Folder of Artwork/Separations for Tim Robinson's Western Way book with annotations and instructions on its layout.
Tracings and negatives of the printed map. Tracings are based on the six inch OS maps. And mock up of the Aran map with printed placenames, loose.
Geological map of Ireland, based on the work of the 1962 Geological Survey (1 inch - 12 miles), published in 1985. A map of the vegetation of the German river valleys (Vegetationskarten Deutscher Flusstäler), published in 1961. Contains hydrograph of the ground water levels of plant communities. Index for the new Republic of Ireland Grid Reference Sheets, with annotations on the map. Six inch OS map of Moycullen (Galway Sheet 81). One inch index map, with roman numerals denoting the numbers of the 6 inch maps (1922). Two six inch OS maps from the Mayo series (sheets 31 and 31A, and 40 and 40A). Townland index No 10. Galway Sheet 80 (OS 6 inch maps). 1957 German map of the vegetation of the Elbe region. Clare 6 inch os map sheet 5. Galway 25 inch OS map Dunkellin, sheet ciii. 14. Galway 6b inch sheet 103. Soil map of West Mayo, to accompany soil survey bulletin no 32 (1974). Galway 6 inch sheet 69. Galway 25 inch sheet 94 II. Galway 6 inch sheet 82. Galway 6 inch sheet 86.
OS 25 inch map of Westmeath (Corkaree) Sheet XII 9, with some annotations added in (scale and tick marks). 25 inch map of Mayo (Erris), IX 11. 25 inch map of Lough Owel, some cuttings taken from it. Six inch map - Westmeath Sheet 12. One inch maps of Londonderry, East Tyrone, and Omagh by the OS Northern Ireland (1967).
File of 19th and 20th century Ordnance Survey maps of Aran. Although the items in this file are undated, it is probable these are the early building blocks of Robinson's 1975 map of the Aran Islands. The OS maps have been cut into fragments and heavily annotated, with the Irish language version of each placename written in, local features drawn, corrections and updates added, and some additional features hand-drawn using coloured ink.
There are 7 cut outs in total. Two from OS Map Sheet 110, one from Sheet 111, and four from Sheet 119. These are taken from the 1966 edition of the 6 inch OS map.
Also filed with these maps are photocopies from other reference maps, with annotations. These seem likely to have come later, when Robinson went on to update his mapping. One is a hand-drawn sketch on tracing paper entitled 'Aran areas of small fields 1cm²'.
6pp of Robinson's notes with calculations on the fields in Árainn, giving average perimeters, grids and calculations.
Four copies of sections of the 1839 OS map showing Baile na Sean.
Newspaper clipping dated 7 November 1992 of a 16th century map of Ireland by Paolo Forlani soon to be auctioned.
Sheets 113 and 122 from the Geological Survey of Ireland, showing the Aran Islands and Inisheer at the scale of one inch to a mile. (Published Oct 1862 and Mar 1869).
Sheet 113 of the OS 1 inch map of Aran Islands showing Inishmaan and Inishmore. Robinson's calculations drawn in pencil.
Two copies of a Happy Birthday letter from Máiréad to her husband, Tim, enclosing the 1975 Aran map.
Handwritten drafts of what became Part III North of 'Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage'. A handwritten layout of the book's intended layout, early handwritten drafts of the chapter 'Cill Éinne: The Village'. A detailed page of handwritten notes on kelp sent to Robinson by his father Frank. Colmcille's 'A Farewell to me from Aran', handwritten by Robinson. Handwritten early drafts of the chapters that became 'Aircín: The Castle' and 'Aircín: The Pawn'.
The material is undated. Differences in the writing when compared with the published book indicate these are first or very early drafts.
Typed drafts with handwritten annotations, some pages are cut into fragments. The file does not contain the entire manuscript of what became 'North', and the pages represent drafts from different times.
Photocopied handwritten title page and table of contents (from P120/3/1/2/5), with 'Itinerary' crossed out, and 'Pilgrimage' written instead. Typescript draft of the Preface 'Timescape with Signpost', and Pilgrimage I South. This draft has been photocopied from P120/3/1/2/5, to show loosely attached cut up fragments in their new intended order.
Handwritten references.
Handwritten title page 'Itinerary II North', followed by typescript draft of this part of the book. Contains handwritten annotations correcting spellings and changing words, draft pagination, and fragments of pages that have been cut up, and pasted within other pages.