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Hardback notebook with Walsh’s name and address on the front and the following inscription: ‘I – Then Came the Captain’s Daughter to be followed by Over the Border, The Quiet Man, The Red Girl and the last one’. Handwritten draft of the short story Then Came the Captain’s Daughter begins with a verse which opens: ‘Then came the Captain’s daughter, the Captain of the Yeos’ pages 1-62. Also contains draft of an ‘Introduction’ on the inside of front cover which begins: ‘Six men and four girls’. No other drafts. Alterations. Pagination on pages with text. Two pages inserted after page 44.

Hardback notebook inscribed ‘Where Is It?’ on the front cover, containing handwritten draft of The Storytellers (untitled) which begins: ‘Carrick Town comprised compactly a central square with four streets raying out from it’. Alterations. Pagination. Remainder of the book blank.

Loose pages containing handwritten draft of the short story entitled The Storytellers. Some alterations. Pagination.

Hardback notebook containing handwritten draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Almost Impossible (untitled) which begins: ‘It was Spring again for the million millionth time’ and continuing on right-hand pages, pages 1-41. Also contains from the back upside down, part of a draft of a play A Hawk from a Handsaw (begun 6 February 1939) untitled. Begins with act one as follows: ‘Scene: The kitchen-living room of a country cottage in Ireland, but a remarkable room for a country cottage’ pages 1-42.

Large sheets from an account book folded over containing part of handwritten draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Blind Pension. Opens: ‘T. J., my man-of-no-work, had once again disappeared’ (pages 1-21). Some alterations. Pagination.

Large pages from an account book folded over containing handwritten draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Dangerous Age (untitled) and opening: ‘I did not take my annual holiday that year until September’. Alterations. Pagination.

Large sheets from an account book folded-over containing handwritten draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Deepsea-Pilot Cap beginning: ‘It was my wife who started this misadventure’. Alterations. Pagination on pages with text.

Hardback notebook ‘supplied for the public service’ with ‘Acid Drops – Deepsea-Pilot Cap – Tinker’s Budget’ written on the back cover. Contains handwritten draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Gum Drops in pencil which is entitled Thomasheen James and the Acid Drops and begins: ‘Thomasheen James and myself had one of our not unusual disagreements’ and continues on right-hand pages, 1-16. Also contains draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Deepsea-Pilot Cap (6-9 June 1939), beginning upside down at the back, and opening: ‘My wife it was who started this misadventure…’ and continues on right-hand pages, 1-16; draft of a short story Thomasheen James and the Travelling Shop (26-29 June 1939) which begins: ‘It was Spring again for the million millionth time’, pages 1-40, with four pages inserted after page 2. Alterations. Pagination.

Loose pages from a notebook containing handwritten draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Acid Drops on the ‘front’. Opens: ‘Thomasheen James and I had one of our not unusual parting of brass rags – or is it brass rings?’ (pages 1-20). Also contains on the ‘back’ from the end, some pages of draft of the short story Thomasheen James, Company Director. Begins: ‘…a mane ould divil Sir Gasher and does most of his own keeper with the aid of Tommy’ (page 6). Pages not in correct order. Alterations. Pagination.

Large pages from an account book folded over and containing handwritten draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Opprobrious Name which begins: ‘As he himself would say, I had seen neither hair nor hide of Thomasheen James’. Alterations. Pagination.