Letters from Sr Marcellina, Drumcondra, to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, dealing with family and spiritual matters.

File of letters from St. Patrick's College, including Dr. Derek Hand, its president, Dr. Pauric Travers, and others, relating to the honorary degree awarded to John McGahern by Dublin City University/St. Patrick's College.

File of manuscript letters and postcards from Stephen Page, Chief Executive, Faber and Faber, to John McGahern and Madeline McGahern. Letters discuss meeting with John in Dublin, discussions on publishing plans for McGahern's books by Faber, and related queries on the work. Also a letter from Page to Madeline McGahern, after John had died, and discussing issues raised at the launch of "Love of the World", the collected book of McGahern's non-fiction writings. (2010).

Manuscript letters from Susan Cerasano, academic in the English Department, Colgate University, and colleague of John McGahern. Includes news and updates from the Department and campus, personal family updates, discussions on writing and similar topics.

Letters from playwright Thomas (Tom) Kilroy to John McGahern. Letters include comments from Kilroy on McGahern's play, "The Power of Darkness" and that Field Day should develop the play; Comments on his own play, "Double Cross" and on Field Day Theatre Company; trips to Ballinrobe Race; arrangements to meet up with the McGaherns; Comments about Aosdána; early retirement from University College Galway; comments on Dublin theatre and audiences in early 1990s; Garry Hynes at the Abbey Theatre; comments on the visit of President Ronald Reagan to Ireland; updates on Kilroy's plays at the Royal Court, London; visiting the Friels; book prizes; and other comments on Irish writing and culture. Also includes page from unnamed magazine, with photos and coverage of Kilroy and his novel, The Big Chapel.

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 letters from Tom and Peggy Leen, sending personal good wishes, news of McGahern family members, and comments on the public attitude to McGahern's books, from The Barrack to the Dark and later public attitudes towards McGahern that he encounters in the local pub.

File of manuscript letters from teacher and friend, Tom Jordan, to John and Madeline McGahern, with personal discussions, comments on Irish society, news and current events, visits to the McGaherns, comments on McGahern's writing, and wider general discussions. Letters are grouped and arranged by decade from the 1960s to the 2000s, with some letters with no date.

Letter and postcard from playwright Tom Murphy to John McGahern with comments on having seen his play, "The Power of Darkness " at the Abbey Theatre, describing it as wonderful and disagreeing with the negative Irish Times review of the play.

One letter and one postcard from poet Tom Paulin to John McGahern, sending good wishes and comments on "That They May Face The Rising Sun", and also making arrangements to meet a festival event in Oxford.