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Typescript draft of 'Oldfashioned' beginning 'The Protestants had so dwindled that there was no longer a living in Ardcarne: the old Georgian parsonage had been closed, its avenue of great beech trees, the walled orchard, the paddock and lawn and garden, all let run wild.' Contains a small number of handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-41.

Typescript draft of 'Oldfashioned' beginning 'The Protestants had so dwindled that there was no longer a living in Ardcarne: the old Georgian parsonage had been closed, its avenue of great beech trees, the walled orchard, the paddock and lawn and garden, all let run wild.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-41.

Typescript draft of 'My Love, My Umbrella' beginning 'It was the rain, the constant weather of this city, made my love inseparable from the umbrella, a black umbrella, white stitching on the seams of the imitation leather over the handle, the metal point bent where it was caught in Mooney's grating as we raced for the last bus to the garage out of Abbey street....' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated by hand, pp 58-69.

Typescript draft of 'My Love, My Umbrella' beginning 'It was the rain, the constant weather of this city, made my love inseparable from the umbrella, a black umbrella, white stitching on the seams of the imitation leather over the handle....' Paginated pp 1-11.

Typescript draft of 'Morocco: The Bitter and the Sweet' beginning 'When I was first asked to travel to Morocco I knew so little about the country that all that came to mind was the title of the Warner Brothers movie which hadn't even been made in Casablanca.' Contains a small number of handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-22.

Typescript draft of 'Morocco: The Bitter and the Sweet' beginning 'When I was first asked to travel to Morocco I knew so little about the country that all that came to mind was the title of the Warner Brothers movie, which hadn't even been made in Casablanca.' Paginated pp 1-12.

Typescript draft of 'Memoir' beginning '...sweets he bought. I was almost physically sick with grief and envy as we cycled past.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 141-169, re-paginated by hand pp 390-418.

Typescript draft of 'Memoir' beginning 'The soil in Leitrim is poor, in places no more than an inch deep.' Contains handwritten amendments paginated pp 1-313, 1-27, 2-10. Reverse side contains typescript fragments of the same work, also e-mail from Zoe Reid. Opening page contains title 'Second Draft of Memoir'

Typescript draft of 'Memoir' beginning 'The soil in Leitrim is poor, in places no more than an inch deep.' Contains handwritten amendments paginated pp 2-414, 83-99 removed, note describes them as repeated.

Typescript draft of 'Memoir' beginning 'The soil in Leitrim is poor, in places no more than an inch deep.' Bears typescript heading 'Fourth-Final-5th Rev.' followed by inscription which reads 'Sixth', contains handwritten amendments paginated pp 1-241, closing section missing. In need of conservation.