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Letter from Kate O’Brien, [177 The Street], Boughton, [Faversham, Kent] to Anne O’Mara. Kate has had a letter from the BBC telling her of the great number of extremely complimentary letters about Without My Cloak and inviting her to lunch to discuss the demand.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, [177 The Street], Boughton, [Faversham, Kent] to May O’Brien. Kate tells May that the BBC have been astonished by the success of their segment of Without My Cloak and are now considering doing two or three more segments from the book. There has also been a request from Germany to televise the work. She discusses her and May’s forthcoming expedition to their nephew John O’Brien’s wedding in Glasgow.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, [177 The Street], Boughton, [Faversham, Kent] to Anne O’Mara. Kate mentions Mary O’Neill, who has departed from Boughton, where she had been for a week’s holiday. She discusses their sister Clare and worries about the difficulty she will cause for Anne and May.

Middle part of a letter from Kate O’Brien in Kent to an unidentified recipient generally resident in Dublin, but currently visiting Limerick. Kate feels ashamed of herself because she and Clare have given their sister May a hard time with their various ailments. She is undergoing tests, but doctors seem unable to find a reason for her fainting. Lacking first and last page(s).

Letter from Kate O’Brien, [177 The Street], Boughton, [Faversham, Kent] to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her Christmas wishes and her presents of ham and money. She has had a bad Christmas as everyone around her has been sick.

Letter from Kate O’Brien to Anne O’Mara. Kate gives a brief account of her trip to London, which is full of post-flu weariness. Lacking first page(s).

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, [177 The Street], Boughton, [Faversham, Kent] to Anne O’Mara. Kate is greatly cheered by praise she has received for her Paris articles from Douglas Gageby, editor of the Irish Times. It is particularly gratifying because editors rarely make such gestures and because she found the research for and composition of the articles very difficult. She gives a brief impression of her trip to Paris.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, [177 The Street], Boughton, [Faversham, Kent] to May O’Brien. Enid Starkie has left Kate her entire Flaubert library of works by and about him. She will be glad to have them and must arrange for more shelving. She makes a brief mention of her two Paris articles, which should be appearing in the Irish Times soon.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 177 The Street, Boughton, Faversham, Kent to Anne O’Mara. Kate mentions having opened a local fete and promises to send Anne any articles about it in the local papers.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 177 The Street, Boughton, Faversham, Kent to Mary and Peter O’Mara. Kate thanks the couple for their Christmas wishes and generous present and apologises for not having thanked them sooner on account of a prolonged bout of bronchitis from which she is only just beginning to recover.