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Handwritten draft of a children’s story entitled Frances the Fence.

Enlarged photograph of Thomas Clarke in an oval polished timber frame.

Enlargement of a black and white head and shoulders studio portrait of Edward (Ned) Daly in military uniform, mounted in an oval timber frame with carved Celtic motifs. For a related printing block, see P2/4/4/4.

Framed photograph of a silhouette of the Reverend Thomas Gilbert Willis by Auguste Edouard, 1836. Reverse of frame bears the label of Ryman & Co., Ltd., Fine Art Dealers, 23 High Street, Oxford, and a typescript note of the provenance of the silhouette, with handwritten additions.

Framed certificate conferring Freedom of the city of Kilkenny on Alderman John Daly.

Fragments of loose-leaf manuscript and typescript narratives intended for inclusion in Madge Daly’s memoirs. Not in order.

Fragments of letters from Thomas Clarke [to John Daly?].

Two fragments of handwritten draft of the short story The Red Girl. The first opens: ‘…lounge and digestively admiring’; and the second: ‘…and a pint for Shawn Joe’. Also on the back of the first fragment an unidentified piece beginning: ‘She overtook Peter along the road to the Home Farm’.

Hardback notebook ‘supplied for the public service’. Some pages and parts of pages have been cut out. Contains a fragment of a handwritten draft of Blackcock's Feather beginning: ‘A story of the days of Hugh Roe’ (1 page). Also parts of drafts of The Road to Nowhere as follows: beginning: ‘Paddy Joe Long’s limewashed green bungalow’, pages 1-18; followed by section beginning: ‘Paddy Joe leant shoulder against the gatepost’, pages 1-3; followed by section beginning: ‘Jamesy Coffey came to his feet’, pages 1-18; and various short fragments of the novel upside down from the back of the book. Also contains two drafts of the beginning of the short story Then Came the Captain’s Daughter (pages 1-12 and 1-3) upside down from the back. Alterations. Some blank pages. Each text is paginated separately.

Fragment of stationery bearing the logo and contact details of W. J. Shaw & Sons’ Garryowen Bacon Factory.