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Tim Robinson RIP

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  • 03-04-2020 4:53pm
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    magicbastarder
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    Acclaimed Connemara writer Tim Robinson dies at 85 from coronavirus

    The acclaimed Connemara-based author, artist and cartographer Tim Robinson has died in London from coronavirus at the age of 85.

    Mr Robinson, who was best known for his nonfiction trilogy of books on Connemara and two-volume study of the Aran Islands, had Parkinson’s disease.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/acclaimed-connemara-writer-tim-robinson-dies-at-85-from-coronavirus-1.4220154

    i know you wouldn't call him an archaeologist in the normal sense of the term, but he was a phenomenal writer when it came to landscape, folklore, and everything else in between. RIP.


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    Griselda
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    RIP


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    tuisginideach
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    'Phenomenal' is the perfect description.


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    nthclare
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    RIP
    He was a good friend of John Moriarty the mystic.
    They had a lot of talks and debates, both admired each other and had mutual respect.

    Two great men, and not forgetting ever else that this dreaded virus is taking out..

    RIP Tim


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    magicbastarder
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    TG4 are repeating their documentary made about him about a decade ago, on Weds at 8:30 i think.


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    Esel
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    Thanks, just set it to record there. It's on at 9:30.

    Not your ornery onager



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    Black Swan
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i know you wouldn't call him an archaeologist in the normal sense of the term, but he was a phenomenal writer when it came to landscape, folklore, and everything else in between. RIP.
    Indeed. RIP.


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