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This series consists of gifts and presentations given to Mary Robinson from 1978 - 2016, and related material, is further subdivided into five subseries and one file and is arranged according to the format of the item received.

P143/17/1 includes presentations and gifts, and related material, given to Robinson on various visits including state visits, and at various events, apart from medals, shields, ceremonial dress and flags.

P143/19/2 includes medals, and related material, presented to Robinson on various visits including state visits, and at various events, excluding those awarded to her for her work, which can be found in P143/10.

P143/19/3 includes shields, and related material, presented to Robinson on various visits including state visits, and at various events

P143/19/4 consists of items of ceremonial wardrobe, and related material, presented to Robinson on various visits including state visits, and at various events.

P143/19/5 consists of several flags used for various events and occasions including a set of small flags, the Irish flag and the Irish presidential flag, both for possible use on the presidential car.

P143/19/6 consists of documents relating to the many gifts received by Robinson, including several lists, and material relating to a Daffodil being named in her honour by the American Daffodil Society.

INCOMPLETE - FURTHER CATALOGUING OF THIS SERIES TO COME

Three copies of Tim and Máiréad Robinson's presentation to the Ford European Conservation Prize Jury in Madrid.

A statement of the Folding Landscape project;
Statement to the Jury 'The Dolphin in its Wave' (one with handwritten edits);
Bibliography of Folding Landscape's early publishing history and list of awards;
The Aran and Burren maps;
Review of the Árainn map by David Ward;
Book jacket for 'Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage';
Synopsis, review, and copy of the of 'Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara' pamphlet;
Synopsis, review and copy of 'Mapping South Connemara';
Synopsis and copy of 'The View from Errisbeg' and 'The Burren Uplands', two essays written for 'The Book of the Irish Countryside';
Outline of Folding Landscape's intended map of Connemara, due for publication in Spring 1988, and mockups of the cover to the map and companion to the map;
Sample of the companion text to accompany the upcoming Connemara map, and extracts from an essay about the map;
Synopsis and extracts from his forthcoming monograph on Cenotaphs and Funerary Cairns of Árainn (later published as Mementos of Mortality);
Synopsis and extracts from 'Space, Time and Connemara' and an accompanying photograph (3 different photographs in each of the folders);
Note about the archives accumulated by Folding Landscapes, listing their subject headings, and photocopies of some of their content by means of example - includes a statement of intention to computerise this information to facilitate public reference to them.

There are some slight differences between the folders, and the 2nd folder also includes a copy of an application for a grant from the American Ireland Fund.

Materials pertaining to Father Hayes' lecture, '"The Irish in the Argentine" or "The Lost Tribe"', given on 22 February 1942 at the Grand Central Cinema, Limerick. Includes:
-List of slides used in the presentation by Father Hayes. The images were taken by Father Hayes during his 1934 trip to South America for the 34th International Eucharistic Congress in Buenos Aires. The list is heavily annotated by Father Hayes (4pp);
-Text of Father Hayes' lecture, in which he talks about the history of the Irish diaspora in Argentina (7pp);
-1 envelope containing presentation slides (not included) and labelled with the lecture's title, location, and date (1p).

Envelope from John P. Kissane, optician & chemist, Tipperary, prepared for Canon Hayes. The envelope contains a slip of paper with a prescription issued by P. Hogan, Cashel.

Pre-publication copy of 'Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage' with some handwritten notes on page alignment and preliminary information.

File with spreadsheets and documents of pre-production budgets and also production budgets with breakdown of projected and actual costs for productions by Ouroboros Theatre Company. Includes documents in relation to "Amadeus", "Mutabilitie", "The Death of Harry Leon", "Myrmidons", "Celebrating Friel", "Macbeth at the Gates"; "Translations", Making History", "Translations".

Information and opinion on the Department of Environment and Local Government Interdepartmental task force on the integration of Local government and local development systems green paper ‘Preparing the Ground: Guidelines for the Progress from Strategy Groups to County/City Development Boards’.

Tim Robinson's handwritten notes on J M Synge's time in Aran. Notes taken from a reading of Robert Skelton's 'J M Synge and his World'. Notes on Synge's usage of marriage themes, the Celtic Twilight, on his notebook, the subjects not covered by Synge in his work, and on Synge as a man island. Some examples of Robinson's immediately recognisable doodles framing some pages.

Rental book for certain townlands for Patrick Joseph Teghe, giving tenant, townland and amounts paid.

Letters relating to a premises in Galway bought from John Wilson Lynch by Martin Hynes and to a premises in Eyre Square, Galway, bought from William Darcy by J A Fahy.