Clare county council map of the townland of Tullycommon, with Poulnagollum Cave and a ring fort highlighted in pink marker. The map is entitled 'Proposed Amenity Scheme at Tullycommon (Cahercommaun)', and is a section taken from an OS map.
Manuscript
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Correspondence between Brendan Dunford and Tim Robinson beginning with a letter from Dunford inviting Robinson to the upcoming launch of burrenbeo, a new information and education initiative. Ensuing correspondence discusses the relationship between the farming community and the environmentalist cause, specifically access, burning of gorse, grazing levels, and public liability concerns that have forced some farmers to put 'no trespassing' signs on their land. (9 May - 9 Jul 2003) 9pp;
The rest of the folder contains Robinson's membership card for Burren Beo Trust, promotional postcards, an interactive CD-ROM entitled 'Images of the fertile rock', the trust's annual magazine Burren Insight, (2010-2012).
Christmas card from Éamon de Buitléar and family to Tim and Máiréad Robinson, featuring a photograph of the Burren in stormy weather that was taken by Éamon and Cian de Buitléar.
Correspondence between Tim Robinson and his parents Frank and Gay, beginning with a handwritten scroll of Frank's comments on 'The Tangled Tightrope'. Carbon copy of Tim's reply explaining his style of writing and evocation of sound. Two subsequent letters from Frank and Gay having read 'Walking out to the Islands' and finding it the brighter of the two essays.
Updated draft of the first section of 'The Tangled Tightrope'.
File of correspondence between Tim Robinson and Liam Mac an Iomaire, and Micheál Ó Conghaile regarding an Irish language translation of 'Mapping South Connemara'. (20 Feb 1986-26 Feb 1987).
Two Irish language letters from Liam Mac an Iomaire enclosing scripts of 'Mapáil Chonamara Theas', which later became 'Conamara Theas - Áit agus Ainm'. Copies of two letters of reply from Robinson with some proof reading suggestions (19 Feb - 30 May 1992).
A typed copy of the Irish language translation, with some handwritten edits throughout the manuscript.
Photocopied review from Pléaracha 1992.
Two copies of a typed letter from Robinson to Mac an Iomaire on the subject of four half-hour TV programmes based on 'Mapping South Connemara', and outlining topics that could be covered in each programme. (7 Nov 1996).
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.
File of fragments and tracings of OS maps of Clifden, Ballinaboy and Cleggan. Each item contains several of Robinson's annotations. Filed in with these fragments is a photocopied grid map of Connemara National Park with a handwritten note to Tim Robinson from Noel K[ ] on the forestry in the area.
File of fragments and tracings of OS maps of Muicineach and Camas. Each item contains several of Robinson's annotations. Robinson's indexing systems gives the sheets the following numbers: 65 (3 copies), 65D, 65G, 65J, and 79.