Letter from Kate O’Brien to Anne O’Mara. Kate is heartened by the fan mail generated by Without My Cloak. She is sorry to have missed a viewing of Pasolini’s film The Gospel According to Matthew. Lacking first page(s).
Sans titreLetter from Kate O’Brien, [177 The Street], Boughton, [Faversham, Kent] to Clare O’Brien. Kate is glad that Clare is settled in the Pelletier. She gives a brief account of a supper at Boughton with George Semple to celebrate his birthday. She was sorry to miss a memorial service in Canterbury Cathedral for Princess Marina owing to a gastric complaint.
Sans titreTyped letter from Kate O’Brien, 177 The Street, Boughton, Faversham, Kent to Peter and Mary O’Mara. Kate thanks them for their invitation to see Fidelio in London and regrets that she will be in Ireland at the suggested time doing recordings at Radio Éireann and lecturing at Galway University.
Sans titreLetter 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.
Sans titreLetter 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.
Sans titreLetter 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.
Sans titreMiddle 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).
Sans titreLetter 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.
Sans titreLetter 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).
Sans titreTyped 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.
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