File of assorted offprints and articles of research articles published on and interviews with John McGahern. Includes "The Symbolic Mass: Thematic Resolution in the Irish Novels of John McGahern" by Richard Burr Lloyd (1987); "John McGahern: Writer, Stylist, Seeker of a Lost World" - an interview article by Eamon Maher and Declan Kiberd; Interview between Eamon Maher and John McGahern in Irish Studies Review; Interview between John McGahern and Stanley Van Der Ziel; "Aesthetics of Redemption: John McGahern's "That They May Face the Rising Sun" by Stanley Van Der Ziel; "The Compulsion to Return: How Three Memoirs Shed Light on Human Motivation" by Desmond Avery. "At Home in the World' - John McGahern, the Local and the Global" by Denis Sampson. Copy of article "Crosscut Voices and Broken Ideals in "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde, written by Emmanuel Vernadakis.

Unattributed draft chapter of a study, "Chapter Four - From The Ginger Man to Kitty Stobling".

Also printed articles from various media sites and newspapers of coverage of the death of John McGahern

Assorted research articles, academic articles and general publications which feature and cover international terrorism and human rights issues.

Copies of published articles, for research by Kevin Boyle, including "Lawful Power and the Citizen" by A. Douglas Lawton (n.d.); "The Development of the Ontario Human Rights Code: A Decade in Retrospect" by Ian A. Hunter, University of Toronto [Law Journal] Vol XXII, 4, Autumn 1972; "The Declaration of Rights of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974" by Lee Hargrave, Louisiana Law Review, Oct 1974.

File of print-out of colour photographs, including images of the set, furniture and props for Knives in Hens being installed at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin. Also print-outs of internet images of images researched in design process by Joe Vaněk. Also manuscript notes entitled 'Ancillary Props'; pencil sketches of furniture and set; printed prop list of items used and to be sourced for use in the production.

File of documents including a MS page of notes and commentary regarding Article 12, with reference to divorce and family law; TS copy letter from Kevin Boyle to Donal Barrington, S.C., Bar Library, Four Courts, Dublin, discussing possible challenged to various articles concerning divorce and family law (2 Aug 1976) TS notes with MS annotation by Kevin Boyle on Article 12 and divorce law;

File includes correspondence between Etienne Rynne and R.M. Organ, Chief Experimental Officer, British Museum Research Laboratory, with discussion regarding research into the various pieces and components of the Ardagh Chalice.

File of TS documents relating to the development and research on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. Includes a booklet of MS notes and writings by Kevin Boyle, in an exam handbook from Queen's University and entitled "Human Rights Materials"(n.d.); Memo to all members of staff of Law Faculty, Queen's University from Michael O'Boyle, detailing to set up a Working Party to submit evidence on a proposed Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland as requested by the Standing Advisory Commission for Human Rights (15 Oct 1975) TS memorandum on meeting of the Executive Board of the I.S.E., who met to discuss launching a major project in Human Rights" (15 Feb 1977) Law Faculty of Queen's University Working Party Document on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland (Jan 1976) "Bill of Rights Discussion Document prepared by [the N.I.C.R.A.] detailing comment on individual points in the Bill;

MS note of comment and research by Kevin Boyle entitled "The Meaning of an Emergency"; A TS copy of 'Editorial Note' for "The Minimum Sentences Act" written by Kevin Boyle; TS copy of letter from Kevin Boyle to W. Leach, Office of the Parliamentary Draftsman, Stormont, Belfast, in which Boyle argues against Leach and interpretation of the Temporary Provisions Act and the Hospital Order and reference to convicted persons and related sentences under same (12 Jan 1971)
TS letter signed by Will [Leach], Office of the Parliamentary Draftsman, Stormont, Belfast, to Desmond Greer, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Belfast. (This letter was referenced by Boyle in the previous item) Leach discusses comments from John Wylie, Editor of the N.I.L.Q. (Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly) which included an article by Boyle on the Criminal Justice (Temporary Provisions Act) and Leach adds his opinion on the Act and reference to the Hospital Order and cases of mental and physical health when it comes to sentencing. (8 Jan 1971)
Copies of TS letters from Allen T. Loughrie, Private Secretary, Northern Ireland Office, Stormont, to Catherine Scorer, Northern Ireland Officer, National Council for Civil Liberties which discuss the sentencing of prisoners, remission and other related issues under the Treatment of Offenders Act (NI) 1968 and the Prison Rules N.I. 1954. (30 Sep, 5 Nov 1974)

Articles and documents include a case study entitled "International Protection of Human Rights: Northern Ireland". featuring an interview and contribution from Kevin Boyle, [c. 1970s];
Photocopy of book chapter from "Human Rights and Responsibilities in Britain and Ireland: A Christian Perspective" edited by Sydney D. Bailey; research document from a working group, possibly for the NIHCR and entitled "Victim's Rights - Preliminary Discussions";
Draft document entitled "Summary of Proposals" in relation to rights and the NIHCR; Copy of British Institute of Human Rights Newsletter, Summer 2002, with article by Maggie Beirne, Committee on the Administration of Justice, entitled "A Discussion of the Progress and Possibility of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland";
Paper entitled "Human Rights: National Human Rights Institutions in the Commonwealth - Lessons for Ireland" by Deirdre Fottrell (c. 2001) and paper entitled "The Paradox of Transition in Conflicted Democracies" by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Professor of Law, University of Ulster.
"A Bill of Rights for the U.K. - Mechanisms for Parliamentary Protection of Fundamental Rights" by Gavin Drewry (4 Jul 1997)
"The Protection of Human Rights" - Author Unknown. "New Beginnings: Introducing the South African Constitution and Bill of Rights." (c. 1996)
"Equal but Not Separate - Communal Policy Appraisal" by Tom Hadden, Bernie Rainey and Gail McGreevy. (c.1998)

Posters from productions of Requiem for Love. Directed by Caroline Fitzgerald. Town Hall Studio 22nd -26th November and Bewley's Cafe Theatre February 6th - 3rd March 2007