Letters from Bro. Terence Hurley, Presentation Brothers Order, Killarney, Co. Kerry, to John McGahern, with comments on "Memoir" and the suggestion to edit the reference to a "religious institution" and a deaf girl mentioned in the book. Also letter from Br. Andrew Hickey, Congregation Leader, Presentation Brothers, Cork, sending good wishes on the Irish PEN award received by McGahern.

File of collected and copy letters sent by Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in response to the recent 9/11 attacks in the U.S. and sent to various UN rapporteurs and also includes return letters from those written to.

Letters from Marie Redden, University Librarian, NUI Galway, to John McGahern, discussing some matters relating to his papers at NUI Galway, and also seeking a signed copy of a book as part of a fund-raising campaign.

File of letters labelled "Literary Editors" and also containing some letters from literary festivals to John McGahern. The letters include a typescript document bearing details of publication agreement (option/purchase costs for The Barracks, The Dark, Nightlines etc.) for works by McGahern and comments on the publication of each book; Signed contract between McGahern and Press De La Renaissance for translation and publication of "The High Ground" (1986); Letters with Russell and Volkening Literary Agents (1970s - 1990s); Robin Robertson at Penguin Books and later at Martin Secker and Warburg; Letters from other various editors at Penguin; David Evanier of the Paris Review (1980); Jonathan Riley at MacMillan Publishers (1996), Maura Kennedy, Director of Cúirt Literary Festival, Galway, with invitation for McGahern to read at the Festival (2005); Johnny Gogan, Bandit Films, James Conway of Opera Theatre Company; suggested text edits on "That They May Face the Rising Sun", (Granta, 2001); The New York Times Book Review (n.d.); Ali Reynolds of Vintage Random House Publishers; File also includes signed printed email by John McGahern to Ali Reynolds (6 Jan 2004); Invitation from Joanna Keane O'Flynn of Listowel Writers Week Festival, inviting McGahern to be the new President of Writer's Week.

Letters of TS letters from Linck Johnson, Colgate University, discussing work and life at Colgate, literary comments, McGahern's time at Colgate, and also a letter from Office of the President, Colgate University, with details of McGahern's honorary degree from Colgate in 2003.

File of letters from Kevin Lehane, whom I fondly recall from his time as manager of the Ambassador and Academy cinemas in Dublin. Lehane writes in detail of the opening night production of The Barracks, adapted for the stage by Hugh Leonard; comments on Irish society and censorship and of the banning the Dark - he mentions that copies of the book are circulating and being widely read in Dublin, and wider comments about McGahern's writing and of Dublin culture of the time.

Letters from Joseph Hone, editor at Hamish Hamilton, London, to McGahern, discussing short stories, comments on "The Wine Breath", and asking if McGahern would consider wiring a ghost story.

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

File of letters from Jonathan Riley, Faber and Faber, London, to John McGahern, with comments on having read pieces in development of McGahern's work in the Times Literary Supplement (1999). Other letters discuss print runs, distribution, paperback and classic editions of McGahern's books overseen by Faber, aspects of cover design. Also a MS letter from Riley updating McGahern that he will soon be leaving Faber.

Letters from John Morris, Provost and Dean of Faculty, Colgate University, New York, inviting McGahern to be the O'Connor Chair in Literature, 1977, outlining terms of the post. Also letter asking McGahern is he could again visit for a term in 1990/1991.