Letter from Ben Duncan to John McGahern writing with comments in 2002, stating that he first was introduced to McGahern by Charles Monteith around the time the Barracks was published in 1963, offers detailed comments on his knowing of Monteith, their later fall-out and comments on Monteith's funeral, with also comments of admiration for McGahern's writing.

File of TS letters from Nicholas Grene, Professor of English at Trinity College Dublin, sending comments on McGahern's stage play, The Power of Darkness and its recent productions. Other letters discuss conference talks/readings by McGahern at the Synge Summer School (1998) and at the IASIL Conference (1992).

TS letter from Pat Feeley, primary school teacher from Glenageary, Dublin, writing to John McGahern with memories from the 1960s and on reading The Barracks and also on raising the "John McGahern Case" - the censorship of The Dark and McGahern losing his teaching job - at an INTO meeting. Feeley describes in detail the comments of those present at the INTO Meeting regarding McGahern and his job loss and the novel.

Letters from Murray Mindlin, editor and publisher, writing from London, 1969 to John McGahern with comments on the publication of McGahern's story, "Encounter", and on wider publication queries. Also a letter from [Andrea], Mindlin's wife, writing to those who knew Murray with details of his recent passing and comments on his life. One letter is on headed paper of "Censorship", which Mindlin edited (Jan 1970).

Typescript letters from Bernard Loughlin, Resident Director of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, to John McGahern, writing to thank McGahern for his time and service to the Guthrie Centre board and also with comments on seeing McGahern's play "The Power of Darkness".
Also includes copy letter sent from Loughlin to a local operator of boats and waterskiing on the lake by the Centre, the noise from which was disturbing residents at the Centre.

Letters from Jorgen Nielsen to John McGahern, discussing his translation of McGahern's novel "That They May Face The Rising Sun".

File of manuscript letters from Francis 'Francie' and May McGarty to John and Madeline McGahern. McGartys were friends of the McGaherns, based in Co. Leitrim, and with personal conversation, news of locals and of the area.
Includes memorial card with photograph of Francis McGarty, died 28 Jan 1996.

Letters from Robert Woof to John McGahern, along with copy of The Messenger newsletter of the Wordsworth Trust.

Typed testimony written by John McGahern regarding his account of Niels Gron, father of Madeline and regarding their relationship.
Also includes a later tped version of a letter dates 16 Feb 1970, from John McGahern, Paris, to Patrick (Paddy Swift?), with a written account on Niels Gron and further details of family history and connections.

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