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Letter from Kate O’Brien, 23 Beekman Place, New York 22, [USA] to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Guthrie has given another reading of Kate’s play [That Lady] and is enormously pleased with it. It now seems that the play will open in America after all. Kate begs Lorna to wire and write to her in Cobh and in London and expresses her longing for Lorna. In the second part of the letter, written two days later, Kate describes the preparations for her departure and mentions a farewell party to be held in her honour that evening. With envelope.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in New York to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin announcing the start of her homeward journey. With envelope.

Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin to Kate O’Brien, S.S. Mauretania, Cobh Harbour, Cobh, county Cork, welcoming Kate to Ireland. With envelope.

Telegram from Lorna Reynolds in Dublin to Kate O’Brien on board the Mauretania wishing her a pleasant journey and welcoming her home.

Postcard from Lorna Reynolds in Dublin to Kate O’Brien, 28 Princess Road, Regent’s Park, London NW1, welcoming Kate home and urging her to write soon.

Letter from Kate O’Brien on board the Mauretania to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Kate has just parted from Cobh for Southampton. The teller did not bring Harry, but it did bring her a letter and telegram from Lorna. She has wired Harry with instructions about her luggage. She still cannot sleep and was up on deck in the early hours to watch Ireland appear in the horizon. She has a lot of business to get through in London before parting for Ireland. With envelope.

This sub-series contains correspondence between Kate O'Brien and Lorna Reynolds in June 1949.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in Galway to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin, asking her for forgiveness.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 16 Eglington Hotel, Salthill, Galway to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Kate apologises to Lorna, whose telegram (for which see P74/3/1/2/25/5) has frightened her. She will be back in Galway on Friday and Lorna will do as she thinks best. With envelope.

Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin to Kate O’Brien, c/o Mrs O’Mara, Strand House, Limerick. Having returned from Connemara Lorna feels like Oisín back from Tír-na-nÓg and finds it hard to get used to the flat, grey landscape of Dublin. The leather writing case she has promised Kate is not yet ready. Eleanor’s cough has improved, but she is thinner than ever. She discusses her family’s summer holiday arrangements. She asks Kate for news from Limerick and wishes they were back in Connemara. With envelope.