Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning ' "The pull of life was too great," I said seriously.' Paginated pp 400-410.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning 'In the evenings, after wheeling barrows of sods from Langdon's slane out on the spread, or faced with the black banks of turf that had to be scattered, footed, wind-rowed, clamped and dragged out in small loads....'
Typescript draft of part of' 'Memoir' beginning 'In the evenings, after wheeling barrows of sods from Langdon's slane out on the spread, or faced with the black banks of turf that had to be scattered, footed, wind-rowed, clamped and dragged out in small loads....' Identical to P71/1030.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning '...are still in use. In places, the hedges that grow on the high banks along the lanes are so wild that the trees join and tangle above them to form a roof....' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 3-6, 11-20, identical to the same section in P71/1139.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning "'Shawneen boy!'" paginated pp 196-212, identical to the same section of P71/1139.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning '...knitted heavy socks as presents. Pat met the train in Ballinamore.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 202-212, identical to the same section in P71/1142.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning ' "I wonder sometimes if there's all that much to it,' Katie said.' paginated pp 546-550.
Typescript draft of part of 'Galway, Western Ireland's Lilting Heart' beginning 'Between Galway and Clifden is the pleasant village of Oughterard, on the shores of Lough Corrib.' Contains handwritten amendments.
Typescript draft of part of 'Christmas', this draft is entitled 'Something for Himself'; begins 'The thaw overhead in the bare branches has stopped.' First page gives John McGahern's address as 57 Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, paginated pp 1-12.
Typescript draft of part of 'Christmas' beginning 'The thaw overhead in the bare branches had stopped.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-5.