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Writing pad with handwritten notes and draft dialogue by Thomas Kilroy for his play The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde , entitled "Dorian G." Containing draft dialogue as well as notes linking classical authors and ideas to the play (and notes from a visit to the British Museum). Characters of dialogue include "The Elder Wilde", "Lord Henry", "Dorian", "Duchess". One programmatic note says "I want to write a Faustian play about Wilde with Douglas as a capricious Helen..."

Writing pad with handwritten draft dialogue by [Thomas Kilroy for his play The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde ], beginning with "Wilde" and puppets representing his two sons [not eventually in the printed play], and some dialogue by "Cyril". Further extensive dialogue [much eventually used in both parts of the printed version].

Writing pad mostly with handwritten notes and draft dialogue by Thomas Kilroy, in preparation of a play with the working title My Life Has Had Its Moments [My Scandalous Life]. Including a chronology of Douglas's life, a typescript précis of the play with a plan for two parts; sketching dialogue for the first part, between "Douglas" and a BBC radio speaker, and sketching monologue for the second part, set in Hove in 1944.

Writing pad (35 pp) with handwritten notes and draft dialogue by Thomas Kilroy for his play The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde , entitled "Constance". With some links to previous notes on Dorian Gray , stating on the first page "What is the connection between Dorian Gray and Oscar's unwillingness to escape?" Including also some historical notes, such as reference to Carson's speech [at the trial]; some draft dialogue, segments of which occur in the printed play (The Gallery Press, 1997). Enclosing some loose notes of various provenance with the first page of an essay about the "drama of ideas".

Writing pad and other pages containing handwritten draft of memoirs of Siobhán, including her time at university, An Taibhdhearc, and her early days at the Abbey theatre.

Writing pad (c. 60 pp) with handwritten draft dialogue by [Thomas Kilroy] for a play entitled Wife to Mr. Wilde [ The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde ]. Enclosing some notes with separate dialogue; on reverse of a letter from Emile J. Dumay, 14 June 1995, about the translation of Madame MacAdam's Travelling Theatre . Cover bears handwritten quotations from T.S. Eliot and from W.B. Yeats, defining a "pose".

Writing pad (c.21 pp) and some loose pages with handwritten notes and early drafts by Thomas Kilroy for his play The Shape of Metal . Including lists of the three characters (working towards their respective ages); further notes on Giacometti; attempt at an outline (in four points); otherwise extensive draft dialogue between "Nell" and "Judith" (a distinct part is paginated 1-5). Also including a page entitled "Ja[me]s Joyce in Love" with the line "he thinks he falls in love with the daughter until he meets the mother".

Writing pad (c.30 pp) and some loose material with handwritten notes and drafts by Thomas Kilroy towards his adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV . Including some historical notes; outlines of the play and specific acts and scenes; draft of stage directions, .

Files with texts of weekly column written in the Irish Press newspaper by Lelia Doolan in the 1960s. Doolan's column was called "It's Only Me". Three files of typed articles with some manuscript notes and drafts present.

Fax copy of text of article/chapter written by Kevin Boyle entitled "Hate Speech - The United States Versus the Rest of The World", with manuscript annotation by Boyle. Also text of written work by Boyle and co-authored with Anneliese Baldaccini and entitled "A Critical Evaluation of International Human Rights Approaches to Racism." Also includes bound collection of essays entitled "Hate Crimes and Hate Speech" (Feb 2011) featuring an essay by Kevin Boyle entitled "Controlling Hate Speech: What Do International Standards Require of Turkey". This is noted to be Kevin's last publication.