Material relating to the publication of the diary of Thomas Colville Scott, a Scotsman sent to survey the Martin Estate in 1853 on behalf of a group of London business men. Colville Scott's journal records extraordinary encounters with the survivors of the Famine years, observations on his accommodation, and an experience with the Guardians of Clifden Workhouse. The diary was published by The Lilliput Press in 1995 with an introductory essay by Tim Robinson giving the background of Connemara history and clarifying obscure references. The book was published with a map of Connemara and the Martin Estate, alongside a daily itinerary of his journey.
Manuscript
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Material relating to the publication of Tim Robinson's 'Connemara: Part 1: Introduction and gazetteer. Part 2: a one-inch map'. The map and gazetteer were published in 1990. Most of the material in this sub-subseries covers the mapping component of the work.
Three drafts, handwritten and typed, of 'Connemara - a subjective triangulation', a talk given at a cartography-related conference (marked "for SUC conference, Dublin, Sep 1987").
Printing layouts, fonts and size are all detailed in mockups of the Connemara map for the Connacht Tribune. Photographic material, paper, and floppy disc are all included in this file.
Correspondence between Muintir na Tíre headquarters and the Connacht guild with particular emphasis on the McDonagh cup and the Connacht provincial conventions.
Press announcement regarding the Connacht Development Week 1969; opening address of Rev Raymond Browne 25/11/1969; poster for Connacht Development Week 1967
Later nineteenth century copy of extracts from the Connacht Certificates relating to Laughlin O'Connor. First certificate grants him the lands of Tonelegshee, Bellaboy, Cougherm and Lacke, all of County Galway, Groghane, County Mayo, and Carrowkeelty or Knockanree, Beagh, Clunecurry, Corheene and Rath, County Galway. Second certificate states that Francis, Lord Baron of Atherree, pay £165 to Laughlin Connor for lands in Grange and Carrowantanlasa, County Galway.
Correspondence regarding the attendance and arrangements for the conference on 10 January 1969 in St. Patrick’s College, Thurles.
Correspondence regarding the arrangements and attendance for the conference.