Tim Robinson, Calling the Tune
Tim Robinson, who died in April this year was a writer, cartographer, mathematician, artist and illustrator who spent more than 40 years chronicling the west of Ireland. He died in London about two weeks after the death of his wife and collaborator, Mairéad Robinson.
Tim moved to the Aran islands with his wife in 1972. Over the following decades he documented the cultural, linguistic, botanical, archaeological and geological details of the place, creating masterpieces of literature and cartography in the process.
In this week’s Lyric Feature we dip into the archives of Calling the Tune, the weekly series, in which a guest chose the music that held a special meaning for them.
In this episode broadcast in May 2001, Tim Robinson spoke to the series presenter Sandy Burnett.
(First broadcast May 2001)
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 10th May, 6pm-7pm