Handwritten and typed short stories by Tim Drever. 'The Ephemeron'; 'The River'; 'Ice'; 'The Impossible Isles'; 'The Heavens Fall'; 'Visits to the Black Cliff' (1981); 'Terminal Deity'; 'The Objective Reality of Purgatory'; 'Two Reminiscences of London 1970'; 'The Absence' (1981); one untitled manuscript.

Eight iterations of 'Space, Time and Connemara', the introductory essay to 'Connemara Part 1: Introduction and Gazetteer'.

These go from handwritten, to annotated typed versions, up to the final version. One draft incorporates notes from Paul Mohr, one with notes from Mike Gibbons, and one with notes from Mick O'Connell.

File of correspondence between Robinson and Jim Donnelly, co editor of the Journal of Irish Studies. The correspondence begins with a request from Donnelly for Robinson to contribute a scholarly article for publication in their journal, and continue through various iterations of a version of 'Space, Time and Connemara'. The final correspondence is a carbon copy of a letter from Robinson regretting the aborting of the journal. (23 Oct 1987-19 Jul 1988). The article was eventually published in 'A Journal of Irish Studies', published by the Irish American Cultural Institute, and a photocopy of this is included.

Three typed drafts of Tim Robinson's introduction to 'Connemara after the Famine, Journal of a Survey of the Martin Estate 1853'. There are handwritten edits in each draft, incorporated into the subsequent draft.

Six drafts of:

'Towards a Map of South Connemara

1. The Tangled Tightrope
2. Walking out to the Islands'

All drafts have the same date of 16 Jan 1981, but the evolution of the writing can be traced from the first, handwritten draft, through each of the subsequent typed versions.

Typed draft of "Person/Place/Book, Synge's The Aran Islands" with handwritten notes and annotations.

Early typescript draft of 'Mementos of Mortality', excluding photographs. Spellings errors and grammar corrected in ink. A handwritten note on the cover indicates it was intended to be sent to a proofreader. "Please return to us later on. TR".

Early typescript draft of Part 1, Discussion, of 'Mementos of Mortality', with spelling and grammar errors corrected in ink.

Two pages of handwritten notes, with a peano line drawn on the back.

Typed draft of 'The Sound of the Past', which became part of the Preface of 'Listening to the Wind'. The draft is dated May 1998.

Typed outline of chapters for 'Connemara', with some handwritten notes. Dated 28 Jul 2004.

Typed draft of 'The Cold of Charity'. Dated 25 Nov 2004.

Typed draft entitled 'Ballinaboy', undated.

Two typed drafts of the table of contents, and of the following chapters:

Five typed drafts with handwritten edits of the Preface (the last draft is dated July 2005); four typed drafts of 'Scailp' (5 Mar 2003-30 Apr 2003); 'To the Dead Man's Grave' (13 Mar 2003); 'To the Halfway House' (13 Mar 2003); four typed drafts with handwritten edits of 'Superincumbent Intellect' (Mar 2003-1 Apr 2003); 'Errisbeg', which became 'Climbing Errisbeg' in the published version (18 Apr 2003); 'Murvey, with a note on Costa del Sod' (undated); 'Ogygia Lost' (Oct 2003); 'Summer Holiday Island', which became 'Holiday Island' in the published version (10 Jul 2004); 'The Neighbourhood' which was not in the published version (2 May 2004).

Four drafts of 'Famine' which became 'The Cold of Charity' in the published version (the latter two drafts are dated Oct 2004); 'Addendum: The Life and Death of a Robinson', part of 'The Robinson Era' in the published version (Jul 2004); four drafts of 'Inis Ní', which became 'Inis Ní in Winter' in the published version (12 Dec 2003-22 Feb 2004); two drafts of 'Cashel' which became 'Tales to Lengthen the Road' in the published version (the 2nd draft is dated 4 Mar 2004); '[Roundstone History]' which became 'Smugglers and Asylum Seekers' in the published version (undated); 'Crossing the Bog', which was later integrated into the chapter 'Scailp' (undated); 'Slime' which does not appear to have been included in the published version, but tells of the discovery of a slime mould by a visit to Connemara of the Mires Research Group in 1997; draft Bibliography (undated).

Photocopy of a typed draft of the Preface 'Timescape with Signpost' with handwritten annotations. Fragment typed drafts of the following chapters of what became Part I South: 'The Architecture of Destruction', 'An 'Agrarian Outrage', and 'Fear of Falling, Fear of Failing'. Fragment typed drafts of the following chapters of what became Part III North: 'Poets on the Shore', 'On the Shores of the Past', 'Writing on the Beach', 'Man of Aran', 'Looking into Other Lives', 'The Step', and 'Sailing on a Stone'.