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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 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.

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.

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 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.

Loose pages from a notebook containing an untitled handwritten draft of the short story The Prudent Man which begins: ‘Kemp Clancy had been busy all that forenoon and he was now ten minutes late for lunch’. Alterations. Pagination.

Loose pages from a notebook containing a draft of the short story The Prudent Man which begins: ‘Dan Kerins had been busy all that forenoon, engrossed in his blue prints’. Alterations. Pagination.

Loose pages from a notebook containing handwritten draft of the short story The Quiet Man in pencil. Untitled. Begins: ‘Shawn Kelvin went to the States, a blithe young lad of twenty, to make his fortune.’ Alterations. Pagination.

Loose sheets containing a handwritten draft of The Quiet Man in pencil. Same opening line as in P7/2/2/1/3/1. Alterations. Pagination.