1820 copy of a lease from Francis Blake of Galway to Dominick Martin of Galway, late of Westport. Recites a lease for 100 years dated 9 July 1792 between the Principal Officers of His Majesty's Ordinance and James Skerrett of the City of Dublin, barrister, of "the piece of Ground at Galway whereupon the old Fortification called the Town Wall and Bastion stood together with the Ditch and Fosse being 63 feet wide ... the Ordinance Stores and Magazine and that Piece of Ground whereon John Lewis Tyrors Harden then were with all and singular the Houses and Edifices thereon erected at a yearly rent of £20". The premises were granted to James Skerrett in trust for Francis Blake and the former died without declaring the trust. The indenture, recited above, is in the hands of Francis Blake who is about to institute a suit against the executors of James Skerrett to oblige them to declare the trust. Dominick Martin has agreed to purchase Blake's interest in the premises so described for the remainder of the unexpired terms of the 100 years lease for the sum of £800. On the back there is a receipt signed by Francis Blake, for £800 received from Dominick Martin.

1824 copy of memorial of the same. Witnessed by Lewis Wingfield McCarthy, Attorney at Law, and Patrick Crow, Galway, merchant.

Press cuttings from national Irish and international press.

Productions by Druid Theatre Company during 2002 and 2003.

Typescript of the story "A Country Funeral".

A range of material accessioned into the John McGahern Collection, divided into literary and personal papers. The literary material relates mainly to "The Power of Darkness" and "Amongst Women", consisting of a small number of drafts and a number of press reviews. The personal material includes school reports, some material from his time in England, as well as a large amount of material commemorating John's life.

Handwritten draft of piece beginning "All his previous impatience had left him by the time he returned to the boat" (p. 51).

Issue of "The Boston Globe Magazine", includes the short story "Bank Holiday" by John McGahern.

This collection consists of the legal papers relating to the application for an Order of Probate on the Will of Annie Barnacle, 4 Bowling Green, Galway, mother of Nora Barnacle. She died on 9th November 1940, and had made her will in 1936. Complications arose when the original of the will was misplaced, and the letters from Nora barnacle and Miss Weaver to Kathleen Griffin reflect this search. The terse response from Nora Barnacle to her sister [P11/2] reflects the dire straits she was in at the time as a result of James Joyce's death and the fact that she could not contact her daughter Lucia in France. Miss Weaver's letter also reflects how the war impinged on their lives with the news of the arrest of Paul Leon [P11/1]. They have no knowledge of the whereabouts of the original of the will. The rest of the material relates primarily to the work of McDermott and Allen, solicitors for Kathleen Griffin, and their motion for an Order of Probate on the Will of Annie Barnacle. This includes dealing with the legal, medical and funeral costs, as well as the execution of the terms of the will. The material reflects the painfully slow legal process surrounding the case.

Copy of transcript of a BBC interview with John McGahern by Mary Campbell.