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Hardback notebook containing handwritten drafts of parts of Blackcock's Feather beginning: ‘Donald Ballagh O’Cahan, Amy his young wife and myself…’ page 174. Various sequences of page numbers; some pages unpaginated.

School exercise book – ‘The Selwel Series of Exercise Books’ – containing, from the back upside down, an untitled handwritten draft of the short story Not My Own Story which begins: ‘My name is Michael Furlong and I have nothing much to do with this story…’ continuing on right-hand pages and concluding on sheet inserted at the end (pages 1-32). Also part of draft of an unidentified work beginning at the front, which opens: ‘Their ranks contained practically all the able-bodied male tinkers from Rathnure to Dingle…’ (pages 1-23). Alterations. Each text is paginated separately.

Handwritten draft of the short story Not My Story which begins: ‘Let me say it right off: this is not my story.’ Some alterations. Pagination.

Loose pages containing part of a handwritten draft of Blackcock's Feather (pages 141-177) beginning: ‘Her laughter rippled and made me smile’. Also contains on the ‘back’ of pages, draft of the short story Then Came the Captain’s Daughter, pages 1-57. Alterations. Each text paginated separately.

Hardback ‘University Manuscript Book’ containing handwritten draft of the novel A Strange Woman’s Daughter beginning: ‘They were a young couple, not six months married’. Text goes to the end of the book on right-hand pages and continues upside down from the back (pages 1-24) [possibly a draft of the short story Why Should I Sit and Sigh?]. Also contains a draft of the short story The Sword of Yung Lo (or The Hoplologist) (26 September-8 December 1951) at the front beginning: ‘Brothers they were the two of them’ (pages 1-27). Each text is paginated separately.

Hardback notebook ‘supplied for the public service’ with ‘Danger Under the Moon – No Prince of Denmark’ inscribed on the back cover. Contains handwritten draft of A Strange Woman’s Daughter beginning with part one which opens: ‘One would know, or rather sense that this kitchen living room’ (pages 1-88). Also contains a draft of the novel Danger Under the Moon (4 July-17 November 1955) which begins upside down at the back and opens: ‘I was hurrying and I did not like that’ (pages 1-146). Note ‘re-written 30.I.56’ at the end. Alterations. Each text is paginated separately. Page containing the names of the ancient Greek and Roman gods inserted at the front.

Handwritten draft of Constancy in a folder including prologue and chapters one, two and three of book one, and prologue begins: ‘Catherine laid the five written postcards on the seat beside her.’ Contains amendments and pagination. Handwritten heading on the cover reads ‘Manuscript. Constancy a Novel by Kate O’Brien. Prologue. Book One Chapters I, II & III’, and contains sticker with the address of Mary O’Neill at 24A Steele’s Road, Hampstead, London NW3 4RE.

‘Letter Book C. and E. No. 151’ containing a handwritten draft of While Rivers Run beginning: ‘If it be necessary one should be prepared to take any jump.’ Alterations. Pagination on pages with text.

Pages from a notepad bound together in groups containing handwritten draft of When Half- Gods Go (Walsh’s own screen adaptation of The Road to Nowhere). Begins: ‘Very well dammit! Let’s have a stab at this here film scenario.’ Alterations. Pagination.

Handwritten draft of 'When Half-Gods Go (Notes and Dialogue for a Film) by Maurice Walsh’ which begins: ‘First the title is taken from Emerson’s poems’. Some alterations. Pagination.