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This sub-series contains letters from Kate O'Brien to her sisters Anne O'Mara, Mary (May) O'Brien and Clare O'Brien, to Stephen O'Mara and to her nephew Peter O'Mara written in 1940.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, End Farm, North Leigh, Witney, Oxfordshire to Stephen O’Mara. Kate thanks Stephen for his reply and provides him with a detailed account of her financial affairs, including references to Heinemann to whom she owes two as yet unwritten books. She encloses a sheet listing her liabilities.

This sub-series contains material relating to Stephen O'Mara Junior's father-in-law, Thomas (Tom) O'Brien of Boru House, Limerick. For other material relating to Thomas O'Brien, see P40/2/4/4/13/1, P40/3/2/1-2, P40/3/3/2-3, P40/3/3/6-8 and P40/3/4/4-5.

Letter from P. [?] Griffith, St Josephs, Dundalk, to Tom O’Brien, Boru House, Limerick, thanking him for his Christmas greetings which has brought him great joy. ‘It brings back to me you my dear old good hearted friend, & the Sainted wife who did so much to make you the good sober happy man you are.’

Letter from M. O’Riordan, Irish College, Rome [to Tom O’Brien], thanking him for his Christmas wishes and the present of bed-socks which ‘bespeaks on instrument of torture hereafter in Purgatory, the penalty of the luxury.’

This sub-series contains material relating to Stephen O'Mara Junior's mother-in-law, Catherine (Katty) O’Brien née Thornhill. For other material relating to Catherine O’Brien, see P40/3/3/1-2, P40/3/3/4, P40/5/1/2, P40/5/2/5/1-2 and P12/5/1/1-3.

Letters from Tom O’Brien to his wife Katty at various addresses, providing accounts of his movements and expressing concern over her state of health.

Letters from Catherine ‘Katty’ O’Brien to her brother Sam, her sisters Mary (later Sister Margaret Mary and Mother Superioress) and Fanny (later Sister Mary Clare), and her sister and brother-in-law Annie and Willie MacCarthy, conveying domestic news and giving upbeat accounts of her state of health.

Letter from Tom O’Brien, Eccles Hotel, Glengarriff, [county Cork] to his sister-in-law Mary [Thornhill], writing on behalf of his wife who is too tired to write, to give Mary an idea of their exploits during the family’s holiday in Kerry and Cork. He admires the convent and chapel of Kenmare and is enjoying the summer-like weather in such a beautiful place.

Letter from ‘Cousin Rita’, Summer Lodge, to Sister [Mary] Clare, expressing sympathy on Kattie’s death.