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Letter from D. Ó Luanaigh, Manuscript Department, National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, expressing interest in Peter O’Mara’s offer of the O’Mara family’s correspondence and bringing to his notice the papers of James O’Mara, which are deposited in the National Library.

Copy letter from Dáil Éireann to A. de Stack, Stephen O’Mara and Ernest Proud relating to the withdrawal by the president of power of attorney from Finerty in the USA Funds case.

Letter from Darina Laracy, Parkhotel, Baden (Aargau), Switzerland to Lorna Reynolds, c/o 42 Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin. Darina is contacting Lorna after years of silence in the hopes of repairing the bridge between them. With envelope.

Typed letter from Darina Laracy, Schmelzbergstrasse 22, Zurich, Switzerland to ‘Darlings, Mamma, Papa, sisters and rest of family’, providing a lengthy and detailed account of her movements on the Continent, including her work in Rome alongside the American anti-fascist journalists John Whitaker and Raymond Allen; her expulsion from Italy by the Gestapo; her journey to Berne, Switzerland on the day that Hitler invaded Russia (22 June 1941); her arrest and interrogation in Berne on grounds of suspected espionage; and her blossoming friendship with Ignazio Silone. In a handwritten note in the margin dated 19 September 1942, Darina complains that the letter has just been handed back to her by the post office.

Letter from Darina Silone, Casella postale 355, Rome, Italy to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Dublin, accepting her invitation to Achill and providing advice on the best hotels in Rome. Attached to the letter is a typescript copy of an article entitled ‘Agamemnon in Syracuse’ written by her for the Manchester Guardian. With envelope.

Letter from Darina Silone in Rome to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin, arranging the date of her forthcoming trip to Ireland. With envelope.

Typed letter from Darina Silone, Via di Villa Ricotti 36, Rome to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Dublin, discussing the forthcoming PEN Club congress in Venice in September, repeating her invitation for Lorna to spend the summer with her in Rome; providing advice on where to stay and what to see in Basel and Zurich and recommending the best shops for clothes; providing advice for Lorna’s planned trip to Scandinavia and discussing the summer plans of her sisters Eithne and Moira Laracy.

Typed letter from Darina Silone, Via di Villa Ricotti 36, Rome to Lorna Reynolds, Clifden Bay Hotel, Clifden, county Galway, confirming that Lorna Reynolds has been selected as one of the delegates of the PEN Club conference in Venice and providing further advice for her trip to Switzerland. With envelope.

Typed letter from Darina Silone, Via di Villa Ricotti 36, Rome to Lorna Reynolds, Clifden Bay Hotel, Clifden, county Galway, providing further suggestions for her trip to Switzerland. Attached to the letter is a press cutting in Italian relating to the forthcoming PEN Club conference in Venice. With envelope.

Typed letter from Darina Silone, Via di Villa Ricotti 36, Rome to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Dublin, thanking her for her poems, which Darina has forwarded to Marguerite [di Bassiano], and providing advice on sights to see and people to contact in Zurich. With envelope.