Restore ical data

Hi,
I have restored my User\library folder in Lion from a TM backup. - in fact I restored the whole user folder.
Long story - I wanted to go back to SL but found I couldn't extract my mail from TM and so have restored with the intention of doing a manual backup of each folder before attempting a SL install again.
I can't seem to find my ICS file for restoring ICAL, can anyone help me understand how to restore before doing a manual backup
thanks

Solved it!
I had been trying to get the data into iCal by manipulating the folders in Library. It was simpler than that, although I don't know why iCal didn't recognize the data I moved to those folders. But, that's a moot point now. All I did was drag all of the individual data files onto the open iCal window and Bingo, they all showed up.
However, what I also don't understand is why all that data, that I thought I had deleted, was sitting in Library but iCal wasn't reading it. I can only guess that there is some sort of marker on the folders or there is info in the plist file to tell iCal what to read. Oh well, again, a moot point. I have all my appointments back.

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