Volume with daily entries recording appointments and social engagements, weather, financial matters, lectures, health matters, work on the house, her cats and meetings of the International Congress of Comunitá Europea degli Scrittori. Regarding accommodation, O’Brien notes on Monday 10 February, ‘To Boughton Street to see cottage – very pleased with it’, receiving keys from a Miss Miles on Friday 15 May. Records her luck with the horses on Tuesday 19 May and day out with her sisters, ‘Lunch with May & Clare. Brought May to tea at Lady Thompson’s’ on Sunday 28 June. Notes on Thursday 26 November, ‘Evening – very good party at Princess Romanov’s, near [Faversham]. Marvellous. Very old house.’ Includes personal details at front and notes at the rear.
UntitledVolume with daily entries recording appointments and social engagements, weather, travel arrangements, domestic matters, dealings with the bank, health matters, and work with Radio Éireann and Irish Times. Notes on 16 February: ‘National Library. Lunch with Mary. Fairly mild weather. Unicorn Maeve Binchy & P.P. Maguire – 7.30’. On 31 March notes her first payment from the Civil List, and on 1 April ‘Received letter & Maintenance Grant cheque from Arts Council. Greatly astounded & pleased.’ Notes travels to Vigo, Santiago and Madrid in Spain, stating on 5 May, ‘Explored Vigo through succession of rainstorms. Uninteresting town. Got soaked through twice’, and on 6 May, ‘Railway journey to Santiago. 2½ hours. Absolutely lovely… did a lot of exploring. Remember the town well’. The weather continues bad during her visit to Madrid. On 20 May she records her impressions of a bullfight, ‘6 O’C. Corrida. Very high seat – too high, but good view. Wonderful faenas. El Viti (Santiago Martin) superb with both bulls… Sanchez Bejarano (alternativa) very good with 2 difficult bulls…’ Records problems with the bank, stating on 26 May, ‘No news from Bank… Very anxious indeed. Down to 12/6”. Called on Mr. Oliver. He was very kind – took a cheque for £10 & gave me 1600 odd pesetas.’ Includes some of O’Brien’s personal details, notes at the rear and an enclosed appointment card for the dentist.
UntitledVolume with daily entries recording appointments and social engagements, lectures and articles, weather, travel arrangements, health matters, Radio Éireann, and trip to counties Galway and Clare. Notes the following on 19 April, ‘Listened to “Without My Cloak” on Radio 4, B.B.C. Very good’. Includes notes and names and addresses at rear of volume.
UntitledVolume with entries recording appointments and social engagements, articles and lectures, wedding in, Glasgow, other travel arrangements and health matters. Notes on 8 September, ‘Mary & Kitou back to London – 2 O’C. train. House very lonely.’ Includes notes at rear of volume.
Volume with daily entries recording appointments and social engagements. Includes reference to Radio Éireann recordings at 2.30 on 25 February.
UntitledTwo volumes with daily entries recording appointments and social engagements, lectures, health matters and travel arrangements. First volume refers to opening of Valladolid week in Spain on Monday 29 November with lecture on Thursday 2 December. Includes notes at rear and an enclosure of a newspaper cutting. Second volume contains one entry dated 23 February regarding a social engagement.
UntitledMostly notes on scraps of paper containing names, addresses and telephone numbers of friends and other contacts at home and abroad, including Creation Property & Printing Limited, the International Copyright Bureau Limited, journalists from the Kent Messenger, Michael and Mollie Hardwick, Oksana Kuugeusky of Writers Union, Moscow, and Guy and Sylvia Chilver, Kent. In addition, a serviette with details of Valladolid University in Spain. Also includes invitations, letters, a telephone message in connection with the visit to Valladolid University, Spain, and a bill from Hotel Suecia, Madrid, Spain.
UntitledThis sub-series contains correspondence mainly concerning Kate O'Brien's departure from Roundstone, county Galway and her attempts to purchase a property in Boughton under Blean near Faversham in Kent.
UntitledLetter from [Friede] Harris, 3634 Upton Street NW, Washington DC, United States of America, to Kate O’Brien, The Fort, Roundstone, county Galway, with address amended to read 24A Steele’s Road, London, NW 3, enquiring about the rental of The Fort.
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