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IE 2135 P2/5/7/2 · File · c. 1915-1917
Part of The Daly Papers

Postcards depicting ruins of Dublin from top of Nelson’s Pillar; the execution of a soldier at Kilmainham in May 1916; and a large group of the National Volunteers. Also a postcard bearing a patriotic poem titled ‘The Toast’, composed in Lewes Jail by J. Etchingham.

Daly Family of Limerick City
IE 2135 P40/3/8/1/6/5 · File · 1939, 1946, 1948, 1959-1961, 1971
Part of The O'Mara Papers

Postcards from unidentified senders, mainly containing holiday greetings from France, Austria, Yugoslavia and the USA. Also an undated Christmas card from Mary O’Neill. Some items in French and Irish.

O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick
IE 2135 P74/3/1/1/5 · File · 1947-1949, 1951, 1954-1958, 1961, 1967
Part of The Lorna Reynolds Papers

Postcards from Lorna Reynolds to her mother, Teresa Anne Reynolds née Hickey, mostly sent during her travels in France and Italy, describing the sights and the sounds of the places she is visiting, and inquiring after her mother’s health. Some of the cards contain references to Darina Silone and Kate O’Brien, who are travelling with her. Also a card from Kate O’Brien in Oxford to Mrs Reynolds dated 24 March 1948; and a card from Lorna’s sister Annette Mabel Smith née Reynolds in Cork to her mother dated 7 August 1957.

Reynolds, Lorna Teresa (1911-2003), academic and poet
IE 2135 P40/2/5/1/2 · File · [c. 1932-1967]
Part of The O'Mara Papers

Postcards from his mother and father, aunts Clare and May O’Brien, uncles Gerry and Jack O’Brien, Aunt Fan, Cousin Clare, Mary O’Neill and others, mostly sent from foreign holidays. Some of the later postcards have been addressed jointly to Peter and his wife Mary.

O'Mara family of Strand House, Limerick
IE 2135 P12/1/2/2/8 · File · 31 May-8 June 1961
Part of The Kate O'Brien Papers

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.

O'Brien, Kate (1897-1974), writer