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Typescript draft of review of 'The Lost Salt Gift of Blood' by Alistair MacLeod beginning 'A few weeks ago, in late November, I had young cattle to sell and took them to the mart' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-5.

"Typescript draft of [press article] with handwritten corrections entitled ""Saoire i mbliana"" by Proinsias Mac an Bheatha, beginning 'Chuaigh mé isteach go hOífig na bPasanna taistil...'; reflecting on his first passports, and his journey to Germany in 1935 when the revival of German folklore was promising to visitors like himself [in Irish]."

"Typescript draft of [press article] with handwritten corrections entitled ""An baile seo againne"" by Proinsias Mac an Bheatha, beginning 'Is iontach an baile an baile seo againn - an fóbhaile seo againn ba chóir dom a rá'; vignette of community organisations in his part of Dublin [in Irish]."

"Typescript draft of [press article] with few handwritten corrections entitled ""Clog an Aingil"" by Proinsias Mac an Bheatha, beginning 'Scríobh mé aiste ar na mallaibh a bhí i gcló i gceann de nuachtáin Bhaile Átha Cliath...'; narrating events concerning parents of his friend Séamas Ó Cathasaigh and the Easter Rising [in Irish]."

"Typescript draft of [press article] with handwritten corrections entitled ""Fáilte don Éan"" by Proinsias Mac an Bheatha, beginning 'Níl a fhios agam cén fáth ar roghnaigh an Dall MacCuarta an leagan sin...'; observations about birds, and his own garden in Dublin [in Irish]."

Typescript draft of 'Peaches' beginning 'The shark stank far as the house, above in the screech of the sea birds; it'd stink until the birds had picked the bones clean, when the skeleton would begin to break up in the sun.' Paginated pp 1-26.

Typescript draft of 'Peaches' beginning 'The shark stank far as the house, above it the screech of the sea birds; it'd stink until the birds had picked the bones clean, when the skeleton would begin to break up in the sun.' Contains a small number of handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-26, typescript identical to P71/395.

Typescript draft of part of 'Wheels', this draft bears the title 'My Future At My Back'; begins 'Grey concrete and steel and glass in the slow raindrip of the morning station, three porters pushing an empty trolley up the platform to a stack of grey mailbags....' Contains handwritten amendments, title amended by hand from 'My Future At My Back' to 'The Future That I Had.' Paginated pp 1-3, 5.

Typescript draft of part of 'What Ever You Say, Say Nothing' , this draft bears the title 'The Fifties'; Beginning 'There were two sectarian States in place, North and South, inward looking and ostensibly secure, secretly content with one another despite public claims and utterances.' Contains handwritten amendments, the typescript appears to be identical to the published article, amendments probably post date it's publication, inscriptions such as '1A - 4 A' refers to pagination of P71/900. Reverse side contains typescript fragments from Amongst Women .

Typescript draft of part of 'The Wine Breath' beginning 'The country childhood. His mother and father.' Paginated pp 8 - 13, maybe from the same draft as P71/446, however doesn't contain any amendments, typescript identical to P71/448.