G/1
"New Novels"

• 3 page carbon typescript; reviews of several novels published in 1935, broadcast on Radio Athlone, 3 January, 1936; with a 4 page legal sized copy of the mimeograph radio script

  G/2
  "New Novels"

• 4 page carbon typescript signed; reviews of several novels published in l936, broadcast on Radio Eireann, 3 January, 1937

  G/3
  "The Book of Kings"

• 7 page partial carbon typescript, missing one page, dated November 13, 1940 in holograph; broadcast on Radio Eireann

  G/4
  "Literary Portraits"

• 11 page carbon typescript in two parts, about Yeats and A. E. (Russell, George), with some holograph corrections
• Script of Part II, signed "Frank O'Connor" in a non authorial hand; broadcast on Radio Eireann, ca. 1939-40

  G/5
  "Davitt"

• 6 page typescript, signed, literary portrait broadcast on Radio Eireann, 1940

  G/6
  "An Bothar go hEanach Duin"

• 6 page carbon typescript in Irish, signed. Broadcast on Radio Eireann 16 September, 1941

  G/7
  "The Cu Chulainn Sagas"

• 10 page carbon typescript heavily corrected in holograph with a one page holograph insert; broadcast on BBC Radio 24 September, 1948

  G/8
  "The Cu Chulainn Sagas II"

• 9 page carbon typescript, lightly corrected in holograph; broadcast on BBC Radio, 1 October, 1948

  G/9
  "Only Child"

• 4 page typescript; autobiographical talk broadcast on Scottish BBC, October 11, 1950

  G/10
  "Country People"

• 4 page partial typescript of introduction, extensively corrected in holograph
• 4 page carbon typescript of complete introduction, lightly corrected in holograph
• "In The Train" 29 page typescript lightly corrected in an editorial hand
• "In The Train" 21 page typescript very lightly corrected in holograph; note in Harriet Sheehy's hand: "As Printed in Genius of the Irish Theatre"
• "The Luceys" 22 page legal size mimeo script for radio reading: four copies
• "The Long Road to Urnmera" 17 page carbon typescript. Trio of stories broadcast on Radio Eireann,9 December, 1959

  G/l l"
  “Fighting Men"

• 30 page carbon typescript, first leaf heavily corrected in holograph; introduction and adaptation of three stories: Guests of the Nation, The Martyr and Private Property, broadcast on Radio Eireann, 1 February, 1959

  G/12
  "One Man's Way"

• 6 page typescript, dated 1959; broadcast on BBC Radio, 24 June, 1959; published in 'The Listener' 23 July, 1959

  G/13
  "Scrapbook for 1921"

• 2 page fragmentary typescript, lightly corrected in holograph 6 page legal-size typescript titled "Excerpt from Scrapbook for 1921," lightly emended in holograph; broadcast on BBC, 2 October, 1961, 17 April, 1962

  G/14
  "To Show That She Still Lives"

• 6 page carbon typescript, very lightly corrected in holograph; note by Harriet Sheehy indicating this piece was never broadcast

  G/15
  "Adventures in Translation

• 4 page typescript, very lightly corrected in holograph
• 4 page typescript with a few holograph revisions
• 4 page carbon of above draft
• Tearsheets from magazine publication ('The Listener' 1-25-65) Broadcast on BBC Radio, 17 January, 1962

  G/16
  "George Russell"

• 5 page photocopied typescript with scattered holograph corrections in ink; broadcast on BBC, 20 January, 196(7)

  G/17
  "Interior Voices"

• 33 page mixed ribbon and carbon typescript, heavily revised and emended in holograph; an autobiographical piece broadcast on BBC Radio, 13, January, 1963

  G/18
  "The Art of the Short Story"

• 14 page typescript titled "The Short Story" lightly annotated in holograph
• 11 page partial carbon of above draft, with editorial notes
• 8 page typescript very lightly revised in holograph; broadcast on Radio Eireann 26 January, 1964

  G/19
  "The Yeats We Knew"

• 12 page legal-size typescript with some corrections and many deletions in holograph; broadcast on Radio Eireann, 21 February, 1965

  G/20
  "The Invincibles"

• 83 page mimeograph script with some holograph changes in an unknown hand; prepared by Radio Eireann

  G/21
  "The Three Ulsters"

• 26 page typescript with a few light corrections in holograph; evidently a radio talk based on Frank O'Connor's work on Irish Monuments for BBC Belfast, circa 1964-65

  G/22
  "The Hard Way"

• 38 page typescript; text of a documentary intended for the BBC but never produced, never published, with a few light holograph corrections

  G/23
  “The Critic on the Air

• 3 page manuscript
• 4 page typescript with holograph corrections and additions

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