Manuscript letter from Dermot Healy to John McGahern, discussing Áosdána election matters and inviting McGahern to give a reading at the Model Gallery, Sligo, sometime.

Letter from Des Egan, Newbridge, to Eoghan and Rita hoping that they are well, and that Focus is out at last. He thinks it is a nice little book, and asks if they would be available for a celebratory drink at the Summit Bar in Howth the following Saturday.

Letter from Des Egan, Newbridge, County Kildare, to Eoghan and Rita, arranging to meet on the 28th, and asking him to send a copy of New Passages on to him at Castleknock.

Letter from Des Egan, Goldsmith Press, to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc discussing possible contributions to their various poetry magazines, as well as topics for a few talks he might give. Ends by arranging times for a possible visit to Eoghan and Rita.

Letter from Des Egan, Newbridge, to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, thanking him for the drawing and write-up, which he will try to put on a yellow background. He outlines the royalties he is proposing. He comments that he is under pressure getting the books out. He says that he will write if he is heading down their direction and hopes they can meet up.

Telegraph from Des Egan to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc announcing the launch of the press.

"Letter from Des Egan, Goldsmith Press, to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc asking if he would like to contribute to Midland. He is getting ""New Passages"" typeset and asks for his thoughts on the anthology in Irish."

Letter from Des Egan, Goldsmith Press, to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc thanking im for minding them during their visit, and commenting that he had no news from Fallons.

Letter from Des Egan to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, telling him that he has bought a printing press and plates and that he plans to set up a poetry press with a name carrying Midlands overtones, like Goldsmith Press.

Letter from Des Egan to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, saying that he, Kevin Swan and another would be down to visit them on the 27th if that was ok?