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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).
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25/09/2023
25/09/2023