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.

Photocopy of press cutting from "ILS" of an interview of John McGahern conducted by Eileen Kennedy, Kean College of New Jersey.

Press cutting from the "Sunday Tribune" of a review of "High Ground" by John McGahern, done by Seamus Heaney.

Press cutting from the "National Catholic Reporter", review of "High Ground" by John McGahern.

Photocopy of press cutting from The Washington Post of review by John Breslin of "High Ground" by John McGahern.

Press cuttings from English and Irish newspapers of the TV drama, "The Rockingham Shoot", written by John McGahern.

Typescript with many handwritten amendments of play entitled "Woodbrook" (later "The Power of Darkness") by John McGahern.

Press cuttings including from "The Sunday Tribune" on how bestseller lists are compiled, listing "Amongst Women" as number 1 in Hardback Fiction; from the "Cleveland Plain Dealer" entitled "Booker Prize also rans" giving a review of "Amongst Women" (24 Feb 1991); from the "Irish Independent", bestseller list with "Amongst Women" at Hardback Fiction number 1 [Feb 1990].

Press cuttings etc. relating to the Abbey Theatre production of "The Power of Darkness" and it's publication by Faber, including from the "Sunday Independent", giving a profile of the actor Alan Devlin, who is to appear in the John McGahern play "The Power of Darkness" (15 Sep 1991); bundle of press reviews, some RTE transcripts and letters in relation to the debut of John McGahern's play "Power of Darkness" at the Abbey theatre (Oct 1991); printout of article in the "Irish Independent", a feature on John McGahern (22 Dec 1991); bundle of press cuttings relating to "That the May Face the Rising Sun" by John McGahern, from various English and Irish newspapers (Dec 1991); copy of typescript potted biography of John McGahern [1991]; press cutting from [ ], a review of the publication of "The Power of Darkness" by Faber [1991].

Typescript copy of short story "Love of the World" by John McGahern.