Copies of letters written to the Connacht Tribune and the Irish Times. A press notice enclosing a brief 'Conservation Organisations Unite to Prevent Proposed Clifden Airport Being Sited at Roundstone Bog'. Handwritten notes for Galway West Radio, and two typed drafts for Gay Byrne Show Intro, with handwritten edits.

File of press cuttings relating to the proposed airstrip from Nov 1989 - 1990. From national and local publications, Irish and English language.

Correspondence with enclosures of plant specimens and articles from Maura Scannell of the National Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin. Includes a 1984 paper by Tim Robinson 'Plant Records from West Galway' (drafts exchanged with an editor included later in folder). Correspondence also covers Aughros House / Coney House on the 1860 Admiralty Chart and Walter Wade who did the first botanic investigation of Connemara (1980-1987);

Letter from Noel King to Tim enclosing a map and listing protected species and locations (16 November 1984);

Two letters from Cilian Roden with enclosed articles for proof reading on mountain flora (year unknown);

Series of copied research articles and talks, listed here:

'The Vegetation of Southern Connemara' by Gertrude Connolly (1930);

'Is the Classification of plant communities either possible or desirable?' D A Webb (1954);

From 'Flora of the British Isles' on Erica Ciliaris L. in Ireland' by D A Webb (1962);

'Carex Dioica L. at Lough Coura in County Offaly', (July 1969);

'Craiggamore and Craiggabeg in West Galway' (1975);

'Notes on Irish Vegetation: No 1 The Vegetation of Shingle in County Louth' James White (1981);

'Natural History in Connemara, A Case for Conservation', (1984);

'A Scientific Tour through Munster: The Travels of Joseph Woods, Architect and Botanist, in 1908', G J Lyne and M E Mitchell;

Selected copies on Polygonum oxyspermum, angelica sylvestris L, the Renvyle Hydrilla, Hydrilla Verticillata, Juncus Planifolius;

An Roinn Oideachais 'Ainmneacha Plandaí agus Ainmhithe / Flora and Fauna Nomenclature';

Hand-drawn chart outlining the transport system for food and water, and seed producers.

Photograph of Minulus guttatus and lutea from June 1983.

Several volumes of the Royal Dublin Society's Journal of Life Sciences (1981 and 1982). Offprint from proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 'An Account of the flora and vegetation of Derryclare Wood' by David K Ferguson and Victor Westhoff, and a photocopy of a handwritten letter to David Ferguson asking for stories of Cuach na Coille, a beautiful horsewoman who lived there, and of a lodge owned by the Martin family.

Two press cuttings from the Irish Times (1984 and 1990) on the effect of the warm weather on the seaweed industry and wild flowers.

Correspondence between Cian Ó Sé of the Cork Speleological Society and Robinson. Begins with a letter from Ó Sé commenting on some placenames, specifically Poll an Eidhneáin and Cairn Suí Finn, with some commentary on the local Munster Irish dialect of Clare. Copy reply from Robinson on Rath Bheag, Dabhach Bhrainin, Poll an Eidhneain, and Aille an Daill. Two letters from Ó Sé, one in Irish and one in English answering Robinson's queries, and enclosing a photocopy of a section of Robinson's 1977 map with annotation. Refers to Charles Self (see P120/3/2/2/2) (26 Aug - 8 Sep 1980) 14pp;

Three copies of a list of Burren Placenames. The first list is a handwritten draft with lots of notes. The second list is typed, and arranged into 3 columns that give the OS form of the place name, other known versions of the name, and the suggested Irish form. The third list is a carbon copy of the typed list and has several handwritten edits from Robinson and Micheál Ó Maolchaoine / Michael (Pop) Mulqueeny.

In some instances these folders include material that relates to other topics. They have been left in their original order. The "related material" field will represent many of these links to other parts of the archive.

Colour photographs and slides taken by Tim Robinson in the Burren. Mostly of archaeological sites, captioned on the backs of the photographs. Includes the photograph of Tim Robinson on boat to Deer Island in 1984. (c1978-1998), 32 photographs and 10 slides;

Three discs of images with two accompanying notes from Michael Crane to Tim Robinson. The notes indicate the CD includes panoramic photographs of Holy Wells and Early Christian Churches in the Burren, using Robinson's map in the background.These discs are for Mac use, and are not currently accessible. (c2006).

File of six-inch Ordnance Survey maps of Clare from the 1915 and 1916 editions. There are 13 in total, sheet numbers: 1, 2, 3 & 3a, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14 & 8a, 15, 16 and 17.

The maps have been annotated by Tim Robinson with borders outlined in coloured ink, and notes in pencil. An indexing system used on the maps by Robinson corresponds with his field notebook (see P120/3/2/1/2).

Six folders containing 56 maps, all annotated six inch OS maps. The maps are mainly the 1965 and 1966 editions with a small number from the 1974 and 1978 editions. Some of the maps in this file are photocopies that are sellotaped together. All maps contain edits that mark in additional features and placenames. The file begins with a fragment of the Ordnance Survey sheet index for Co Galway, with Robinson's handwritten notes listing the sheets he will require for his mapping project.

The following description lists the sheet numbers, number of copies, and date of publication of each OS map. Paragraph breaks indicate a new folder:

Sheet numbers: one copy of Sheet 9 B C D (undated); two copies of Sheet 9 A (1965), two copies of Sheet 10 and 10A (1965 and 1979), two copies of Sheet 11 (1965), two copies of Sheet 12 & 13 (1965).

Two copies of Sheet 21 (1966), one copy of Sheet 21a (undated), two copies of Sheet 22 (1965), two copies of Sheet 23 (1983), two copies of Sheet 24 (1965), two copies of Sheet 25 (1965), one copy of Sheet 26.

One copy of sheet 34 and a photocopy of the section of this map that covers Turbot (1965), two copies of Sheet 35 (1977), two copies of Sheet 36 (1965), two copies of Sheet 37 (1965), two copies of Sheet 38 (1965), two copies of Sheet 39 (1966).

Photocopied section of an unidentified map with annotations, the notepaper is from Aillebrack Marine Services Ltd. Sheet 48 and also a photocopy of a section (1965), two copies of sheet 49 (1966 and 1982), two copies of Sheet 50 (1965), one copy of Sheet 51 (1966), one copy of sheet 52 (1974), two copies of Sheet 53 (1966).

Section of Sheet 62 (date not available), two copies of Sheet 63 (1965), Sheet 64 (1966), Sheet 65 (1966), Sheet 66 (1966).

Sheet 76 (1966), Sheet 77 (1965), Sheet 78 (1965), Sheet 79 (1965), Sheet 89 (1965), Sheet 90 (1978), Sheet 91 (1966).