Photocopy of a 'review' of 'The Rockingshoot' by a pupil of Fivemiletown High School, Co. Tyrone. Also a photocopy of a letter addressed to John McGahern from G.W. Hull, a teacher at the school in Co. Tyrone.

File of black and white photographs of a young John McGahern. Images include of First Holy Communion Day for McGahern's sisters (all pictured) along with McGahern's father and aunt, photographs of McGahern within various school groups, from ages of c. 10 years of age to late teenage years. Also photos of John McGahern from later life and pictured with his sisters, with his brother, and other such family photos.

File of mostly black and white portrait photographs of John McGahern. Images include McGahern pictured at a writing desk in a home-office/library, labelled as 'Rue Christine', [Paris]; writer headshot images, McGahern seated by a kitchen stove, and other such images, official headshots etc.

Black and white photographs of John McGahern pictured with friends and with other writers. Those pictured with McGahern include Jimmy Swift, Thomas Kilroy, Jennifer Johnston, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Derek Mahon, Francis Stuart, Sebastian Barry, Claire [Nehill], Robert Robertson, Stephen Rea, Annikki Laaksi, Francis and Mary [ ].
Also a photograph of John McGahern on a farm bottle-feeding a sheep.

File of black and white photographs of individuals connected to McGahern. Some image labels mention "The Shah", "Luke Early, Mohill", "Will Albrecht, Colgate University", "Pat Healy Balmbras, Newcastle", "Kevin Lahane, Capital Cinema Manager", "Tom Jordan".

File 2 includes photographs of McGahern with Matt Maloy at Kenny's Bookshop, Galway; with Derek Hand (DCU) on occasion of McGahern's Honorary Doctoral Conferring at Dublin City University; with Mary Lappin, Peter Lennon and Mary Kenny; Hermione Lee; the Booker Prize Evening Event with Barry Hanson and Nicohlas Shakespeare, also Matthew Evans; Peter Lennon; Joe Kennedy; Edna Longley and Gerry (Gerald) Dawe; Terry Winch at reading/interview event at Howard Community College, Maryland, USA; Colgate Faculty Clubhouse; Seamus O'Grady; Neil Joyce; Margaret [Mauve], Colgate; Charlie Haughey T.D., Niall Walsh (in New York); with John Banville and family in Paris.

File of photographs of John McGahern and labelled at various locations. One group of images includes polaroid-sized portrait images of McGahern and at a house in London. Those pictured in images with McGahern at the house include Seamus Heaney, Roger McHugh, Tom Jordan, Madeline Stratt, as well as McGahern's pet dog named Smokey, and a pet cat. (1975). Also larger black and white photographs labelled as "London, Leytonstone" and of house interiors and kitchen/living room shelves with items included being a television, Sacred Heart portrait and other ornamental items in the house; Contact sheets of images labelled "Barracks at Cootehall, Shooting Documentary"; Also contact sheets from John McGahern's honorary doctoral conferring at Dublin City University.

Assorted photographic negatives of images of and relating to John McGahern. Many are unlabelled.

24 images on negative and contact sheets.

Photograph of water scheme pipes stacked on top of each other.

Photographs of some children in India.

35 images on negative and contact sheets.

Photographs from Marcus’s 11th birthday party.

36 images on negative and contact sheets.

Photographs of children entitled “Collins kids”.

Photographs of a ruin of a house in Mayo.

Photographs taken ringside at a boxing match, entitled “Brendan Carroll’s film, National Stadium”.