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Correspondence between William Montgomery & Son, 97/9 Grafton Street, Dublin; R. Gilbourne, Garda Siochana, Ballyragget, county Kilkenny; and Eric Maguire & Co. Auctioneers, 45 Molesworth Street, Dublin concerning the tenancy agreement of a property left to Gilbourne’s wife. In two folders.

Correspondence between R. & C. Sanders, Estate Office, Charleville, [county Cork] and the Office of Public Works relating to the Borris Drainage Scheme. Also related specifications, cross-sections and costs and an ordnance survey map showing the location of works.

Correspondence from the Office of National Education, Dublin to Randall A. Howe, Solicitor, Temple Chambers, 19 Eustace Street, Dublin, concerning the site of Maryborough National School. With a related map and abstract of lease.

Part of a linen-backed six-inch ordnance survey map sheet no. 16 of Queen’s county showing the towns of Mountrath and Castletown and their vicinity. The townlands of Dysartbeagh, Knnockanina, Forgelad and Forest have been highlighted in pink and individual tenancies within this area marked out in red, with the name of each tenant inserted in pencil.

Part of a linen-backed six-inch ordnance survey map sheet of county Dublin with the townlands of Broadmeadow, Holybanks and Outlands highlighted in pink and the names of some tenants inserted in pencil. Bears a comment relating to the holdings on the townland of Broadmeadow dated January 1912.

Fragment of a linen-backed six-inch ordnance survey map sheet of county Dublin with the townlands of Ballystrane, Balleally West and Balleally East highlighted in pink and the name of each tenant inserted in pencil.

Handwritten document by writer, Enid Starkie, 41 Saint Giles, Oxford, England, relating to her affairs after her death, noting that the bank guarantee and all O’Brien’s I.O.U.’s to Starkie be sent to O’Brien carer of the National Bank Limited in Whitehall, London, stating ‘I desire also that the sum of the guarantee to the bank be paid to the manager of The National Bank Ltd… on behalf of Miss O’Brien. This is in addition to any other provisions I may have made in my will.’

Mostly postcards between Kate O’Brien and Mary O’Neill, from locations including Paris, Madrid, Belgium, London, Kent, Limerick and Kilkee, referring to purchase of art supplies, marking examination papers, domestic chores, Spanish theatre, accommodation and weather in Spain, and work with Radio Éireann. Includes a postcard from O’Neill in Paris addressed to the Hotel Bellerive in Zurich, stating ‘I have bought 2 sketch books up at the Luxembourg gdns… Also a nice piece of Indian red chalk. They actually sell it by the piece – they wouldn’t in England’ (19 August 1949). Also gives an account of a burglary in her flat, in a postcard from London addressed to O’Brien in New Strand House, Limerick, noting ‘My flat was burgled on Tuesday when I was out giving a class… The record player, sewing machine, mother’s clock, the nice navy blue holdall – masses of records + 3 cameras are all gone. Added to everything else they took my sheepskin lined gloves!’ (28 January 1960). Includes also a postcard from O’Brien referring to a trip to the theatre in Madrid, stating ‘Did I tell you I saw Esperando a Godot in the theatre last week? Very interesting & lively. But kept rather monotonous in [farcical] mood’ (21 May 1967). Also contains a postcard to O’Neill in London from O’Brien and the two cats, Clover and Kelly, with birthday wishes (14 August 1973).

Mostly postcards from two of Kate O’Brien’s sisters, Clare and May, including postcards from Clare in Le Howald, Belgium, and Kussnacht and Lucerne, Switzerland, noting the sights and accommodation. Also contains postcard from May in Killaloe, county Clare, noting that her sister, Nance, and the ‘Corbally folk’ are looking well (8 June 1961), and card from Kate O’Brien to her sister Anne, discussing the novel, Doctor Zhivago.