript material on the creation and publication of 'Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage'. Early drafts show 'Stones of Aran' was originally intended as one book, to include a 'Preface' establishing the solitary and social sides, 'Itinerary' to cover the two coasts, 'Labyrinth' to cover the fields and paths, and a personal 'Postscript'. These drafts show the evolution of the idea, with 'Itinerary' becoming 'Pilgrimage', and the expansion of the project to become two 'Stones of Aran' books, 'Pilgrimage' published in 1986, and 'Labyrinth' published in 1995.
Typed, dated drafts of each of the chapters in Part 1 of 'A Little Gaelic Kingdom', incorporating Liam Mac an Iomaire's edits. Three pages of Liam Mac an Iomaire's handwritten notes covering topics from the manuscript.
Typed drafts of each of the chapters in Part 2 of 'A Little Gaelic Kingdom', incorporating Liam Mac an Iomaire's edits. Handwritten pencil notes in Tim Robinson's handwriting, and occasional post-its annotate the text.
Typed drafts of each of the chapters in Part 3 of 'A Little Gaelic Kingdom', with some handwritten pencil notes in Tim Robinson's handwriting, and occasional post-its annotate the text. There is pagination which indicates this is a close to final draft.
Notes, handwritten and typed drafts with annotations, and the final copies of the essay 'The Burren Uplands - Crossing the Pass'.
A copy of the 1926 Coimisiún na Gaeltachta Report, produced after an inquiry into the Preservation of the Gaeltacht.
Correspondence from Art Ó Maolfabhail, Ordnance Survey placenames department enclosing a list of Gaeltacht townlands in Co Galway (1986).
Correspondence with Brian Ó Baoill of Údarás na Gaeltachta on Gaeltacht townlands and maps. Robinson questions discrepancies between list and map on particular townlands. Robinson writes of his preference to "preserve regional and local differences as far as possible" (1986).