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Letter from Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1 to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks her sister for her birthday wishes and gifts. The letter is mainly concerned with Kate’s state of health and the approaching Christmas holidays, which she intends to spend with the O’Neills. She is frustrated that Guthrie McClintic didn’t turn up, sending a total stranger to work with her instead. She finds working on the play again after the long interval quite interesting.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Hillcrest House, Dugort, Achill, county Mayo to Anne O’Mara. Kate is postponing her visit to Limerick as she has hit a good stride with her novel [The Flower of May]. Lorna Reynolds is staying at Achill with her. She has no news yet of when she may have to travel to America. She asks if Anne might be able to join her in Achill for a few days.

Postcard from Kate O’Brien, Dugort, [Achill Island, county Mayo] to Peter O’Mara, thanking him for his present of cooked ham.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Hillcrest House, Dugort, [Achill Island, county Mayo] to Anne O’Mara. Kate has booked Anne a room at Sheridan’s Strand Hotel and is looking forward to seeing her. Lorna Reynolds is also with her.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Salthill Hotel, Monkstown, [county Dublin] to Anne O’Mara. Kate seeks Anne’s permission to arrive in Strand House on All Saints’ Day on her way from Cork, where she is meeting an architect friend of hers [Henry Fitzgerald-Smith] to discuss preliminary work at Roundstone. Guthrie McClintic is coming to see Kate in early November, which means that Kate has to work hard and fast.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Salthill Hotel, Monkstown, county Dublin to Anne O’Mara. Kate will be arriving in Limerick late and asks Anne not to bother meeting her.

This sub-series contains letters from Kate O'Brien to her sisters Anne O'Mara, Mary (May) O'Brien and Clare O'Brien, and to her nephew Peter O'Mara written in 1949.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin to Peter O’Mara. She has seen the play Spring in Park Lane, which she considers awful. She also discusses the play King of Friday’s Men, which she and Guthrie McClintic often quoted in their conversations about their own play [That Lady]. They are still stuck for a title for the play. Kate and Guthrie want to call it Esa Señora, but Katharine Cornell dislikes a foreign-worded title.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 28 Princess Road, [London] NW1 to Anne O’Mara. The letter deals mainly with family matters. Reference is also made to Kate’s impending journey to the USA on board The America, which is due to commence on 27 February.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Hôtel Royal Condé, Rue Condé 10, Paris VI to Peter O’Mara. The letter contains advice to Peter about hotels and the cost of living in Paris.