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Typescript draft dramatisation of ' Faith, Hope and Charity ' beginning 'Cunningham and Murphy are digging a trench in a city centre or airport.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-19.

Typescript draft 'Christmas' beginning 'The thaw overhead in the bare branches had stopped.' Identical to P71/325 apart from the opening page which doesn't bear a title or John McGahern's address. The reverse side of most of the pages contains a handwritten re-draft of the story told in the first person. Paginated pp 1-15.

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of the second Act of his play My Scandalous Life, missing first eight pages. Near-identical to second Act of preceding draft P103/ 352, but mostly without handwritten corrections (and different spacing resulting in different page count). Running from a point when he recalls Oscar Wilde telling him of Christ appearing to him in the prison cell (c.p.29 of Gallery Press version), to end of that Act. [Paginated 9-21.]

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of the first Act of his play My Scandalous Life . Entitled "Rough Draft June 2000". Near-identical to first Act of preceding draft, but without handwritten corrections (and different spacing resulting in different page count). Listing literary agent as Casarotto Ramsay and Associates. [Paginated 1-20.]

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his radio play In the Garden of the Asylum , with a page listing characters and setting the scene. With handwritten corrections and notes through the first quarter of the draft. [Paginated 1-48, missing 4-9.]

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his radio play In the Garden of the Asylum , with 3 pp of handwritten notes and a handwritten inset (p.8). Marked "meeting with RTE". [Paginated 1-50; seemingly following up on last draft. The play was broadcast on 6 December 2009.]

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Shape of Metal , in two acts. With title page and list of characters. Enclosing handwritten notes (1 p) with draft dialogue for ["Nell"], beginning "Wherever you are now, Grace, will it make any difference to you?" [Paginated 1-76.]

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Shape of Metal . in two acts, with title page, list of characters, and some handwritten corrections. Marked by hand "with notes for Lynne Parker" [director Abbey Theatre]. [Paginated 1-74.]

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde ; lacking front matter and the end of Part One; with extensive handwritten corrections and deletions. Beginning in a space defined by the great white disk deployed in all subsequent drafts; "Oscar" and "Constance" are led there by attendants. (Paginated 1-103, missing 38-61; marked by hand "early: Secret Fall".)

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre, with few handwritten corrections or cuts variant from the previous draft. Near-identical to P103/ 186. With handwritten caption: "starting with Mde. Mac 'what else is there?'" - referring to the monologue at the beginning that is identical to previous draft. [Paginated 2-116.]