Hesburgh Libraries

Chapters 1-8 of a novel handwritten in bound composition book.

One collection of short story manuscripts in various formats and stages of completion (approximately 500 leaves total) which appear to have been originally produced over a range of years between the 1980s and 2000s. Collected for publication under the working title Love, Hate, and Friendship in 1997 and later published as Inland Ice (in 2 folders).

In Irish.

Carol. 3 Copies. Black and white print of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child lovingly and surrounded by three angels. Carol text: I sing of maiden / That matchless is, / King of all Kings, / Is her son I wis.

Manuscript poems, one exhibition catalog, and photocopies of drawings.

Hand-colored print of a ascending Madonna and Christ Child. Beneath the image is a poem. First two lines of text: She looked to east, she looked to west / Her eyes unfathomable, mild.

Hand-colored print of a picturesque Irish landscape. Beneath the image is a poem. Text: May plenty bloom in every field / Which gentle breezes softly fan, / And cheerful smiles serenely gild /The home of every Irishman.

Old Irish Wish. Hand-colored print of a country road. Beneath the image is the Irish Blessing. Text: May the road / rise with you, / And the wind be always behind you.

Old Irish Toast. Hand-colored print of a raggedly dressed man walking down a country road. Beneath the image is a toast. Lines of text: Long roads and stoney ditches / And here's to nice girls /And to the hell with riches.

Two discs.

Various printed works about the Cuala Press. 

One travel brochure for South Greenland, and printout of article "My Approach to Writing," by Nuala O'Faolain.

2 Copies; Each copy written in Irish and contains a loose-leaf piece of paper with the English translation of the poem. Hand-colored print of winter cottage and a vision of an illuminated Christ Child. Beneath the image is a poem in Irish. First two lines of text: M¡le f ilte roiṁ an L  / Nodlaig aoiḃinn, Nodlaig ḃre Ä¡ [A thousand welcomes to the day, / Christmas bright, Christmas fair,]

Hand-colored print of a well-dressed woman in 18th century garb writing at her desk. Beneath the image is a quote. First two lines of text: A moderate share of health and / wealth but a vast quantity of / love and friendship-

Hand-colored print of a Christmas scene featuring a mother holding her infant in front of a manger scene. Beneath the image is a poem. First two lines of text: "Who can bring back the magic of the story, / The singing seraphim, the kneeling Kings

Hand-colored print of the Virgin Mary ironing as she watches over a sleeping Christ Child. Beneath the image is a poem. First two lines of text: Mother of God! No lady thou / Common woman of common earth!

Hand-colored print of Christ Child ascending over a mountainous landscape. Beneath the image is a poem. First two lines of text: Mourn not, though sorrowful and dark though art, / Thy Sun Withdrawn.

Both from drawings of John Butler Yeats; annotated in pencil on back stating the plates belonged to Cuala Press. Drawings of John Butler Yeats and Mrs. Yeats completed by Emery Walker.

Translation of a folktale.