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Drafts, printed copies and newspaper cuttings of poems by Fr. Jerome Kiely. The file also includes a letter from to Fr. Henry Anglin, OFM Cap., enclosing ‘some of Father Kiely’s poems’ (1 July 1957).

Draft poetry submitted by Fr. Damascene McKenna OFM Cap. (1913-1967) for publication in 'The Father Mathew Record'. The poem titles include ‘Song of Silvertown’, ‘To Sandra’, and ‘Prescription Humming’.

Draft poems by Donal O’Connor titled ‘Autumn Light on a Shadow’ (15 Sept. 1964) and ‘Tired’.

Draft poetry submitted by Don Philip O’Sullivan for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file includes poems titled ‘Mountains’, ‘Evening on Lough Sheelin’, ‘Pastor Angelicus’, ‘November Evening’, and ‘Summer Morning’.

Draft short poems composed by Daniel Grace and submitted for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'.

Draft of poems for anthology by Conleth Ellis titled ‘A Nest of Emptiness / Verses from the Goldsmith Country’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975).

Letters from Colm Tóibín to Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. enclosing poems for publication in 'Eirigh'. The file includes a copybook containing a collection of eighteen manuscript poems by Tóibín written in 1971. The file also includes loose sheets of handwritten poetry with cover letters to Fr. O’Mahony. The letters are addressed from Tóibín’s residence at 9 Parnell Avenue, Enniscorthy, and at St. Peter’s College, Wexford. Some of the items note Tóibín’s age at the date of the poem’s composition – aged fifteen in January 1971. The correspondence refers to his childhood experiences, to the influences of some writers on his poetry, and his hopes for publication of his work. The poem titles include:
• ‘A Tragedy – 1970’.
• ‘There’s blood flowing out from the Rose-Bowl’. (29 Nov. 1971).
• ‘My hill’. (2 Jan. 1971).
• ‘New School’. (2 Jan. 1971).
• ‘To wait’. (17 Dec. 1970).
• ‘The despairing song of Mary Magdalen’. (1 Mar. 1971).
• ‘Lourdes’. (5 Apr. 1971).
• ‘Song from a distance’. (5 Apr. 1971).
• ‘Water-death’. (16 May 1971).
• ‘Old lady’. (23 May 1971).
The file also includes a clipping from 'Eirigh' of a poem by Tóibín titled ‘My Lady (To the Blessed Virgin Mary)’.

Draft poems submitted by Bruce James. The titles include ‘The Shadow’, ‘Hymn’, and ‘Francis’.

Draft poems submitted by Breandan de Paor. The poems are titled ‘Liszt’, ‘Bunty’, ‘Aitheantas’, ‘Ar an dTrá’, ‘Seanmóin’, and ‘Leisce’. With a cover letter from de Paor to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. (5 Aug. 1972).

Draft poetry submitted by Beda Herbert for publication in 'The Father Mathew Record'. The poems are titled ‘Our Lady of Night’, ‘Queen of Silence’, ‘Oculos ad nos convertere’.