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Fragments of manuscript drafts of an essay entitled ‘Irish Women in Legend, Literature and Life’, published in the Canadian Journal of Irish Studies vol. 8, no. 2 (1983), pp. 11-25.

Fragments of manuscript and typescript drafts discussing the nature of poetry.

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.

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’.

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

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

Fragments of manuscript narratives of fictional nature.

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

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.

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.