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Typescript draft of Thomas Kilroy's screenplay The Colleen and the Cowboy , with handwritten annotations and corrections, title page and character list, in 169 scenes. Acknowledging the assistance of The Irish Film Board and script editors Elizabeth Garner and Paula Mulroe. (Missing p.31, paginated 1-105. Original folder was marked "towards a final draft", third page inscribed "Colleen 3 towards final".)

Typescript draft of 'Another Country: John McGahern' beginning 'The soil in Leitrim is poor, in places no more than an inch deep.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-10.

Typescript draft of 'Another Country: John McGahern' beginning 'They say that when the crow flies over Leitrim he takes his lunch along.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-14.

Typescript draft 'County Leitrim' beginning 'We live in the poor heart of the Island of Ireland.' Inscription reads 'Revised Apr '96'; contains handwritten amendments.

Typescript draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre , including previously used dialogue between "Madame" and "Lyle Jones", early in Scene 2, and again in Scene 6 (at the race track). Beginning with "Madame"'s monologue. Very few handwritten corrections or cuts. [Paginated 1-113.]

Typescript draft of the acknowledgements at the start of 'Memoir' beginning 'I want to thank my editors, Sonny Mehta....' Contains handwritten amendments.

Typescript draft of a piece of non-fiction beginning 'I write because I need to write. I write to see. Through words I see.'

Typescript draft of an autobiographical piece, begins 'Where I grew up was more a scattering of houses a round a single large field than a village....'

Typescript draft of a piece of non-fiction beginning 'It has been said that the god of life is Accident, and we are both its priest and victim, and occasional beneficiary.'

Typescript draft of part of a piece on Christmas in Ireland; beginning 'In America, it is Thanksgiving; in Scotland, the New Year; and in Ireland the great festival is Christmas.' Contains handwritten amendments.