File includes research manuscript notes on the topic of ringforts by Etienne Rynne. Includes index cards and other assorted manuscript research notes by Rynne; short TS report by Rynne entitled "Ringforts and Their Problems"; Correspondence between Rynne and Robin Glasscock, Department of Geography, Queen's University Belfast, discussing research interests and projects relating to the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement. (1970) Minutes of meetings, agenda and related documents relating to meetings and actions of the group also present. Also assorted copies and offprints of research articles on ringforts and also press cuttings of Irish news coverage of same.

File includes research material on Dun Aengus fort, located on Inis Mór, (Aran Islands) and other forts on the islands by Etienne rynne. includes manuscript and TS draft article by Rynne, "Dún Aengus - A Place of Mystery". File also includes research notes and field drawings of objects, carvings, crosses and other items from Inis Mór; Also TS article by Rynne, Dún Aengus - Fortress or Temple?" file also includes letters between Rynne and cartographer Tim Robinson, discussing excerpts from "Stones of Aran" by Tim Robinson and sent to Rynne, also discuss matters relating to Dun Aengus and forts on the Aran Islands. (1984). Black and white photographic prints with aerial images from Cambridge University Collection of Dún Aengus, sent to Rynne in 1981; Also black and white photographic prints of Dún Chonchuír, Inishmaan, Aran Islands.
File 2 includes copies of published articles used in research by Rynne.

Includes index cards with manuscript notes on topics such as holy wells, inauguration rites and ceremonies, Giraldus Cambrensis, cursing stones, bleeding cattle, and the swastika symbol. Othr manuscript notes by Rynne address a series of similar topics. Includes notes made at a Thomas Davis lecture, 9 Jan 1972 by [ ] Byrne, on topic of "Kings and Commons in Celtic Ireland".

File includes research material on the horse in pagan Ireland. Includes article entitled "The Celtic Iconography of the Horse, and Some Antecedents", sent to Rynne from Andy [ ], Dept of Geography, University of Glasgow (1975); Black and white photographs sourced from the British Museum of a wooden bucket with metal detail featuring image of a horse. Also includes other images on transparencies of horse figures in pagan Ireland.

File includes drawings, notes and sketches of examples of whales depicted in early Irish art; Correspondence between Etienne Rynne and Greg Gatenby, Harbourfront Reading Series, Toronto, discussing whales and dolphins as depicted in Irish art.

Correspondence, lectures and minutes of meetings regarding the rural water schemes; includes design and instructions on how to build a water tank; includes pamphlets by Muintir na Tíre ‘Organising a Group Water Scheme’

Towards a New Democracy Implications of Local government Reform; press releases regarding the publication of “Towards A New Democracy” report; statement on local government reform.

Invites to seminars discussing the outputs of “Towards a New Democracy”; includes opinions on local government reform.

File detailing the establishment of community alert by Muintir na Tíre; the establishment of community alert by community councils, reports on community alert to the government; brochures on community alert

File dealing with the sponsorship of a video on community alert by Bank of Ireland; and the secondment of staff with Telecom Éireann and ESB.