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 CityPhotographic postcards of Pratt Memorial School, St Patrick’s Rectory, and the exterior and interior of St Patrick’s Church in Billings, Montana.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianPostcards 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, LimerickPostcards from Seán Mac Diarmada from Sligo, Glasgow and Causeway to John Daly, county Kerry, containing general pleasantries.
Daly Family of Limerick CityPostcards 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 poetPostcards from Lorna Reynolds to her sister Ruth Reynolds sent during a trip to France in 1947 and to Italy in 1949.
Reynolds, Lorna Teresa (1911-2003), academic and poetPostcards from Lorna Reynolds in Nice, Monte Carlo and La Turbie, France to her brother Kenneth Reynolds and his infant daughter Judith.
Reynolds, Lorna Teresa (1911-2003), academic and poetPostcards 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, LimerickPostcards from Darina Silone to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Dublin, sending greetings from Berlin and Heidelberg.
Reynolds, Lorna Teresa (1911-2003), academic and poetMostly 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