Contains a copy of "The Manchester Martyrs," a lecture delivered by J.J. O'Kelly. A later note by Mo O'Kelly estimates that the lecture occurred in 1927 at the Gate Theatre.

Contains a manuscript copy of the 1936 Sinn Féin Inaugural Address given by J.J. O'Kelly as a former president of Sinn Féin.

Contains a copy of J.J. O'Kelly's public reply to the Bishop of Kerry. The pages are typed and pasted into a green notebook, twenty-five pages in length.

Contains a draft of the graveside oration delivered by J.J. O'Kelly at the funeral of Father Michael O'Flanagan in 1942.

Contains a typescript copy of the euology delivered by J.J. O'Kelly at the graveside of George Plunkett in 1948 as well as three differing manuscript drafts.

Contains a copy of a memorial speech for Pádraig Ó hÉigeartaigh by J.J. O'Kelly as well as a number of poems.

Contains a manuscript copy of a speech given by J.J. O'Kelly in Co. Kerry along with notes for the speech. The notes are written on stationary from the International Hotel, Killarney.

Contains a partial copy of a typescript draft that appears to originate as two separate documents, later numbered by hand sequentially as one document. The first piece deals with the Anglo-Irish treaty whereas the second relates the events of a meeting of the Queensland Irish Association, along with part of the address given by J.J. O'Kelly at that gathering.

Contains a speech given by J.J. O'Kelly to a piper's club concerning the history and importance of music in Irish culture.

Contains a draft of J.J. O'Kelly's 1939 pamphlet, "Stepping Stones," initially given as a speech to commemorate the four Mountjoy Martyrs at Cork City Hall on 9 December 1939. Discusses the revolutionary period in Ireland as well as Anglo-Irish relations since the Treaty. Additionally discusses Britain's partitions in other countries, with increasingly antisemitic comments towards the end of the speech. The draft is marked up with instructions for the printer.

Contains a speech given by J.J. O'Kelly for University College, Galway's 1941 Autumn commencement ceremony at Spiddal.

Contains a brief, partial typescript draft of an essay on the religious, ecclesiastical, and political history of Ireland from the Norman Invasion to the 1920s. Interspersed with handwritten pages as well as corrections made in pen.

Contains a typescript draft concerning Ireland's role on the European continent with specific sections on Italy, Germany, France, and Belgium. Focuses mainly on the role of the early Irish missionaries to the Continent as well as the foundation of various Irish religious institutions such as the Monastery of St. Gall and the various late medieval and early modern Irish Colleges.

Contains a manuscript draft titled "The Irish Riddle" by J.J. O'Kelly. Focuses on a brief history of the Wild Geese and Irish diaspora, particularly in the United States, before examining the state of Irish language newspapers, and non-Anglophonic press generally, in the US.

Contains a typescript draft of J.J. O'Kelly's "The Gaelic League and Cultural Assumptions," written in third person, focusing on sectarian divisions that arose within Conradh na Gaeilge in the early twentieth century.

Contains three retrospective and consecutive accounts of Ireland's role in the First World War, January - March 1915, April - June 1915, and January - March 1916, particularly with regard to various military units, both part of the British Army as well as independent units such as the John Redmond's National Volunteers.

Contains of draft of J.J. O'Kelly's essay "Lawful Authority" with one page in typescript and the rest in manuscript. O'Kelly detailed the early legal instutitions of medieval Ireland with particular attention given to ecclesiastical institutions.

Contains an untitled draft of an essay concerning natural law by J.J. O'Kelly, beginning, "Níl dlighe [sic] aiceanta, dlighe nádúrtha ná polaitidheacha [sic] nádúrtha 'san tír seo le fada."

Contains a draft of J.J. O'Kelly's essay "Mná na hÉireann." Begins with the conclusion of the Nine Years War and the subsequent Journey of the Earls to Rome, including several verses of a poem that could be an alternate version or a continuation of Peadar Ó Doirnín's own "Mná na hÉireann." Also includes well as a general commentary on Irish women's history such as Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill and the circumstances surrounding the composition of the "Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire."

Contains a partial typescript draft relating to various semi-legendary figures of early Ireland including Cú Chulainn, Cormac mac Airt and Torna Eigeas as well as general exposition on various early Irish social institutions.

Contains a draft of an essay concerning the Battle of Clontarf.

Contains a partial draft with corrections focusing on the Norsemen in Ireland from the eighth century onward.