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Correspondence with Joan O’Mara, Claremorris Bacon Company Limited, relating to her personal concerns over her inexperience on the manufacture of tweeds during the war and lack of business ability, her refusal of an offer of a job in a shop in Limerick, and her eventual departure from Claremorris.

Correspondence with Joe Brennan, Irish Embassy, Dr Kuiperstraat 9, Den Haag, Netherlands, and Chief superintendent Laurence Wren, relating to Herrema’s article. Wren’s letter also contains references to the forthcoming trial of the remaining defendants in Herrema’s case.

Correspondence with John Douglas. The letters contain thoughts and advice on writing, exchanges of views on books, sports and political events in Ireland; and shared news on journalist and document maker Bill Long, with whom they both are friendly. Gallivan discusses his play Umbrella Man (25 May 1995); mentions that he is finishing a new play and expresses ‘mixed feelings on the musical’ (25 May 1995); refers to his work on a new play which is causing him ‘endless trouble and frustration’ (19 May 1997); and shares news about The Stepping Stone going on stage (19 May and 4 September).

Correspondence with John (Jack) O’Mara, 29 West 104 Street, New York and later Claremorris Bacon Company Limited, Claremorris, county Mayo, relating to an offer of employment extended to him by O’Mara Limited, his salary, bonus and company shares. The later letters are predominantly concerned with staffing issues, and difficulties experienced in purchasing pigs. One letter, dated 31 December 1927, provides a detailed overview of the state of the Irish pig industry in the mid-1920s. In two folders. (John O’Mara (1897-1970) was first cousin to Stephen O’Mara.)

Correspondence with John O’Brien’s daughter and son in law Clare and Richard (Dick) Dodd, discussing domestic news and financial matters.

Correspondence with Tom O’Brien relating to the purchase of a house for his parents, John and Ida O’Brien.

Correspondence with journalist and author Frank Gallagher, mainly at Raheny House, Raheny, Dublin, and later mainly at Government Information Bureau, Dublin. Except for the early letters which deal with the imprisonment of Gallagher and his wife, the bulk of the correspondence is of social nature conveying news of holidays and discussing books. Later letters also touch upon the bacon industry, the economy, co-operative societies, politics, equality, communism and social welfare. In four folders. For additional material relating to Frank Gallagher, see P40/1/5/2/1, P40/2/4/3/3/1/14, P40/2/4/3/5/2/1-2, P40/3/8/1/6/3, P40/3/8/7/6, P40/5/1/5 and P40/5/2/2/7.

Copy letter from Gerard Gallivan, 135 Silchester Park, Glenageary, county Dublin to Kevin Gerard Patrick O’Kane, Robin Hood & Little John, Welwyn, Hertfordshire AI6 9UB, enclosing copies of three of his plays as a token of appreciation for an enjoyable evening. Also a reply from O’Kane, who has enjoyed reading Watershed and looks forward to reading the other two plays.

Correspondence with Michael Murphy, lead actor in the 1997 production of The Stepping Stone. The early letters deal mainly with re-writes and other alterations made to the script. In a letter dated 28 May 1997, Gallivan encloses a new additional handwritten scene and outlines the reasons for why certain lines in the play cannot be switched from one character to another according to Murphy’s wishes. In his reply dated 3 June 1977, Murphy encloses his own version of two handwritten scenes, asking Gallivan to read them ‘with an open mind’. Later letters enclose programme notes and pen pictures of the characters in the play. The last letters mainly convey social and domestic news.

Mainly copy letters from Gerard Gallivan, 135 Silchester Park, Glenageary, county Dublin offering his novel While They Walked on the Moon to literary agents and publishers with related rejection slips and letters of regret.