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P102 - The Niall Walsh - McGahern Correspondence
1 - Correspondence
1 - Holograph letter from John McGahern, Cleggan, County Galway, to Niall [Walsh], hoping to see them there before next September.
2 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Cleggan, County Galway, to Niall [Walsh], inviting him and the family; instructions to find it.
3 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Cleggan, County Galway, to Niall [Walsh], making arrangements for meeting again.
4 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Cleggan [County Galway], to Niall [Walsh], agreeing to Saturday and asking them to come for lunch; Mary Hutchinson came last night.
5 - Holograph letter from Madeline [McGahern], [ ], to Niall [Walsh], in thanks for the book and for their company.
6 - Printed bill with handwritten insertions from the Prince Albert Hotel, 5 Rue Saint-Hyacinthe, Paris, for overnight stays by "Walsh".
7 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], 27 Blomfield Road, London (England), to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, on their living conditions in London; references to their travels, and his teaching; Ligne de Fond comes out in November.
8 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Blomfield Road, London, to Niall [Walsh]; referring to their impending visit.
9 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], London, to Phil and Niall [Walsh], stating they have missed them since they left.
10 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern] [ ], to Niall [Walsh], advising him he has written to Pierre Leyris, and also to Robert Rothchild (the Belgian Ambassador) in Paris, on his behalf, who both expect him to make contact.
11 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Keem Road [Achill Island, County Mayo], to Niall [Walsh], in thanks for his medical advice; further alluding to certain "pages" good to visit in London.
12 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Colgate University, Hamilton, New York (US), to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, delighted with their phone call.
13 - Holograph postcard from John [McGahern], Paris, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, in thanks for their great kindness last week.
14 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Colgate University, Hamilton, New York (US), to Niall [Walsh, Ballinasloe].
15 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Colgate University, Hamilton, New York (US), to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
16 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Colgate University, Hamilton, New York (US), to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
17 - Holograph postcard from Madeline [McGahern], London, to Niall and Mrs.
18 - Holograph postcard from Madeline [McGahern], Rue Christine, Paris, to Niall and Phil Walsh, Ballinasloe, referring to the safe arrival of the package; the building works, and remarking "I stare at the Leitrim map stolidly".
19 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Rue Christine, Paris, to Niall and Phil, Ballinasloe.
20 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Paris, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, reference to [mutual friend] Dick.
21 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Rue Christine, Paris, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe; commenting on his father's present ill health and his siblings.
22 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], London, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, about the arrangements for their return to Ireland via Liverpool.
23 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], [London], to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, postponing their meeting, stating he is "sick of the social rounds".
24 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Dooagh [Achill Island, County Mayo], to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, stating their great gratitude for using the house; housekeeping points.
25 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], Gob a'choire, County Mayo, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, relating conversation with a man called O'Malley about a piece of bog land, potentially a prize site.
26 - Holograph letter (4 pp) from Madeline McGahern [Achill Island, County Mayo], to Phil Walsh, Ballinasloe, County Galway, in thanks for the Bewley's coffee.
27 - Holograph letter (3 pp) from Madeline [McGahern], [Dooagh, County Mayo], to Phil Walsh, Ballinasloe, personal comments; BBC having visited; local colour; work on the house.
28 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Keen Road [ ], to Niall [Walsh]; arrangements to pay telephone bill.
29 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Keen Road [County Mayo], to Niall [Walsh], having had local information about Walsh's cottage and the land and rights attached.
30 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], London, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
31 - Typescript letter signed Madeline [McGahern], [Walthamstow postmark], to Niall and Mrs.
32 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], Forest Glade, London, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
33 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], London, to Niall [Walsh], enclosing advertisement for The New Review , a new literary monthly, to include fiction by John McGahern and others.
34 - Holograph postcard from Madeline [McGahern], Paris, to Niall and Phil Walsh, Ballinasloe; they suffer from food poisoning.
35 - Holograph letter (3 pp) from John [McGahern], London, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, with family news and their recent stay in Paris; the Walsh's own house.
36 - Typescript letter signed Madeline [McGahern], The Observer , London (England), to Phil and Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
37 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], London, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, in thanks for their hospitality, and the blood test.
38 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], London, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, about their preparations for [going to the US].
39 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Aughaboeneil, County Leitrim, to Niall [Walsh, Ballinasloe], describing state of affairs with the bulding work; inviting them.
40 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to [Niall Walsh], inviting him and his wife to come and meet the architect, after looking the house over.
41 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Newcastle upon Tyne (England), to Niall Walsh, details of their whereabouts; Madeline will join him this week; a local anecdote about locals painting their family gravestones with car oil.
42 - Typescript letter signed Madeline [McGahern], "The Observer", London, England, to Phil and Niall [Walsh], sending them the Faber catalogue.
43 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from Madeline [McGahern], Newcastle upon Tyne (England), to Phil and Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, hoping they will meet in the New Year; praising Newcastle and the apartment.
44 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to Niall [Walsh].
45 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], Newcastle upon Tyne (England), to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
46 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], to Niall [Walsh], enclosing photocopies of covering letter and enclosures, from Faber & Faber Publishers, London, to John McGahern, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (England), with eight reviews of The Leavetaking , from papers including The Listener , Publisher's Weekly , The Times , The Guardian , New Fiction Society .
47 - Photocopy of press cutting from the Houston Post by Tanner Hunt, entitled "A son's story", being a review of The leavetaking by John McGahern.
48 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], University of Newcastle upon Tyne, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
49 - Press cutting from the National Observer by Bruce Cook, entitled "The Irish: pugnacious, powerless, and bored", reviewing Thomas J.
50 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], Newcastle upon Tyne (England), to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, commiserating on the "L.
51 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, in thanks for hospitality, and offering their Paris flat for use during the summer.
52 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], Department of English, Durham, England, to Niall Walsh, Achill, County Mayo, confirming the dates in August when they will have the flat; their own travel plans; some hints about living in Paris and encouraging them to call "Pops" [his father-in-law].
53 - Holograph letter from Madeline [McGahern], University of Durham, Department of English, England, to Phil and Niall [Walsh]arranging for their stay in the Parisian flat.
54 - Handwritten notes (8pp) by [Madeline] McGahern, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Drs P.
55 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], Newcastle upon Tyne, to Niall [Walsh], much appreciating his and Phil's telephone calls.
56 - Holograph letter (3 pp) from John [McGahern], Newcastle upon Tyne (England), to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
57 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], University of Newcastle upon Tyne (England), to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, congratulations on their "new acres".
58 - Holograph letter (1p) from John [McGahern], Newcastle- upon-Tyne, to Niall P.
59 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], University of Newcastle upon Tyne to Niall and Phil Walsh, Ballinasloe, referring to an apartment they could rent for 2 months.
60 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], University of Newcastle upon Tyne (England), to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, arranging for Walsh to take their Paris flat in June.
61 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], Newcastle upon Tyne (England), to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, with their plans for moving to Ireland.
62 - Holograph postcard from Madeline [McGahern], Newcastle on Tyne, to Drs N.
63 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall Walsh, Achill Island, County Mayo.
64 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Foxfield, to Niall P Walsh, Ballinasloe, in thanks for note and Hogan's enclosure.
65 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], Augaboneil [County Leitrim, but Dublin postmark], to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, with some instructions on cutting timber [near the house in Leitrim]; giving name of the forestry man.
66 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], Colgate University, Hamilton, New York (US), to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
67 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall [Walsh], having come home for his father's funeral - he died of his heart, and the sisters had apparently dramatised a case to some degree.
68 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, in thanks for good wishes for the publication on Monday - following experience with the novel he is not even apprehensive anymore.
69 - Holograph letter from Madeline [McGahern], to Phil and Niall [Walsh], asking for help in a medical matter.
70 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from Madeline [McGahern], [ ] to Phil and Niall [Walsh], in thanks for the pheasants hunted and sent by them.
71 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Cleggan (County Galway), to Niall [Walsh] looking forward to seeing them on Saturday.
72 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], University of Dublin, Department of Modern English, to Niall [Walsh], about his room at UCD, his journeys to Leitrim to look after livestock, his uncle dying in Beaumont [Hospital]: "he'll be the last of that generation".
73 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, about a new post at Trinity that will allow him rooms in the college.
74 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Phil and Niall [Walsh].
75 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall [Walsh], having missed him at the Mater, and enclosing a document he meant to give him [not extant]; remembering a shared incident.
76 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Phil and Niall [Walsh], in thanks for the meal.
77 - Holograph card from John [McGahern], Foxfield, to Niall [Walsh], with good wishes after his return, and hoping to meet and celebrate at around Christmas - he will teach in the States during the Fall term.
78 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], Colgate University, Hamilton, New York [US], to Niall and Pat Walsh, Ballinasloe.
79 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall and Phil [Walsh].
80 - Holograph postcard from John McGahern, St.
81 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
82 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall [Walsh], sending enclosure which came originally from Linda [ ] (not extant).
83 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall [Walsh].
84 - Holograph postcard from Madeline [McGahern], Rome, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe, with holiday commentary, John having finished "his chores".
85 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall [Walsh].
86 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall [Walsh], enclosing a document as promised (not extant).
87 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
88 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
89 - Restricted document.
90 - Holograph letter (1 p) from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
91 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
92 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to [Niall Walsh].
93 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
94 - Holograph letter (2 pp) from John [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall Walsh, Ballinasloe.
95 - Holograph card from Madeline [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall [Walsh], in reply to his letter of sympathy on [John's death].
96 - Holograph letter from Madeline [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall [Walsh].
97 - Holograph letter from Madeline [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall [Walsh].
98 - Holograph letter from Madeline [McGahern], Foxfield, County Leitrim, to Niall [Walsh].
99 - Handwritten memorandum by [John McGahern], regarding a certain cottage, once owned by Pat Lavelle, but without a will made for it; after him it was owned by his wife, a niece (who lived "at the Sound" [Achill]), a sister.
100 - Fragment handwritten letter from [John McGahern], 56 Ennafort Park, Raheny, Dublin, to Niall [Walsh], regretting they cannot see them in London (end missing).
102 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern]
102 - Holograph letter from John [McGahern], London, to [Niall Walsh], in thanks; their living arrangements in London; inviting them to their rather large place in Blomfield Road.
2 - Drafts and publications by John McGahern
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