Item 1771 - Files of Assorted Ephemera

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Files of assorted ephemera including printed invitations to the launch of "Memoir" at the Long Room, Trinity College Dublin (n.d.); Printed invitation to the launch of "Love of the World", introduced by Claire Keegan, held at Newman House, Stephen's Green, Dublin. (Nov 2009) and attached is typescript page of unlabelled text, possibly that by Keegan; Proof of book jacket for Faber first edition of "Amongst Women"; unused headed paper from the Vanderbilt Hotel, London; photocopy of letters between Georges Sand and Flaubert, copy belonging to John McGahern and with annotation/markings by McGahern; Printed poster of Clann na Poblachta with side profile black and white photograph of "Vote 1 - Reilly, A"; printed race card from Leopardstown Club November Meeting (20 Nov 1965), with lists, times, and details of all horse races and with some runners circled on the card.
Printed menu from Bloomsday Celebration 2001 at St. Stephen's Green, attended by John and Madeline McGahern.

File 2 includes photocopy of Memorandum of Association of The Yeats Society (Sligo) Incorporated (28 July 1964); Printed booklet from Fenagh National School 1898 -1965 Centenary celebration, and also booklet from the centenary mass included. (1998).
Bound file of photocopy press cuttings from French media on the occasion of John McGahern winning the 1994 Ecureuil Savings Bank Literature Prize for Foreign Authors at the Book Fair of Bordeaux, 1994.
Photocopy of manuscript by Sean McGahern (John), 57 Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin, Dec 1951. Opens with "Dear Tony ...".

File 3 includes an original copy of 'The Leitrim Observer' newspaper, 8 June 1929; original artwork used as an illustration to accompany an interview with John McGahern in Country Living magazine. The artist's name is Jeanette Dunne (1990). Assorted business cards (Henri Jean Lebeau, Richard Phelan, Maggie Doyle, Georges Belmont, Michel Braudeau.
Nilands Trade Market card issued to McGahern (Jul 1977); Plane ticket for flight to Helsinki with SAS Airlines [1960s]; Memorial card for Murray Mindlin; programme of lectures at University of London-Université de Paris, 1979, with a lecture on the Irish novel and McGahern by Mark Mortimer; Booklet from the Fête du Livre Lieux Écrits book festival in Aix-en-Provence, France, Oct 1987.
Publication catalogue from Steidl Press, Germany, 1992, including a German language edition of McGahern's novel, "Der Pornograph". Folder of information and brochures from Université de Poitiers, with photocopy letter inside to John and Madeline McGahern, Nov 2000, from [ ].
Printed booklet from Presentation Brothers College, Carrick-on-Shannon memorial mass for John McGahern, 2006.

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18/07/2022
29/07/2025