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File of letters from Eugene McCabe and Mary O'Malley in relation to his plays being staged by the Lyric. Includes a letter asking O'Malley to consider Pull Down a Horseman ( c 1970).

File of letters from Donagh MacDonagh to Mary O'Malley, relating to the staging of his play Lady Spider at the Lyric and to an article published in Threshold. Includes a programme for Lady Spider .

File of correspondence between Roger McHugh and Pearse and Mary O'Malley, mainly relating to the Lyric Theatre, of which McHugh is a trustee, and discussions on Threshold and personal matters. Includes a number of letters between McHugh and Pearse in relation to their examination of the Roger Casement diary (1957) and a letter from McHugh informing the O'Malleys that he will resign with them in relation to the playing of the British national anthem (5 November 1968). Also includes a copy letter from Mary O'Malley to McHugh describing her work in the theatre 'I think one has to concede that the O'Malley association with the Lyric Theatre will have to come to an end - regretfully' (24 November 1969). Includes a brief piece written by Mary O'Malley after McHugh's death detailing her memories of him.

File of correspondence between Thomas McIntyre and Pearse and Mary O'Malley, mainly relating to fundraising for the Lyric and to Threshold.

File of correspondence between Michéal Mac Liammóir and Mary O'Malley discussing theatre matters. Includes letter from Mc Liammóir apologising for not including the Lyric in a review of Irish theatre he had written (6 June 1969).

File of letters from Molly McNeill and Pearse O'Malley, relating to her role as a trustee for the Lyric. Includes her letter of resignation from the board (10 January 1969). Also includes two letters from Sir Ian Fraser, to whom Pearse had written discussing McNeill (October 1984).

File of correspondence between Jack McQuoid and Mary O'Malley, relating to the Lyric, to Threshold, and to personal matters. Includes drafts of several of his poems. Also includes McQuoid's comments on infighting at Lyric company meetings, 'some problems aired are quite valid, but many emerge through immature attitudes. They sometimes arise to cover up individual opportunism, and in these cases one often finds deliberate misunderstanding of policy' (29 August 1976).

File of correspondence between Mary Manning and Mary O'Malley in relation to the production of The Voice of Shem for the Lyric. Includes letter from Anne Munro-Kerr of the Society of Authors to Mary O'Malley, stating that no sound recording of the play would be authorised (20 January 1959), and O'Malley's reply.

File of correspondence between Rutherford Mayne and Mary O'Malley in relation to the Lyric. Includes a copy of the programme for The Drone by Mayne, produced by the Ulster Literary Theatre.

File of correspondence between John Montague and Mary O'Malley relating to the Lyric and personal matters. Also includes correspondence on his submissions for Threshold, including copies of Like Dolmens . He writes of the controversy over the poem with BBC Northern Ireland: 'none of your fiery Cork integrity, with its blacks and whites - leave this to the Machiavellian protective devices of the poet, quietly seeking to inflict a deathblow on the monsters of bias and bigotry' (1 June 1960).