Correspondence with Alec Finlay of 'Morning Star Publications' regarding various project proposals with Tim Robinson. Alec Finlay published 'A Scottish Mountains Anthology'. Several folios and published poems are included in the folder.
Manuscript
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A typed draft of 'Ailiu Iath n-hErend;
Tim Robinson's handwritten notes;
Poem 'I will rise with the hawk...';
Laminated poster 'Remembering John Moriarty'.
Typed manuscript of 'Slí na Fírinne'.
Manuscript proofs of 'Night Journey to Buddh Gaia' by John Moriarty, left with the Robinsons in September 2006.
Folder 1: Proof copy of Nuala O'Faoilain's manuscript 'Are you Somebody?'
A handwritten note to Tim and Máiréad accompanying an afterword reflecting on her life after the publication of the book.
Press cuttings of reviews.
Folder 2: Printed personal emails between Tim and Máiréad Robinson, and Nuala O'Faoilain in the final months of her life, and some emails concerning her estate following her death.
A piece entitled 'Waiting on Nuala', reflecting on Nuala's passing.
Short piece by Liz de Vanne 'Since you Ask', a tale about Errelough.
No contextual information provided, but it was originally filed with the Nuala Ó Faoláin material.
Typed manuscript of Anna Ryan's 'Where the Land Meets the Sea'. A page of Robinson's handwritten notes, and a cover slip from Emma Gallon of Ashgate Publishing, thanking Tim for offering to endorse the book.
Original folder entitled 'Old Maths and Impossible Object'. It includes notes and calculations by Tim from the 1960's/70's, and includes an art piece entitled 'Four-Colour Theorem', an interactive piece containing around 150 elements, which can be arranged by the spectator. The piece was created under the name Timothy Drever, and in its overview, Robinson refers to landscape. Also included are 2 drawings of an impossible object. Correspondence between Tim and his father Frank, with magic square puzzles that Tim devised for Frank, letters back and forth. These enclose newspaper clippings on cryptography. Maths teaching notes from 1966 - elementary proof of Morley's Theorem. Some notes on Tetrahedrally inclined waves, and a newspaper clipping from 1994 reporting on the Weaire-Phelan Structure. (1966-1994)
Working drafts, from handwritten, to annotated typed versions of a short piece entitled 'Geometer', written by Tim in 1996. The piece reflects on his final summer working as an artist in London, and an experience he had with caterpillars.
Two pieces regarding artists work in Roundstone (Lol Hardiman, Cyril O'Flaherty, and Chris Agee). These documents may not be connected, unclear where their provenance is. 2004/05.
Typed carbon copy of 'Islands and Images', dated September 1975, 1st chapter of SFOTSOC. Copy of 'A Connemara Fractal', for the Centre for Landscape Studies Conference 2 Nov 1990, and Geographical Society of Ireland, 6 Dec 1990. (Chp 7 SFOTSOC). Page with 'Amendments to Intro', handwritten note on top that says 'sent to Penguin 29 June 1991', (not SFOTSOC). Handwritten and typed draft of 'Setting Foot's' table of contents, and headnotes to precede individual pieces.
Typed copy with handwritten edits 'Secret Connemara' - the Schick lecture at Indiana State University, October 1991. Another copy with 'CAIS Toronto '94 version' written on top). (**NOTE - possibly refile, see if it relates to SFOTSOC). 'Listening to the Landscape' - chapter in SFOTSOC, and "a talk given at the Merriman Summer School at Lisdoonvarna, August 1992". Handwritten noteon top 'IR version, Feb 92'. 'Space Time and Connemara', a chapter in SFOTSOC. Three drafts of a preface to SFOTSOC. A list of captions for A Connemara Fractal (possibly refile). Note from Anthony Farrell at Lilliput press 'Tim, for you to check, amend and review, Best, A'. Copies of several essays that appeared in the 1996 SFOTSOC, with headnotes, and a handwritten note that says Jan 30 1996 version. Included among these are 'Islands and Images', 'The View from Errisbeg', 'Crossing the Pass', 'Interim Reports from Folding Landscapes', and the original of this from The American Geographical Society Newsletter. Photocopies of the original 'Crossing the Pass' and 'The View from Errisbeg', published in the Irish Countryside book (previously listed, cross reference). 'Through Prehistoric Eyes', A piece called 'Geometer' which does not appear in SFOTSOC. Copy of a letter from Tim Robinson to Anthony Farrell enclosing titles and positioning suggestions for reuse of maps in the book, 15 April 1996. Letter from Anthony Farrell to Tim Robinson advising the proofs of SFOTSOC are enclosed, and some notes on illustrations, 17 May 1996. Typed list of corrections for SFOTSOC, dated 22 September 1996.
Handwritten and typed drafts of 'Connemara, a subjective transformation' for the SUC Conference in Dublin in September 1987. Letter from 'The Independent' (English) asking Tim to contribute to their series entitled 'Second Thoughts' in which a writer reflects on the genesis of their work, ahead of the publication of 'Stones of Aran Pilgrimage'. The letter is dated 3 April 1990, and enclosed are copies of the piece Tim submitted in response. Piece entitled 'The History of Roundstone', with note saying Roundstone Festival, June 1990. Two pieces 'The Burren' and 'The Aran Islands' with a note to say they were submitted to the Times in March 1993. Piece entitled 'Islands/Oileáin', dated 29 April 1994. Transcript of an interview between Tim Robinson and CM (?), entitled 'Between Aran and Connemara'. Piece entitled 'People in Roundstone Bog', for the Mires Group Field Trip, September 1997. 'Cniotál Inis Meáin', dated 1997. 'Two wet days in Roundstone Bog', for the launch of Nature in Ireland in the Herbarium in Glasnevin, November 1997. Drafts of 'A Connemara in the Skull', a programme note for the Leenane Trilogy, being staged in the Druid Theatre, June 1997. Piece entitled 'Beyond', undated. Newspaper cutting from the Connacht Tribune 13 August 2004, two notices from Galway County Council on either side of the page. One is on the compulsory acquisition of land, and one is the environmental impact statement of the proposed dual carriageway between Galway to Ballinasloe.
Manuscript research notes by Etienne Rynne on the topic of archaeoastronomy.