Manuscript letters and postcards from Frank McElvoy to John McGahern, with comments on McGahern's novel "Amongst Women" (1990) and letter letters stating that McElvoy has received 100 copies of the American edition of Memoir, titled "All Will Be Well".

Letters from Frances McCullough, Editor, Harper and Row Publishers Inc., New York, with comments on reviews, distribution, author book jacket quotes, and other comments on the reception of McGahern's novel, "The Pornographer".

File of manuscript letters from Jimmy Swift to John McGahern. Swift was a close personal friend of McGahern from Dublin. The letters discuss their respective literary interests, comments on McGahern's stories and novels, and general personal news and discussions.

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).

Letters from author Colm Tóibín to John McGahern. Letters thank McGahern for reading Tóibín's draft latest novel (1986); detailed comments having read McGahern's "[Amongst Women]"; (1990) thanking McGahern for reading "Homage to Barcelona" (1990); detailed comments on "That They May Face The Rising Sun" (2002); Detailed comments on "Memoir"; discussions and draft article by Tóibín for comment by McGahern on work edited by Tóibín for "The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels Written in English Since 1950". (1998)

Letters from Caroline Walsh, Books Editor, Irish Times, to John McGahern. Letters send congratulations to McGahern on his appointment to the Arts Council, discuss reviews for the Irish Times by McGahern, comments on his work and health, etc.

Manuscript letters between Tony Whelan and John McGahern, c. 1958 - 1960, including a poem written by McGahern, "Song Over a Child". Letters discuss writing and publication. All letters and poems have been published in The Letters of John McGahern (Faber and Faber, 2021, edited by Frank Shovlin). Includes later email (2009) from Whelan to Madeline McGahern (printed copy sent by post) asking for advice on publication of some items from the letters and poems.

Manuscript map of the floor plan and external grounds of the Barracks at Cootehall, drawn by John McGahern.

Files of manuscript and typescript letters from John McGahern to various including writers, editors, family, and friends.
These are the original letters which are transcribed and published in "The Letters of John McGahern" edited by Frank Shovlin (Faber and Faber 2021). The files of letters present include from John McGahern to:
Patsy Murphy, Tom Callan, Jimmy Swift, Anne Annerson, Susannah Cappon, Patrick Gregory, Debbie Newt (Colgate), Neil and Mary Joy, Brian Friel, Nicholas and Eleanor Grene, Madeline McGahern, Mr. Charleton, Jason Epstein, Matthew Evans, Peter Lennon, Dympna McGahern, Tony Swift, Patrick Gregory, Stanley Van Der Ziel, Faber and Faber (re. Ligne de Fond Cover), Clare Rehill Robertson, J.D. Langton and Passmore (Colgate), Mary Keelan, Charles Monteith, Maggie Pernod, Donald, Ian Jack, Mary Kay Wilmer, and Dolores Cleary. Letter to a Sophie [ ], with comment "letters ...are never quite honest".
Also a piece of manuscript quotation by McGahern, with labelling as being "...Quoting Critique of "Walking along the Border".

Envelope filled with small pieces of paper, described as Plants Index Aran. Each piece of paper gives the name of a specimen and a number. Unclear what the number corresponds to.

A small leaf specimen found roadside, north east of Tullyconnelly.

List of species found on Inishmore, divided into seashore species, plants of wet places, weeds and ruderals, and plants from roadsides or shallow soil. This is a typed list with handwritten edits. It is attached to a notice of a field trip to the Aran Islands by the Botanical Society of the British Isles (2-7 Sep 1976).

Handwritten notes on specimens found in Turloch Mór (27 Jun 1978).

Typed index of specimens found in Aran (T Curtis 1979 written at end).

Handwritten index of specimens found in creigs, heath, thin grass and fissures, with a corresponding calendar tracking growth.

Notes on kelp handwritten by Tim Robinson, from a reading of 'The Chemical Revolution' by Archibald and Clow. (Undated).

Typed piece entitled 'Plant Records from Co Galway' by Tim Robinson, which expand on some of the distributions described in Webb and Scannell "The Flora of Connemara and the Burren".

Press cutting from the Irish Times on weeds in Aran. (5 May 1989).