TS correspondence includes:
TS letter from Norman Butler, Appointments Officer, Queen's University, Belfast to Kevin Boyle, offering to Boyle the assistance of the Appointments Office in the future of Boyle's academic career. (30 Aug 1965)
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Letters of congratulations sent to Michael Rynne to mark his appointment as Irish Ambassador to Spain. Letters received from Barra Ó Briain; Michael Tierney; Joseph D. Brennan; Walter de Bourg; Patrick Dunne (Óglaigh na hÉireann, C Company); The British Ambassador to Japan; The Irish Ambassador to Belgium and others.
Leaflets, timetables and postcards advertising Aran Islands tourism, from 1970's to present day.
Published calendar featuring black and white photographs of Inis Oírr from 1982.
Pilgrim Constitution for Aisling Arann / The Aran Project. A proposal outline for an interdenominational church on the Aran Islands.
Handwritten script of a lecture given by Tim Robinson describing his methodology for mapping Aran. Written at the top of the first page is 'Dáinscoil 29/3/78'.
File of invitations to exhibitions and events connected with the Aran Islands. Includes photographic exhibition of Bill Doyle (1985), the Natural History of the Aran Islands (1986), a tour of Frederick Burton's painting 'The Aran Fisherman's Drowned Child (1987-1988), a book by Dara O Conaola (1992), letter from Daniel Jewesbury to Robinson outlining a sculpture about Inis Mór he is planning (1993), drawings of Aran Fields and walls by Tom Weld (includes photographs of his work and a personal letter to Robinson), a book by Henry Cecil Watson (1999), Bailiúchán Bhéaloideas Árann (2003), Paintings and Graphics by Pádraic Reaney (2005), the photographic albums of Charles R Browne (2012).
Typed talk given by Tim Robinson entitled 'Islands / Oileáin', for an event organised by The Island Trust. A handwritten note dates the piece 29 Apr 1994.
Folder of research carried out by Máiréad Robinson on Aran knitting practices.
Included are her proposal, working papers, and drafts and final copy of a report 'Interim Report on the traditional stitches of Aran Knitting' (Sep 1982).
Two notebooks that record interviews with individuals and groups, with the name of the interviewee, and their memories. Details such as when they learned to knit, the stitches they knew, what it meant to them economically, and many personal recollections.
The research explores knitting as an important cottage industry and a highly developed craft that descends directly from a Celtic past, both in its elaborate stitches and the oral transmission of knowledge of the stitches. Differences between Inishmore and the two smaller islands are noted. Lists of stitches in both their Irish and English language names, with a handwritten list of sources, printed extracts from published material, and 2 copies of a blank postcard from the Museum of Inishmaan featuring a photograph from 1904. A large page with drawings and titles of the various stitches.
Two letters to Tim and Máiréad from Leo Daly, about Aran knitting, one enclosing news cuttings (1982-3).
Also included is a small love note from Tim to Máiréad.
Material relating to the 1975 and 1980 maps of the Aran Islands created by Tim Robinson. Includes early map drafts, field note books, detailed correspondence on placenames. See P120/3/1/8/8 for Robinson's own description of his mapping methodology.
File of correspondence.
Two handwritten letters to Robinson from Jim [Higgins] on léachts and cairns, and whether there is a connection between the ones on Aran and the mainland. Mentions Ardrahan and Menlo, (c. Aug 1993).
Handwritten letter to Robinson from [Deirdre Ní Fhloinn], Irish Folklore Department at UCD. Encloses a print out entitled 'Ainmneacha Áireacha cois na farraige'. (15 Aug 1994).
Copy typed letter from Robinson to Fr Dara Molloy following the publication of 'Mementos of Mortality'. Discusses the benefits of a possible FÁS scheme under archaeological supervision to restore some of the monuments on Aran. (Undated).
Letter from Ríona Egan, a student of Heritage Studies at GMIT enclosing field research she has done on the Wayside Memorials of counties Clare, Mayo and mainland Galway. The enclosure and a copy of Robinson's reply with a few notes is included (6-13 Mar 2003).
Two copies of an essay written by Tim Robinson entitled 'Aran's Square Root', in which he explores his artistic instinct to imagine a sculptural form of the Aran landscape. He focuses on the Wormhole / Poll na bPéist, and extends his theory with a mathematical equation.