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This sub-series includes Kate O'Brien's correspondence concerning educational projects, mainly to do with Irish studies.

This series contains press cuttings relating to Kate O'Brien, including her newspaper columns, published poems and reviews of her books. Also included in this series are press cuttings on various subjects collected by Kate O'Brien and obituaries and other related press cuttings published after her death.

Scrapbook containing press cuttings of mainly reviews of Kate O’Brien’s work including the novels Without My Cloak and The Ante-Room and her play The Bridge. Also an article by Kate O’Brien in The Daily Mirror entitled ‘Have Music-Halls Been ‘Killed’?’ (7 July 1928), and a number of articles on her winning the Hawthornden Prize. In addition, articles by other writers such as ‘The Settee’ by Mary Rynne (13 October 1928) and reviews of works by other authors such as Beside the Sea edited by Yvonne Cloud (1 August 1934). Paginated and most articles are dated.

File containing press cuttings with articles on various subjects [some of which were collected by Kate O’Brien] in the Spectator, Irish Times, Observer, Tempo, Irish Press, New York Times and The Times, addressing holiday destinations, pensions, the death of the actress Katherine Cornell, work of the writer Mary Vaughan, the historian Professor F. S. L. Lyons, the Burren in county Clare, and the politician Cecelia Lynch. Also a photograph of Drama Critics Circle, a series of three articles by John A. Jackson entitled ‘The Irish Immigrant in England’, a poem by Philip Larkin entitled ‘Home is so sad’, a signed poem by John Hewitt and work by Hilaire Belloc, Denis Devlin and Mary Oliver.

Parish newsletter entitled ‘Saint Germain Des Prés’.

This series contains photographs associated with Kate O'Brien.

Black and white studio portrait (70 x 50 mm) of Catherine O’Brien seated with two of her children, Kate and her brother, Michael. Kate stands on a chair beside her mother, and Michael sits on his mother’s lap. A note written on the back in ink by Kate O’Brien reads ‘Mother, Michael & K.O.B. 1902.’ The image is cropped.

Black and white photograph (58 x 85 mm) of some of the O’Brien children playing on the beach at Kilkee, county Clare, with a note on the back by Kate O’Brien which reads ‘Kilkee 1906. Michael, Gerry, K. & Eric. (Brownie photo – May got a prize of 5/- for it.)’.

Black and white group photograph (66 x 90 mm) of [Kate O’Brien’s class at Laurel Hill Convent, Limerick] seated at their desks.

Black and white photograph (90 x 73 mm) of O’Brien sitting on a bench with her hair in two plaits, and a large tree in the background.