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Letter from Kate O’Brien, The Fort, Roundstone, [county Galway] to Anne O’Mara. Kate gives an account of her trip to Galway with her brother Gerard, who, owing to a large cattle fair, had an anxious drive through herds of excitable Hereford bullocks. She asks Anne to keep on the look-out for a decent but uncomplicated tin opener. She thanks Anne and Stephen for their hospitality during her stay.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Roundstone, county Galway to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her present of a tin opener, which is very good. She is about to go out to lunch with Austin Lee.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Roundstone, [county Galway] to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne and Stephen for their presents of food and gives an account of her Christmas spent at Roundstone with their sister May, Lorna Reynolds and Darina Silone.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, The Fort, [Roundstone, county Galway] to Anne O’Mara. Kate has just returned to Roundstone. She thanks Anne for her birthday present of a new jacket. She gives advice for Peter on where in Spain to spend his honeymoon. She gives an account of her birthday, which included attending a performance of The Last of Summer with her sister May and Lorna Reynolds. Having forgotten the entire story, she was amazed how detached she felt and how much it interested her. She asks if Anne might have heard her in the radio broadcast Between Ourselves. Her Turgenev lecture, which she recorded before leaving Dublin, will be broadcast in January. She has heard that this year’s Thomas Davis lectures are bad and boring and rues her luck to be in on a bad lot. Her television adventure went well, although she felt extremely nervous. She accounts with amusement the excitement caused in Roundstone by the news of Peter’s impending marriage.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Roundstone, [county Galway] to Anne O’Mara. Kate is looking forward to getting plants from Anne. She discusses her forthcoming trip to Dublin for a reading session with Radio Éireann and is looking forward to meeting Anne afterwards either in Dublin or in Limerick. Kate is sorry Anne didn’t hear her on the radio on Lady Gregory. The latter part of the letter deals mostly with Kate’s attempts to lease Roundstone to visitors for the summer and early autumn. She also refers to her writing and mentions that the last two chapters [of her novel As Music and Splendour] remain unfinished, but the rest of the work is with the publishers, who are arguing with her about the title. Her own favourite is 'The Blackbird and the Lark' while her publishers insist on 'My Redeemer Liveth'. She discusses the subject at some length.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 334 Russell Court, [London] to Anne O’Mara. The letter, which wishes Anne a happy birthday, was written to accompany the gift of a book.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Hotel Excelsior, Av. José Antonio 50, Madrid, [Spain] to Anne O’Mara. Kate gives a detailed account of being robbed of her bag in the middle of the day, leaving her stranded in Madrid with no money, passport or tickets.

Letter from Kate O’Brien to Anne O’Mara. Kate shares news of Clare, who is visiting Oxford and London on a week’s leave, but who won’t be staying with Kate because her ankle would not withstand the three mile walk from Witney and the only taxi driver in the village has joined the Air Force. She is behind with work and bad-tempered over it. She fears that she will not be able to visit Anne in the summer owing to the question of holiday permits to Ireland. She talks at length about the war and rationing and pokes fun at the allocation of 66 clothes coupons per annum. She has no idea when she will find the courage to risk the expenditure of one and prefers the vogue for shabbiness, which suits her fine. She is sorry that The Land of Spices was banned, but considers herself lucky that they didn’t do so much more. The book has made its American debut and Kate hopes it has better luck out there. She finds herself turning into a most daring cook and gets a lot of entertainment in pitting her wits against wartime lacks. She calculates that within a year or so she will be able to apply as cook at Strand House. She concludes the letter by reassuring Anne that all of the O’Brien family in England are perfectly well.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Croyle, Cullompton, Devon to Anne O’Mara. Kate expresses her frustration over Anne’s phone call the previous evening, of which she was able make out barely one word in twelve.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 10 Buckingham Street, Adelphi, London WC2 to Anne O’Mara. Kate forwards an enclosure (now not present) from Dr Camp relating to their brother Jack and regrets that at present there is nothing that anyone can do.