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Correspondence with Michael Gibbons with several enclosures of maps, site-reports, and articles, discussing megaliths, crannógs, ring-forts, stone rows, a cross on Inis Ní and cross slabs on Omey Island.

Copies of the following articles:

'The Cultural Landscape of the Irish Coast: 2007 Omey Island Heritage Research';

Press cutting from Connacht Tribune about the discovery of a 1,200 year old mass grave in Connemara, a site exposed by sea erosion (1993);

'An t-Oileánach' (the Island Trust Newsletter) article on Omey Island's Mace Head (undated);

'Hiberno-Norse Ringed Pin from Omey Feichín, Connemara', Michael Gibbons and Myles Gibbons (2005);

'Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo in the Archaeology and History of Ireland', Michael Gibbons and Gerry Walsh;

'Fortified Stone Lake-Dwellings on Islands in Lough Skannive, Connemara', Edgar L Layard (1897);

'An Introduction to Connemara's Archaeological Heritage', which lists archaeological and historical sites marked on a map, organised for a guided tour;

Draft copy 'The Island habitation sites of Connemara', Michael Gibbons and Jim Higgins.

Letter from B E Leake, Professor of Geology, The University Glasgow, to Máiréad Robinson regarding a geological map of Connemara (1985);

Correspondence between Tim Robinson and P W Geoff Tanner of the Geology Department at Glasgow University. Enquires about work carried out on an excursion to Maam on the contours of the Twelve Bens regions, and subsequent discussion of the Connemara map. (1985-1990);

Correspondence between Professor Paul Mohr, Geology Department, UCG and Tim Robinson with enclosures. Robinson asking Mohr to "vet the geology" in a piece he has written, and requesting clarification on the Shannawonna fault. A piece by Paul Mohr entitled 'History of Connacht Geology' looking at early amateur geologists, the Bog Commissioners' Engineers, Richard Griffith, Patrick Ganly, Joseph Verschoule - Archdeacon of Achonry. A subsequent piece 'Early Concepts and Discoveries in Geology: A Synopsis for Students' put together by Mohr. A 1991 photograph of Robinson at the fault line, Fó Uí Mháille, Ballinaleama is attached to one letter. (1987-1995);

Letter from Mary McDonagh Robinson enclosing a map showing minerals in the Galway area. (2004);

Letter from Ronán Hennessy, Department of Earth and Ocean Science at NUI Galway with enclosures:

A 3D map of Turlough Hill, Co Clare, showing hut sites;

'A model of subaqueous sedimentation at the margin of the Late Midlandian Irish Ice Sheet, Connemara, Ireland, and its implications for regionally high isostatic sea levels', Geoffrey S P Thomas and Richard C Chiverrell;

'Understanding Irish Landscape Evolution: Pollen assemblages from neogene and pleistocene palaeosurfaces in Western Ireland', Pete Coxon;

Programme and abstracts for the 47th Irish Geological Research Meeting, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, NUI Galway, 2004;

Photocopy of 'The Geology of the Roundstone ultrabasic complex, Connemara'., D L Bremner and B E Leake.

Correspondence with John Waddell, Department of Archaeology at UCG, with notes on middens at Connemara sites, wedge graves, orientations of stone alignments with connections to astronomy (1980-1986);

Correspondence with Etienne Rynne arranging a meeting to discuss field surveys (1983); and enclosing a rubbing of a stone in the old fishery store in Roundstone (1987);

Correspondence with Seán Ó Nualláin, Archaeological Department, OS, reporting information on wedge graves and standing stones (1982);

Letter from M Conroy of the PWE inviting Tim to a meeting on the production of a computerised Sites and Monuments Record (1986);

Note from Finbar McCormick of Queen's University Belfast relating to old tombs and death stones (1986);

Correspondence with Paul Walsh, OS relating to new sites of megalithic interest discovered by Tim in the West (1987);

Correspondence from John Sheehan, Gearóid Carey, Éamon P Kelly, and Deirdre Crombie seeking information on locations (1988);

Correspondence between Dr M O'Connell and Frank Lydon marking a mass rock on a map;

Letter from Jim Higgins regarding an article he is writing on Crannógs.

Small file of handwritten notes - a list of sites marked "for survey" with ticks on the side, 3 photographs of corn kilns taken in Roundstone 1989, a two-page piece on South Connemara and placenames, written 6 March 1987, and another copy with edits. Photocopy of "Galway Castles and Owners in 1574" by J P Nolan. Press cuttings 1984-1998 on archaeological discoveries in the West.

Folder of correspondence between Paul Gosling (Archaeology UCG) and Tim. Exchanges information and new discoveries at sites including at Glencraff, tracings and ideas on work submitted for publication. (1985-1992).

Correspondence between Professor Victor Westhoff and Tim Robinson including enclosures, listed below. Correspondence mentions Letterdyfe House, and the old Irish tree alphabet. Enclosures include:

'Man's attitude towards vegetation' V Westhoff (1983);

'Letters from the Irish Highlands', which was written by various members of the Black family in 1825;

'The Archives of the peat bogs' by Sir Harry Godwin;

'The Relationships of some bog communities in Western Galway' by D J Boatman (1960);

'The vegetation and flora of some islands in the Connemara Lakes' by D A Webb and E V Glanville (1962);

'The influence of the sea and of parent material on wetlands and blanket bog in West-Connemara, Ireland' (1975);

'Roundstone Bog: the challenges for conservation' Mary O'Connor (Botany UCG), with copy letter to O'Connor from Robinson, with queries about the term 'dubh locháin' for peat-bottomed lakes and a query about slime mould;

'The Biology of Fungi' by C T Ingold, 'Irish Myxomycetes' by B Ing and D W Mitchell;

'Vegetation succession in lakes of West Connemara, Ireland: comparing predicted and actual changes' by van Groenendael, Reopers, Woltjer and Zweers (1996);

'Soligenous influences on wetlands and blanket bog in Western Connemara, Ireland' van Groenendael, Hochstenbach, van Mansfield and Roozen (1981);

A photocopied table of plant communities of lakes in West Connemara.

Correspondence with government ministers, from elderly pensioners re means testing, community alert; minutes of meeting between Muintir na Tíre and Cork County Federation; minutes of Muintir na Tíre meetings; details of renting office space in Swords; Submission from Muintir na Tíre to the National Crime Forum.

Correspondence regarding newsletter to community councils; UN International Year of Older Persons; correspondence with TDs regarding Muintir na Tíre’s budget submission for 2000.

Correspondence and press reports on the closing down of the National Forum for Europe.

Correspondence and programme for a Conference on Community Development to be held in University College Galway, some discussion as to whether the Department of Health and Social Sciences would be in a position to attend.

File of correspondence between Kevin Boyle and others including Sweet and Maxwell publisher and also publicity material such as promotional brochures and flyers/order forms for human rights titles published by Sweet and Maxwell.