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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.

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.

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.

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.

Hardback notebook with Walsh’s name and address on the front and the following inscription: ‘The Quiet Man. The Red Girl. Bad Town Dublin’, containing handwritten drafts of the stories. The Quiet Man begins at the front and opens with a verse beginning: ‘The Quiet Man he sate him down and to himself did say’ (pages 1-24); followed by The Red Girl (29 October-16 November 1934) which begins with a verse opening: ‘The Red Girl, who now sings her’ (pages 1-42); and Bad Town Dublin (26 November-5 December 1934) which begins with a verse opening: ‘Clean town Dublin; the Norseman built it’ (pages 1- 49), with an insert of two pages after page 16 and text from page 33 on pages inserted in the back of the book.

Hardback diary – ‘Dialann 1955 – Oifig an tSoláthair, Baile Átha Cliath’ – containing handwritten draft of the short story The Smart Fellow, opening: ‘It was eleven of the clock on a May morning’ (pages 1-11). ‘Rewritten 17.6.63’ noted at the end. Also contains an untitled draft of the short story Thomasheen James Gets His Hair Cut (20-28 August 1961) which begins: ‘Lazing in a canvas chair in front of the summerhouse’ (pages 1-11); untitled draft of The Missing Meerschaum (5 April-18 May 1963) which begins: ‘There were four of us, and we were waiting for Christy Manning (pages 1-11). ‘Rewritten 27.5.63’ noted at the end; draft of the short story Teach Your Grandmother (31 October-20 November 1963) which begins: ‘I had gone to bed late, and I waked late’ (pages 1-13). ‘Rewritten 2.12.63’ noted at the end; and an untitled ‘Thomasheen James’ piece at the front which begins: ‘I was sitting in front of my summerhouse one lovely day in late summer’ (4 pages). Alterations. Each text is paginated separately. Some pages are blank.

Hardback notebook ‘supplied for the public service’ with some pages removed. Contains handwritten draft of the short story Then Came the Captain’s Daughter which opens: ‘It was a fine morning that morning, and I was feeling fine too’ (60 pages – pagination 1-46). Also a piece following it, entitled Where the River Shannon Flows which opens: ‘My friend – that is if a Kerryman should use the word in referring to a male man out of Antrim or Down’ (3 pages); draft of Bad Town Dublin (29 October 1934-23 November 1936), beginning upside down from the back which opens: ‘Major Archibald MacDonald yawned lazily’ pages 1-41; followed by a piece which opens: ‘Miss Catriona MacLeod probably consulted two score authorities in writing this essay on Emmet’ (3 pages). Alterations. Some pagination.

Large sheets from an account book folded over. Contain handwritten draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Absent-Minded Professor (untitled) beginning: ‘T. J. possessed himself of waders, creel and gaff’ (pages 1-13); part of draft of the story (untitled) at the back beginning: ‘“You are going to miss that bus”’ (page 1). Also contains a piece in pencil entitled Romance of Scotland (1937) beginning: ‘You are coming to Europe next year’, pages 1-21; three statements of royalties due to Walsh from W. and R. Chambers inserted at a page with some handwritten accounts of the same type covering the period 1 July-31 December 1936. Alterations. Each text paginated separately. Also see P7/1/3/1/1.

Hardback notebook labelled ‘The Dangerous Age. The Blind Pension. Acid Drops’ on the front. Some pages removed and others loose. Contains handwritten draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Blind Pension opening: ‘All that winter Thomasheen James battered on me’ (pages 1-20) and fragment entitled Thomasheen James and the Blind Pension which opens: ‘Thomasheen James, my man of no work, draped his breast with war medals’ (1 page). Also contains draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Dangerous Age at the front which begins: ‘That year I did not take my annual holiday until September’ and continues on right-hand pages, 1-34, with pages 31-34 inserted; draft of short story Butcher to the Queen (untitled) in pencil which opens: ‘When my work as a Pension Officer took me into the Devil’s Bit territory’, beginning on the back of the first page and continuing on left-hand pages (pages 1-11); followed by draft of the short story Son of a Tinker (finished 5 November 1940) in pencil beginning: ‘Shawn Oge Callahan was his name and he was almost incredibly tough’ (pages 1-27); draft of part of the short story Thomasheen James and the Bird Lover (begun 24 November 1938), beginning upside down at the back and opening: ‘I was mighty glad to get home’ (pages 1-17). Election results at the front (1 page). Alterations. Each text is paginated separately.

Hardback notebook labelled ‘Oprobrious (sic) Name’ on the cover. Pages have been removed and others are loose. Contains 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’ (pages 1-29). Also contains draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Bird Lover (finished 20 December 1938), beginning upside down from the back and opening: ‘A recent issue of a provincial Irish paper’ (pages 1-22). Alterations. Each text paginated separately.