in 1986, peter kavanagh negotiated the sale of patrick kavanagh's papers as well as a large collection of his own work devoted to the late poet to university college dublin. the purchase was enabled by a public appeal for funds by the late professor gus martin. he included in the sale his original hand press which he had built. the archive is housed in a special collections room in ucd's library, and the hand press is on loan to the patrick kavanagh centre, inniskeen.