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- [1961]-31/10/1994 (creation)
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File of personal letters from (and material about) writer Mary Lavin, County Meath and Dublin, to Kilroy. Mostly about family matters and financial worries; discussing options for income from literary work; recurrently in low spirits; their giving up The Mews and moving to Dublin (1989). Arranging meetings; seeking advice on literary agents, on a proposal from the American Ireland Foundation (1977), on Aosdána - Kilroy and Ben [Kiely] are her sponsors (1981). Kilroy's play Talbot's Box features twice (1977 and in her last letter 18 May 1989); mentioning mutual friends including [Tom] MacIntyre. Including press cuttings from French newspapers covering Lavin's award of the Katherine Mansfield prize [1961]; a black and white photograph depicting Lavin and her three daughters; letter from biographer Leah Levenson asking Kilroy for help. Also including a typescript selection of extracts from literary reviews of Lavin's work (3 pp).
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