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Letter from Kate O’Brien, The Fort, Roundstone, [county Galway] to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne, Stephen and Peter for a lovely Christmas. She mentions Lorna [Reynolds], who is staying with Kate with her dog Otto. Barbara Kane, the local shoemaker’s wife, is temporarily keeping house for Kate, who hopes that the arrangement can be made permanent.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, [London] WC1, to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne and Stephen for their birthday wishes and cheque. She is in London on business, which she is thankful to say continues very brisk.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 34/11 Via degli Orsini, Rome, [Italy] to Anne O’Mara. Kate wishes Anne a happy birthday and complains of the tremendous heat in Rome. Mary O’Neill has arrived unexpectedly. Kate is relieved that Clare has decided against her trip to Rome. She asks for family news.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Roundstone, [county Galway] to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her birthday presents. She remarks on the inclement weather and the flooding of the Shannon. She regrets the death of Michael Nolan and expresses immense surprise that anyone her age should be gone. She is looking forward to Christmas at Strand House.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, The Fort, Roundstone, [county Galway] to Anne O’Mara. Kate has returned home from Strand House safely and is enjoying a rearguard Christmas, having found presents waiting for her from village residents. She describes the beauty of Roundstone and discusses gardening topics.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 334 Russell Court, [London] WC1 to Anne O’Mara. Kate is complaining of the intense heat in London. She has not yet begun to see her old agents as she wants to get well into her work before they start interfering.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 334 Russell Court, [London] WC1 to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne and Stephen for their birthday cheque, which she intends to spend on a silk blouse. She will be returning to Ireland shortly, after a few days with Lorna Reynolds. She has a great number of recordings to make for Radio Éireann. She has had bad reports of things at The Fort, which makes her anxious. She is looking forward to spending time at Strand House, where she can work in peace. Kate’s time in London has not been restful, but it has been fruitful and she believes that her [financial] decisions have been in the right direction.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Roundstone, [county Galway] to Anne O’Mara. Kate encloses her essay (now not present) from the latest issue of the University Review. The editorial board are very pleased with it, but it is rife with misprints and misspellings. [The essay in question was ‘As to University Life’, published in University Review, Vol. 1, No. 6, Autumn 1955, pp. 3-11, and later reprinted. For a copy of this document, see Kate O’Brien Papers, P12/4/7.]

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Roundstone, [county Galway] to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for a copy of [the 14 February 1955 issue of] Time Magazine, which carried an article on opera singer Renata Tebaldi and a review of her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. She mentions a brochure she wrote in praise of Limerick and a letter from Ted Russell [Mayor of Limerick] to thank her for writing it. She talks about Peter’s wedding photographs and asks Anne to remind her next time they meet to give her some of the observations arising from them made by Roundstone residents. She mentions one of these, made by a Mrs Connolly, who enquired if the bride’s teeth were her own.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, The Fort, Roundstone, county Galway, to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her present of bacon and black pudding. Their sister May has just arrived at Roundstone. She gives an account of the death and funeral of Peggy Tisdall.