MS letter from Anya Barnett (partner of writer Richard Murphy) to Madeline McGahern, 2 Jan [ ]. The letter discusses plans to meet with the McGaherns at Colgate, NY but Barnett and Murphy had been travelling Italy and England. She describes seaweed collecting, Murphy now back at Cleggan, Co. Galway, and wider family discussions.

MS letters from Pam Brighton to John McGahern, one seeking McGahern's opinion regarding the proposal by Patricia Cobey to adapt his story 'Parachute' for BBC Radio 4. Second letter, on BBC Radio headed paper sends comments on the story "The Country Funeral" by McGahern.

Letters from Robert (Bob) Blackmore, Chairman, Dept of English, Colgate University, NY, to John McGahern discussion possible return to Colgate by McGahern as O'Connor Chair of Literature. Letters also discuss personal and work matters, family, travel, writing etc.

Letter from Neil Belton, Editor at Faber and Faber Publishers, London, to John McGahern, responding to McGahern's note "Your note means more to me than I can say" and offers comments on his work at Faber and previous publishing work. Also a Faber slip sending an unnamed book to McGahern. Email from Belton with detailed comments and suggested edits for "Memoir". (2004).

Letters from Kevin Barry, Professor of English, National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG and formerly University College Galway/UCG). Letters include sending comments following broadcast of documentary about McGahern on Irish television and inviting the McGaherns to visit Barry at his home in Galway; letter from [ Aoife] , wife of Barry, to John McGahern and also offering comments on the documentary on McGahern, also a letter from Barry to McGahern with plans of upcoming visit by McGahern to the Cúirt Festival of Literature in Galway.

Letter from Brother Bede Minehan (Provincial) (20 Dec 1992) to McGahern, sending congratulations McGahern on winning the G.P.A. literary award. "I write to you as a past-pupil of the Presentation Brothers in Carrick-on-Shannon to say how proud we are of your literary achievements"
Also a letter from Brother Athanasius to McGahern (24 June 2002) "No doubt you do not remember me. Many years ago (in the 30s) I often carried you on my shoulders . . . in later years I taught with your sister in Presentation College, Reading".
File also includes a stamped envelope, postmarked from Bethnal Green, London, addressed to "Miss M. Green, 1 Rue Christine, Paris." 20 March 1970. The hand is very like John McGahern's but item is possibly misfiled with these other letters. Original file order retained.

MS letters from George Mackay Brown, writing to John McGahern after reading "Getting Through", his book of short stories - "I think of you as the best writer of short stories in English today". A following letter thanks McGahern for sending Mackay Brown a copy of his latest book of stories and adds he hopes that McGahern will read in Orkney, Scotland, sometime.

MS letter from Clare Boylan, Irish author and critic, to John McGahern, asking a favour if he would propose Ita Daly for election to Aosdána.

Letters from Tom and Anne Bradley to John and Madeline ('Bambi') McGahern. Tom Bradley was Professor of Russian Literature in Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, USA. Letters include invitations to the McGaherns to visit and stay with the Bradleys; letter thanking McGahern for sending a Polish translation of "The Pornographer" to Tom Bradley, and talking about visits to Lodz and Warsaw in Poland (2001); letter from Bradley saying he had read McGahern's later works and offering comments on the books and on family/work matters (2002); Letter of 2004 with further news and updates on work, family, travel etc. with comments on protests in Ireland against George W. Bush.

Also two letters from Maurya Bradley, daughter of Tom and Anne, asking McGahern if he would add support to her Fulbright application to study in Ireland, with later letter to say that she did not get a Fulbright fellowship that year (1996). Copy of letter of support written by McGahern is included.

MS letter from Carmi [ ] to John McGahern, written from the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, sending updates that "we just arrived a few days ago" and to have seen John's writing in "The New Review". Also includes separate short biography sheet about Carmi.