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Letter in German from Ernst Meyer, Glanzstoff-Haus, 56 Wuppental 1, Elberfeld, Netherlands, advising against the hiring of engineers or other higher personnel until the situation at Ferenka has improved.

Letter from Ethel Mannin, Clifden Bay Hotel, Clifden, Connemara to Kate O’Brien, inviting her and Lorna Reynolds for a visit next time they are at Roundstone. Originally attached to P74/3/1/2/26/11.

Letter from Eva Gore-Booth, 33 Filgrave Square, London W to Madge Daly, wishing to become better acquainted.

Typed letter from Evelyn [Molony], The Garden House, Southwick Hall, Oundle, Peterborough, to Helen Allott conveying social and family news.

Letter from Eyre Coote, West Park Estate Office, Damerham, Salisbury, to Messrs Guinness & Mahon relative to various estate management issues, particularly concerning the Old Fort area of Maryborough, with several hand-drawn maps and lists of tenants.

Letter from Father Albert Bibby, Franciscan Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin and from Kilkenny to Madge Daly, giving news of his sisters and mutual friends; giving news of Kathleen Clarke and her state of health following her imprisonment; and discussing the treatment of Irish prisoners in England. Also his business card.

Letter from Father Albert Bibby, Kilkenny to Madge Daly, expressing the wish to see the Daly family prior to his departure for America.

Letter from Father Michael O’Flanagan, 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin to Madge Daly, expressing his willingness to give a lecture in Limerick if the Bishop of Limerick and the Parish Priest give their permission. With a duplicate.

Letter from [Father] Philip, Franciscan Convent, Merchants’ Quay, Dublin to Stephen O’Mara in prison. He queries the sense behind a five-day hunger strike which he regards as ‘a silly school-boy sort of stunt’. He advises O’Mara to be ‘as perky & jolly as possible’ in his letters as ‘the lot of the woman & those at home in time of war is a heavy one’ and reassures him that ‘if ever any urgent news is required to be sent … I’m near you here & can wire or do anything needful.’ Also a blank postcard.

Letter from [Father] Philip, Franciscan Convent, Merchants’ Quay, Dublin to Stephen and Anne O’Mara [in America], giving news of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and of ‘all the boys’ including Peadar Dunne, ‘R’, ‘Liam’ and ‘Paddy’. He comments: ‘The Truce was a most trying time on the morale of the IRA. Petty jealousies: parish jealousies: town v country jealousies: promotion jealousies: everywhere in every county. Fellows having little to do took to the training well for 6 weeks then began the work of the green-eyed little devil.’ He gives a brief account of a tour of the scene of several ambushes with Stephen O’Mara Senior and Phonse O’Mara, and of De Valera being granted the Freedom of Limerick. He discusses James O’Mara’s struggle with the pig industry and a strike by pork butchers, and conveys news of Joseph O’Mara, regretting that ‘opera is not much of a speculation these times’.