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IE 2135 P40/3/10/1/5/4 · Item · [9 February 1940]
Part of The O'Mara Papers

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, End Farm to Anne O’Mara. Kate makes a brief reference to her financial difficulties and her correspondence with Stephen. She expresses guilt at not having written to May, but when she gets into a spin about business she for some reason finds it impossible to write to her. She comments on the war, which she finds very saddening, and refers to Mary O’Neill, who has had two pictures hung in the United Artists’ exhibition at Burlington House. She asks Anne to wish her luck with the book [The Land of Spices]. She finds that she is very slow, no matter how much she wants to hurry the process. She always feels this way over her books in midstream, and somehow they get written.

O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick
IE 2135 P40/3/10/1/5/6 · Item · 27 February [1940]
Part of The O'Mara Papers

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, End Farm, North Leigh, Witney to Anne O’Mara. Kate refers to her habit of burning letters. She mentions a long letter she has received from Peter, which impressed her with its ease and character, correct use of good words and wonderful spelling. She has no news.

O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick
IE 2135 P40/3/10/1/5/9 · Item · 4 June [1940]
Part of The O'Mara Papers

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien to Anne O’Mara. Kate is troubled by Anne appearing overtired and urges her to have a couple of quiet weeks before the holidays begin. She is sorry to hear of Miss O’Dwyer’s death. She mentions Mary O’Neill, who is enjoying her time in Dunleary where she is painting a portrait of Blaneid Duggan. She is glad to hear her work is being promoted to the Gate Theatre and will try and send them a copy of The Ante-Room when she can lay hands on one. She talks at length about the war, which in spite of its sadness and madness she finds profoundly interesting. She has spent a day in Oxford with Clare.

O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick
IE 2135 P40/3/10/1/17/18 · Item · [21 November 1951]
Part of The O'Mara Papers

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, The Fort, [Roundstone, county Galway] to Anne O’Mara. Kate gives an account of the preparations for the arrival of her live-in housekeeper, Mrs O’Kelly, and of her gardening activities. She refers to Teresa of Avila, which is about to be published. She has typed out a list for the publishers of complimentary copies to be sent out, but regrets that Anne won’t receive hers on the day of publication. She asks for permission to come and spend her birthday at Strand House, and concludes with a lively account of the death and funeral of one of the village’s most outstanding characters, the butcher John de Courcey.

O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick
IE 2135 P40/3/10/1/28/10 · Item · 4-5 April 1961
Part of The O'Mara Papers

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 24a Steele’s Road, [London] NW3 to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her Easter gifts. She exchanges family news and thanks Anne for her many kindnesses and apologises for the impotence of her expression of gratitude, but inwardly she will never forget it. The last page is handwritten.

O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick
IE 2135 P40/3/10/1/29/30 · Item · 13 November 1962
Part of The O'Mara Papers

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 24A Steele’s Road, [London] NW3 to Anne O’Mara. Kate discusses the Walpole debt (for which see P40/3/10/1/29/14). She tells Anne of her plans to return to Ireland at the end of the month as Lorna Reynolds has offered her a rent-free loan of a flat in the Mespil Houses. This will give her an opportunity to live cheaply while finishing her novel [Constancy]. She is happy to say that after her protest Batsford has agreed to a new contract for a second impression of My Ireland on a normal royalty basis.

O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick
IE 2135 P40/3/10/1/32/16 · Item · 10 November 1965
Part of The O'Mara Papers

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, [177 The Street], Boughton, [Faversham, Kent] to Anne O’Mara. Kate is pleased that the Mercier Press in Cork are interested in doing a cheap edition of My Ireland and are also asking about her other works for paperbacks. She has been asked to give a talk on the subject of ‘Me and My Work’ to the upper forms of the William Gibbs Grammar School for Young Ladies in Faversham. It is unpaid work, but Kate feels duty bound to participate in community life.

O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick
IE 2135 P40/3/10/1/33/13 · Item · 21 September 1966
Part of The O'Mara Papers

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 177 The Street, Boughton, Faversham, Kent to Anne O’Mara. Kate is struggling with an overdraft of £600 and is seeking Anne’s consent to sign a charge to the bank of the title deeds of the property at Faversham against the overdraft.

O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick
IE 2135 P40/3/10/1/6/10 · Item · 26 July 1941
Part of The O'Mara Papers

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, Harcourt Cottage, North Leigh, Witney, Oxon to Anne O’Mara. Kate wishes Anne a happy birthday. She regrets that it may not be possible for her to visit her until the autumn, because she cannot stir until she has finished the book [The Last of Summer]. She has had another letter from her publisher asking when they may count on having it. She talks about war shortages and the imaginative solutions people find to get round problems.

O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick
IE 2135 P40/3/10/1/6/14 · Item · 24 November 1941
Part of The O'Mara Papers

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 88 Park Mansions, Knightsbridge [London] SW1 to Anne O’Mara. Kate has returned to London for a few weeks on business, the nature of which she does not yet wish to reveal. She confesses that she has not yet finished her novel [The Last of Summer], but she hopes she won’t be too long about it. She is staying in a flat lent her by E. M. Delafield, who is in a nursing home. She mentions Mary O’Neill, who is working in a factory.

O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick