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Typescript draft of 'Creatures of the Earth' beginning 'In wild, wet January, Mrs Waldron and her daughter, Eileen, closed their big house outside Castlebar two months after Mr Waldron's death and moved to their summer cottage on Achill.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-21.

Typescript draft of 'County Leitrim' beginning 'Not many people live in Leitrim.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-5.

Typescript draft of 'Bank Holiday' beginning 'McDonagh had come to Hanna's to look at one book and phrase that had fascinated him for months.' Contains handwritten amendments paginated pp 1-8.

Typescript draft of 'Bank Holiday' beginning 'Instead of continuing on down the quays, he crossed the road to the low granite wall above the river.' Contains handwritten amendments, first page missing paginated pp 1-23.

Typescript draft of 'Bank Holiday', bears the title 'Weekend', begins 'It had been an unusual summer, hot for weeks, and the white morning mist between the bridges seemed a certain promise that the hot weather was to last beyond the August Bank Holiday weekend.' Contains handwritten amendments, some pages missing, paginated pp 1,2, 7-19. Typescript identical to P71/577.

Typescript draft of 'Bank Holiday', this draft bears the title 'A Weekend', begins 'There is a strange exhilaration that comes from work of any intensity.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-19. This version of the story is written in the first person.

Typescript draft of 'Bank Holiday', this draft bears the title 'A Weekend' beginning 'There is a strange exhilaration that comes from work of any intensity.' Paginated pp 1-20. This version of the story is written in the first person.

Typescript draft of a review of 'The Life of W.B. Yeats: A Critical Biography' by Terence Brown published under the title 'Pieces of Yeats' in The Irish Times , 27 November 1999. Begins 'In his preface, Terence Brown writes that this critical biography would not be possible without the work of the previous scholars and writers on Yeats that he is able to draw on.'

Typescript draft of 'A Ballad' beginning ' "Do you think it will be late when Cronin gets in?" Ryan asked sleepily.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-14.

Typescript draft of 'A Ballad' beginning ' "Do you think it will be late when Cronin gets in?" Ryan asked sleepily.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-13.