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This sub-series contains letters from Kate O'Brien mainly to her sister Anne O'Mara and her nephew Peter O'Mara written in 1956.

Postcard from Kate O’Brien, 334 Russell Court, [London] WC1 to Peter O’Mara, wishing him a happy birthday.

This sub-series contains letters from Kate O'Brien to her sisters Anne O'Mara and Mary (May) O'Brien and her nephew Peter O'Mara written in 1957.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Roundstone, [county Galway] to May O’Brien. Kate is just back from Northern Ireland. She has received a letter from the Mayor of Limerick [Ted Russell] about a piece she is to write for a brochure. She asks May about the play Julius Caesar. While waiting for a lift home in Galway, she went to see the film High Society and considers Grace Kelly ‘breathtakingly bad’ as an actress. The letter also contains a short forwarding note in the margin from May O’Brien to Anne O’Mara.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Roundstone, [county Galway] to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for a copy of [the 14 February 1955 issue of] Time Magazine, which carried an article on opera singer Renata Tebaldi and a review of her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. She mentions a brochure she wrote in praise of Limerick and a letter from Ted Russell [Mayor of Limerick] to thank her for writing it. She talks about Peter’s wedding photographs and asks Anne to remind her next time they meet to give her some of the observations arising from them made by Roundstone residents. She mentions one of these, made by a Mrs Connolly, who enquired if the bride’s teeth were her own.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, The Fort, Roundstone, county Galway, to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her present of bacon and black pudding. Their sister May has just arrived at Roundstone. She gives an account of the death and funeral of Peggy Tisdall.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 334 Russell Court, Woburn Place, [London] WC1 to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her kindness during her recent stay at Strand House and wishes her a happy birthday. She has been busy with work and has had some potentially interesting propositions. There seems to be great interest in her novel [As Music and Splendour] and she hopes it will be justified. She is dining with Edith Starkie on Thursday.

Postcard from Kate O’Brien, Toledo, [Spain] to Peter O’Mara, wishing him a happy birthday.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Hotel Excelsior, Av. José Antonio 50, Madrid, [Spain] to Anne O’Mara. Kate gives an account of Michael Rynne, his wife Natalie and the embassy they occupy. [Michael Rynne (1899-1981) was Irish Ambassador to Spain from 1954 until 1961. His mother, Mary née O’Mara, was sister to Stephen O’Mara Junior.] She gives an account of her activities in Madrid, where she intends to stay until the middle of the month. The rest of the letter deals with family and domestic matters.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, The Fort, [Roundstone, county Galway] to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne, Stephen and Peter for a wonderful birthday. She is preparing to go to Dublin, where she has a few Radio Éireann jobs to do, and longs to return to her native city before too long.