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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.

Postcards from Seán Mac Diarmada from Sligo, Glasgow and Causeway to John Daly, county Kerry, containing general pleasantries.

Photographic postcards of Pratt Memorial School, St Patrick’s Rectory, and the exterior and interior of St Patrick’s Church in Billings, Montana.

Poster advertising the Friends of the Earth Annual Conference at Trinity College, Dublin on 23-25 February [no year].

Poster in Spanish and Basque, advertising a performance by Mikel Aristegui and Fearghus Ó Conchúir at Artium, a museum of contemporary art in the Basque city of Vitoria on 6 November. The performance formed part of the A Man’s Touch tour, which incorporated Ó Conchúir’s choreography Cosán Dearg.

Black and white advertisement promoting an anti-nuclear street carnival and march in Dublin on 2 June [1979].

Colour poster advertising an All-Ireland Anti-Nuclear Carnival in Dublin on 2 June [1979].

Colour poster advertising an Anti Nuclear Mass Meeting in Dublin on 25 November [1978].

Poster advertising an auction of livestock, farm produce, machinery, vehicles, household furniture and effects at The Glebe, Belcarra, [county Mayo] for Exham Morony by Charles Daly & Sons, Castlebar. This item requires conservation treatment and is too fragile to be safely handled.