Letter to Walsh from to T. B. Costain, the Saturday Evening Post (Philadelphia) referring to the draft of the short story The Quiet Man which he had just received. States that they are ‘heavily stocked with fiction at present’. It is contrary to their policy to suggest revisions of stories, but due to ‘the fact that we are working at long range’, he will suggest some alterations. He should have ‘brought the wedding off early’ and developed the ‘situation between Shawn and his wife’s brother at greater length and with corresponding tenseness’. The fight should be publicly staged.
Walsh, Maurice (1879-1964), writerLetter from Tipperary Family History Research, Excel Heritage Centre, Mitchell Street, Tipperary Town enclosing an invoice and research results concerning the marriage of Thomas O’Malley to Anne O’Meara and any children baptised to the couple.
Cantillon, Grace née O'Malley (b. 1934), family historianLetter from Thomas Spring Rice, London, to J[ohn] Tuthill outlining the reasons for why he is deserving of Tuthill’s vote in the forthcoming election. Also see P4/5/1/5.
Rice, Thomas Spring, 1st Baron Monteagle of BrandonLetter from Thomas S. Brereton, regretting his inability to collect the May rent out of Cloninihy, county Tipperary owing to a hard year suffered by tenants.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianLetter from Thomas Noonan at Heliopolis, Egypt to his parents, speculating where his regiment is to be deployed and expressing his views on enlisting in the army.
Noonan, Thomas (1891-1915), soldierLetter from Thomas Noonan, Waewera, 11 Rowe Street, Woollahra, Sydney, Australia to his parents, describing his journey through Cape Town, Durban, Albany and Melbourne; the Irish community living in Melbourne; and his arrival in Sidney.
Noonan, Thomas (1891-1915), soldierLetter from Thomas Noonan at The Aerodrome, Heliopolis, Egypt to his parents, outlining his sea voyage from the port of Alexandria, describing Cairo and Heliopolis and providing details of his activities at the training camp in Egypt.
Noonan, Thomas (1891-1915), soldierLetter from Thomas Noonan at Kasr-el-Ainy Hospital, Cairo, Egypt to his parents, describing his part in the Anzac landing under fire at Gallipoli, his wounding a few days later and his subsequent transportation to the military hospital in Cairo.
Noonan, Thomas (1891-1915), soldierLetter from Thomas Noonan at the Gallipoli Peninsula, Dardanelles to his parents, describing his living conditions and asking for cigarettes and writing paper.
Noonan, Thomas (1891-1915), soldierLetter from Thomas Noonan to his parents while on active service after parting from Melbourne with the 13th Brigade, giving details of life at sea.
Noonan, Thomas (1891-1915), soldier