UCD Special Collections holds a collection of modern literary papers in the area of modern Anglo-Irish and English literature, including poetry, drama, short stories, and novels. 

This collection of modern literary archives are a unique asset to UCD due to the prestigious literary output of its graduates and staff, as well as Ireland’s proud national reputation for producing some of the most important dramatic and literary works in the world.

The creative processes which all works of literature undergo during their composition find expression in the numerous drafts, notebooks, diaries, and correspondence contained within the archive.

The presence of such archives in Special Collections testifies to UCD’s recognition of the value of its literary heritage.

• Meave Binchy
• Constantine Curran
• Eva Gore-Booth
• Thomas Hardy
• Gerard Manly Hopkins
• Patrick Kavanagh
• Mary Lavin
• Frank McGuinness
• Tom McIntyre
• Edna Ó Brien
• Sean Ó Riordain
• Yeats Festschrift

There are a significant number of manuscript collections which offer invaluable resources in the fields of Irish culture and language studies.

• Arnold Bax Collection
• Beranger Watercolours Collection
• Dubhaltach Mac Firbishigh’s Great Book of Irish Genealogies
• Patrick Ferriter Manuscripts
• William Lover Papers
• Riobard Mac Góráin Collection
• Henry Morris Manuscripts
• Henry Morris Additional Manuscripts
• Henry Morris Papers
• Henry Morris Correspondence
• Eugene O’Curry Manuscripts
• John O’Donovan/William Reeves Correspondence
• Colm Ó Lochlainn Letters
• Colm Ó Lochlainn Manuscripts
• UCD Library Building Papers
• Additional Irish Manuscripts
• UCD Manuscripts
• William Wilde Manuscript

There are three archival repositories in UCD:

• UCD Library Special Collections
• UCD Archives
• National Folklore Collection at UCD