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Typescript draft of Section Two, 1973-1986 of ‘The Irish Independent: A History’.

Blueprint plan showing a section through arcade on front elevation of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. The Architect is Arthur Page Brown. Drawn at a scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot.

Colour hand-drawing showing sections of Windy Camp, Huckleberry and Balaklala Mines. Note in pencil describing them as drawings 3 and 4 of the Balaklala Survey. The sections show elevations, gossan outcrop, powder house, tunnels, and depth of shafts. Drawn at a scale of 100 feet to 1 inch.

Bound copy of an excerpt authored by archaeologist Rónán Swan from an environmental impact statement pertaining to Kilsaran Concrete Ltd.'s proposed quarry at Ballykane Hill, Kilrainy, County Kildare. Swan's study revealed a ring barrow on the summit of Ballykane Hill that would require excavation.

Files of documents referring to the Section 31 media ban in Ireland which relates to a development during the Troubles in Northern Ireland where Sinn Féin and IRA members, under Section 31 of the Broadcasting Authority Act, were forbidden to be broadcast

Contact sheet and corresponding negative sheet containing 15 images.

Some under-exposed photographs of Bairbre as a teenager, taken in side-profile. Some photographs of scenery, two burial mounds next to each other, rugged landscape scenes.

Photographs taken at a protest against Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act, Bob Quinn is seated at the centre of this group, which also includes Seosamh Ó Cuaig, and three others.

Lists of secretaries from community alert groups for the purpose of the newsletter.

Folder 1/3 Correspondence with Cecil Houston of Erindale College inviting Tim Robinson to present at the Canadian Association of Irish Studies Annual Conference (CAIS) under the theme The Haunted Ark. Subsequent correspondence making arrangements, and after the trip correspondence regarding late expense reimbursement (***). (Sep 1993 - Jan 1995).

Letter from C J Houston, Erindale College, University of Toronto encloses a list of Toronto and Canadian women's literature, and a photocopy of 'Toronto City and Suburb, A self-guided field trip of the urban landscapes of Toronto and Scarborough'. (Mar 1994).

Fax transmission from George Stoney to Tim Robinson relating to visas. (Dec 1994).

Folder 2/3 'Secret Connemara' (1994-1995). Preliminary notes and 3 drafts of 'Secret Connemara'. Notes to say the talk was given at 'Connemara National Park' (and a cassette recording of same), and also at the 1994 CAIS conference. The paper focussed on four Connemara people in the 19th century: the smuggler Captain Ó'Máilleach / George O'Malley, the priest and rebel Fr Myles Prendergast, the landlord's agent Robinson, and the folk poet Colm de Bhailís. The following year, the talk was reworked into a paper which he entitled 'Four Threads', two drafts of this included.

Folder 3/3 Tourist maps and brochures for Canada, early 1990s.

File relating primarily to the secondment of Hugh Logue from the European Commission to work as special advisor and of the establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly. File is arranged as per original structure with some subject/section dividers in place, including those labelled "The Agreement", "Terms and Conditions", "Proposals", "Departmental Structures", "Civic Forum". File includes some manuscript notes by Logue on early points to discuss on party agreements etc., Series of Fax correspondence between Hugh Logue and J.G. Hunter of Central Personnel Group, Northern Ireland Civil Service, discussing terms and conditions of the secondment of Hugh Logue as Special Advisor to the Assembly from his current position at the European Commission (14 Aug 1998); Letter from Logue to Hunter seeking more information on the role and function of the new position (15 Aug 1998); Typed series of pages with cover letter signed by Logue and sent to Seamus Mallon (15 Aug 1998), the cover letter states "Word is just coming in of the utter horror of Omagh [Bombing], and much of the work attached feels empty". The 13-page fax by Logue sent to Mallon includes discussions on the "Departmental Structures - Considerations"; "Suggestions for New Departmental Structures Based on Existing N. Ireland Departments", "North-South Provisions", "Civic Forum".
Document under section "Timetable" includes a multi-page typed "Deputy First Minister's Diary" for 24 Aug - 31 Oct 1998.

Timetable to the Meeting of the Assembly (14 Sept 1998) sent to First Minister by Paul Sweeney; Document by John Semple entitled "Deputy First Ministers - Special Advisors" (17 Aug 1998) and also by Semple, "Organisation at the Centre of the New Administration" (13 Aug 1998); Sweeney to Deputy First Minister "Options for Departmental Structures and Ministerial Structures and Ministerial Portfolios" (17 Aug 1998).

Various papers/appendices: "Analysis of Proposals for the Establishment of a Northern Ireland Civic Forum"; Discussion Paper on Consultative Civic Forum"; "The Civic Forum - A Consultation Document from New Agenda"; "The Civic Forum - A Consultation Paper"; "Proposal For a Northern Ireland Civic Forum".