Tim Robinson (cartographer)

Tim Robinson (26 March 1935[1] – 3 April 2020) was an English writer and cartographer. He was born in Yorkshire, England. Robinson made maps of the Aran Islands, Connemara, and the Burren in County Clare; these were published by Folding Landscape. His two-volume study of the Aran Islands, Stones of Aran, had good reviews of topographical and culture lore.[2]

His most recent work was the publication of a three-volume study of Connemara called Listening to the Wind, A Little Gaelic Kingdom, and The Last Pool of Darkness. He was a member of the Irish arts organisation Aosdána.[3]

Robinson won two Irish Book Awards: the 2007 Argosy Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year for Connemara: Listening to the Wind [4] and the 2011 International Education Services Best Irish-Published Book of the Year for Connemara: A Little Gaelic Kingdom.[5]

Robinson died at a hospital in London on 3 April 2020 at the age of 85 of COVID-19 during the pandemic, aged 85.[6] Robinson died two weeks after the death of his wife and collaborator Mairéad Robinson.[7]

References
  1. "Tim Robinson obituary: English writer who went native in Connemara".
  2. Michael Viney, review of The Stones of Aran Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine, Irish Times.
  3. "Connemara: A Little Gaelic Kingdom, By Tim Robinson". The Independent. 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  4. Irish Book Awards: Previous Winners Archived 2011-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Irish Book Awards: 2011 Awards Archived 2009-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Author and cartographer Tim Robinson dies from coronavirus". Rte.ie. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  7. Simon Carswell. "Acclaimed Connemara writer Tim Robinson dies at 85 from coronavirus". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
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