Detailing the work of Hill & Knowlton and how they would publicise the golden jubilee for Muintir na Tíre. Includes information on fundraising and a possible name change.

Set of index cards giving a description of the townland of High Island, [Ardoileán]. Included are a note on Richard Murphy, the poet, who bought High Island in the 1960's, and a general note on the terrain of the island itself. Also included are descriptions of The Chisters (two islets called Carrickarone on the OS maps), Dublin (a passage between cliffs), Fuagh na Cara, Fuagh an Mhianaigh, Promontory Fort, and the Copper Mine. A fisherman on the island provided some of the local information.

Notes on the Hernon / Ó hIarnáin family beginning with historical uncertainty over whether they arrived in Ireland with the Armada, or if they were Cromwellians. The notes cover their original settlement in Connemara, arrival on Aran before the Great Famine, and notes on individuals from generations of the Hernons beginning with Bartly Hernon and continuing to the present 7th generation.

Two booklets published by the Heritage Service within the National Parks and Wildlife Service, entitled Environmentally Friendly Farming, and Farming and Nature.

Tim Robinson's handwritten notes on the layout and sequence of 'Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara & Other Writings'.

A typed document entitled 'Headnotes (to precede individual pieces)', that gives the origin of each piece of writing.

Hardback folio ledger, which includes draft manuscript of a play, in a number of scenes, with some typescript loose-leaf draft scenes also included. No working title of the play is listed. Other loose-leaf manuscript pages are enclosed. These include a stamped envelope, dated 9 Sep 1951, addressed to Miss Eileen Boyle, Bank of Ireland, Sligo, MS note on inside "Up in the city the lights are glowing, the city is like a Venetian lake, the reflections, the shadows...."

The Diary section begins with an entry dated 2 January 1948. Diary entries continue through coming weeks and reference trips to the opera, comments on performances, films recently seen, comments on actors and the films, and notes about theatre in Dublin, as well as meetings with friends. Entry for April 19th 1948 opens with: "I have made two of the steps in any life: have joined the staff of the Bank of Ireland, College Green, and the Brendan Smith Academy of Acting." Diary entries over following weeks and months give details accounts of actor training, class schedule and content and mentions of classmates at the Brendan Smith Academy. Later entries recount being offered a post as producer by Brendan Smith but would have to leave job in the Bank of Ireland; comments and accounts of plays and movies seen in Dublin over coming months of 1948 and to c. 1950. The diary entries record social engagements around Dublin and general comments on culture and events in the city.

Production file from The Corn Exchange production of Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, directed by Annie Ryan and co-produced with Theatre National Populaire, Lyon. Includes photocopy of published edition of the script, with notes and annotations by Annie Ryan; A4 loose-leaf page with details of set and tech information.
Black softcover notebook by Annie Ryan from production of Happy Days. Includes drawings and sketches of scenes from the play, along with notes by Ryan on the aesthetic of the production re. lights, set, costume, "The Theatre is swallowing us alive". Includes writings and notes by Ryan including notes on Beckett, sectional notes of the production scenes, costume notes, prop list, and related notes on the production by Ryan.

Three pages of Robinson's handwritten notes with lists of references, and a timeline for birch.

One spiral notebook entitled 'Synge Notes', with Robinson's notes and references relating to Synge's time on the Aran Islands.

One page of hand-drawn fossils found on the Aran Islands.

Four pages of handwritten notes from a reading of 'Geology of Ireland' by J K Charlesworth (1953).

A colour photograph of a granite boulder perched on limestone pavement, taken at An Scairbh in 1982.