Letter from Kate O’Brien, The Bay Hotel, Seaton, Devon to Anne O’Mara. Kate wishes Anne a happy birthday and hopes that she will celebrate the next one in a world at peace. She and Clare are enjoying themselves at the Bay Hotel. Kate is planning to return to London for a short spell. The bottom part of the second sheet has been torn off.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickLetter from Kate O’Brien, Clifden to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for sending her a supply of paper on which to write her novel [That Lady]. She urges Anne to read the obituary of the Princess of Lonyay in The Times of 10 [September] and recalls to her sister the Mayerling tragedy [of 1889]. She outlines her trip to Kilkee.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickLetter from Kate O’Brien, Clifden, to Anne O’Mara. Kate has cancelled the United Art Club dinner in Dublin on 23 [October] and has offered alternative dates for the event to enable her to stay in Limerick until 28 October.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickLetter from Kate O’Brien, Pension Piquio, Calle del Arenal 15, Madrid 13, [Spain] to Anne O’Mara. Kate gives an account of her movements in Madrid and regrets that her schedule is so busy she may only be able to go to Avila for one day.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickLetter from Kate O’Brien, 177 The Street, Boughton, Faversham, Kent to Anne O’Mara. Kate wishes Anne a happy birthday. She apologises for not sending a present. She knew exactly what she was going to send her, but when she went to the shop to get it, they no longer had it.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickLetter from Kate O’Brien, [177 The Street], Boughton, [Faversham, Kent] to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her present of money and refers to her as her sheet anchor in these strange days.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickLetter from Kate O’Brien, 177 The Street, Boughton, Faversham, Kent to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her last letter, which lifted her spirits and made her feel less old and less finished. She describes her difficulty in selecting a birthday card for Anne as there is nothing of civilised content to be found in Faversham. She refers to a forthcoming trip to London to see Death in Venice.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickLetter from Kate O’Brien, [177 The Street], Boughton, [Faversham, Kent] to Anne O’Mara. Kate has been obliged to postpone her proposed trip to Paris and asks to visit Anne in mid-September. She has accepted an invitation to serve on the founders’ council of a new Irish-British Association.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickLetter from Kate O’Brien, [177 The Street], Boughton, [Faversham, Kent] to Anne O’Mara. Kate apologises for not having written in a long time but she admits to having been dull and inert of late. She is disappointed that owing to an upset at Dublin Airport, Norris Davidson of Telefis Éireann has been unable to meet her at Faversham as planned. She refers to their sister May, who has recently passed away.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickLetter from Kate O’Brien, [177 The Street], Boughton, [Faversham, Kent] to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her speedy response to her cry for financial assistance.
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