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Typescript draft of 'Coming into his Kingdom' beginning " 'They're in love! They're in love! They're in Love! Nora's in love with Stevie," '. Contains handwritten amendments, these amendments are implemented in the Nightlines version of the story, These amendments aren't present in the 'Kilkenny Magazine' version of the story. Paginated pp 1-10, includes cover page.

Typescript draft of 'Coming Into His Kingdom' beginning ' "They're in love, they're in love, they're in love! Nora's in love with Stevie," the crowd of children cried at the fallen girl and boy.' Contains handwritten amendments which were implemented in Nightlines , paginated pp 10-20 by hand, text typed on both sides of each page. Reverse side of one page contains a poem 'The Castle Wall' by Peter Dent.

Typescript draft of closing section of 'Oldfashioned', this draft bears the title 'Epilogue'; begins 'The burning of Rockingham House in 1956 stood out from all else in the still emptying countryside.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-10.

Typescript draft of 'Christmas', this draft is entitled 'The Aeroplane'; begins 'The thaw in the bare branches had stopped.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-15.

Typescript draft of 'Christmas', bearing the title 'Santa Claus'; begins 'The thaw overhead in the bare branches had stopped.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-7.

Typescript draft of 'Christmas' beginning 'The thaw overhead in the bare branches had stopped, no longer the dripping on the dead leaves, the wood clamped in silence of white frost except for the racket some bird made in the undergrowth....' Paginated pp 1-3.

Typescript draft of 'Christmas' beginning 'The thaw overhead in the bare branches had stopped, no longer the dripping on the dead leaves, the wood clamped in the silence of the white frost except for the racket some bird made in the undergrowth.' Contains handwritten amendments, inscription reads 43B Gore Road, E 9 (McGahern's address in London?) Paginated pp 1-5.

Typescript draft of 'Christmas' beginning 'The thaw overhead in the bare branches had stopped.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-6.

Typescript draft of 'Christmas, this draft entitled 'Each In Their World' ; begins' The thaw overhead in the bare branches had stopped.' Identical to P71/336 paginated pp 1-5.

Typescript draft of 'Christmas' beginning 'As well as a railway ticket they gave me a letter before I left the Home to work for Moran.' This version of the story appears in Nightlines , contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-8.