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Black and white photograph (45 x 35 mm) of a boy standing in front of the bay window at The Fort, Roundstone, county Galway, smiling at the camera with his hands behind his back. Similar to P12/5/1/69 and 71-73.

Black and white photograph (58 x 80 mm) of a brick building and its grounds. A note on the back written by Kate O’Brien reads ‘Foxborough Hill – 1932’.

Black and white photograph (60 x 84 mm) of a brick building and its grounds with motorcar in the foreground with [Kate O’Brien] inside. A note on the back written by Mary O’Neill reads ‘Foxborough Hill (house) in background’.

This sub-series contains Kate O'Brien's correspondence with the British Broadcasting Corporation.

This sub-series includes Kate O'Brien's correspondence with broadcasting bodies.

Card from Nance O’Mara to Elizabeth Hall, in appreciation for sympathy and flowers, stating ‘We shall all miss Kate greatly’.

Two certified copies of Kate O'Brien's death certificate, recording the date and place of her death as 13 August 1974 at Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury, occupation as novelist and playwright, and cause of death as being bronchopneumonia, peripheral vascular disease and above knee amputation of left leg. The first copy contains the stamp of Williams & Glyn’s Bank Limited, Whitehall Branch, 15 Whitehall, London, S.W.1.

Letters from Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, London, to Kate O’Brien, 177 The Street, Boughton, Faversham, Kent, regarding her eligibility for the Civil List Pension, noting her status as a British subject, financial position, supplementary Civil List Pensions, income tax position, and review of list. Includes a letter from John Hewitt, stating ‘I am desired by the Prime Minister to inform you that, on his recommendation, The Queen has been pleased to award you a Civil List Pension of £250, in recognition of your services to literature’ (1 March 1967).

Black and white photograph (80 x 100 mm) of Clare and Anne O’Mara playing with their toys on the grounds of Strand House, county Limerick. A note by Kate O’Brien on the back of the image reads ‘at New Strand House Aug. 1961’. Similar to P12/5/1/97-98.

Black and white photograph (90 x 115 mm) of Clare and Anne O’Mara playing with their toys on the grounds of Strand House, county Limerick. Similar to P12/5/1/96 and 98.