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Postcard from Lorna Reynolds in Dublin to Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1, thanking Kate for the books she has sent to Eleanor.

Thick piece of cardboard onto which is pasted a picture of a sampler bearing the text ‘Friendship is like a garden – the older, the better’. The reverse of bears a comic sketch, with the words ‘The Spanish pirates’ written in the bottom right-hand corner.

This sub-series contains correspondence between Kate O'Brien and Lorna Reynolds in January 1948.

Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin to Kate O’Brien, c/o Mrs Gillam, 8 Richmond Road, Oxford. She thanks Kate for her letter and is delighted to hear how much Kate loves Oxford. She would love to explore the place with her. She has had a letter from Enid Starkie offering to meet her for a drink some morning. She does not like the idea of meeting a new person but had to accept the offer. She believes that the ghost of The Fort may be an outdoor ghost. She mentions the news that Yeats’ remains are to be repatriated from France for reinternment in Ireland. With envelope.

Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin to Kate O’Brien. She relates a conversation with Nellie Nugent and feels ashamed to have been able to spend a summer in Paris when week or two were beyond Nugent’s means. She discusses [François de] La Rochefoucauld and is pleased with Kate’s praise for the author even though she finds Kate and Rochefoucauld hard to equate. She has to review four books for the Women Writers’ Club, including Curlews by Temple Lane, and is angered by the thought having to spend her time reading the like. She discusses Darina Silone, who has sent her a postcard from Capri. She now has two butterflies in the house, one of which appears to have died.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in London to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin, regretting that Feisal of Irak has been much neglected with no despatches and promising to remedy the situation. With envelope.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in London to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin, notifying her that Judith Furse is in hospital and Mary O’Neill is ill. With envelope.

Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin to Kate O’Brien, University Women’s Club, 2 Audley Square, St Audley Street, London WI. Lorna relates an amusing encounter with Professor O’Sullivan, who had seen Lorna with her niece from a distance and mistaken the niece for a daughter. She misses Kate, who seems to have been gone for an eternity. She comments on Kate’s telegram (P74/3/1/2/12/16), which arrives while she is writing the letter. She asks for further news of Judith Furse and Mary O’Neill and expresses concern that Kate’s return to Ireland will now be delayed. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Strand House, Limerick to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Kate describes her journey from Dublin to Limerick and how she hated leaving Lorna. She asks if she left her purse in Lorna’s drawing room by mistake as she cannot find it. She feels anxious about Lorna and wishes she were with her. She has no news. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Strand House, Limerick to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Kate has lost a brooch Lorna had given her as a present and fears she may have dropped while walking in the garden at Strand House. She describes a luncheon party given by the Hunt family. With envelope.