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Typescript draft of 'The White Boat' beginning 'A week after the old man was taken from the boat, they were discussing him in Moran's shop.' this draft bears the title 'The Old Man'. Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-18.

Typescript draft of 'The White Boat' beginning 'The two boys were talking coarsely of girls as they turned at the lake wall and saw the big white boat coming up the river.' Paginated pp 1-51.

Typescript draft of 'The White Boat' beginning 'The two boys were talking coarsely of girls as they turned at the lake wall and saw the big white boat coming up the river.' Paginated pp 1-52.

Typescript draft of the title page and contents of the collection 'Getting Through', contents amended by hand to make 'The Beginnings of an Idea' the opening story.

Typescript draft of the 'The Wine Breath' beginning 'If I were to die, I'd miss most the mornings and the evenings, he thought as he walked the narrow dirt-track by the lake in the late evening, and then wondered if his mind was failing....' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-10, pagination amended by hand to 74-83.

Typescript draft of the text of an address given by John McGahern on the occasion of the launch of 'Deported Jimmy Gralton 1886 - 1945 The Story of Jimmy Gralton, Effernagh, Gowel, Co. Leitrim' by Des Guckian. Begins ' I have to confess I had not heard of Jimmy Gralton until Packie Gralton and Des Guckian came to see me a short time ago.'

Typescript draft of 'The Stoat' beginning 'I was following a two iron I had struck just short of the green when I heard the low crying high in the rough over the strand of the calm sea.' Contains handwritten amendments, appears to be a draft of the magazine version of the story, which is written in the first person, paginated pp 1-16.

Typescript draft of 'The Stoat' beginning 'A long-legged student in a turtleneck was following a two-iron he had struck just short of the green when he heard the crying high in the rough grass above the fairway.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-10. Pagination amended by hand to pp 42-51, this version of the story appears in the 'Getting Through' collection.

Typescript draft of 'The Stoat' beginning 'A long-legged student in a turtleneck was following a two-iron he had struck just short of the green when he heard the crying high in the rough grass above the fair-way.' Contains handwritten amendments, some pages missing. Amendments change the narrative from the third person to the first person, appears to be the amended to the version of the story which appears in ' The Collected Stories' .

Typescript draft of 'The Stoat' beginning 'I was following a two-iron I had struck short of the green when I heard the crying high in the rough grass above the fairway.' Contains handwritten amendments, draft of the version of the story which appears in The Collected Stories .