Letter from Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Gormanstown, to Rita Kelly, Galway, telling her that she has great energy, and that he is enjoying reading her work. Comments that they should do a close study of the school of Paris painters sometime. Gives her an excerpt f

Letter from Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Gormanstown, to RIta Kelly, Galway, commenting that he is re-reading "DIck Wittington" and "Gulliver's Travels", as well as re-working the first three scenes of "Ussher". He comments that there is a good article in "Comhar" on "Aisling Dha Abhrainn" [in Irish].

Letter from Rita Kelly, Galway, to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, saying that they are reading through "Blast Off" in the writing workshop, and that she will be taking part in a symposium on the writer and politics. Gives a detailed account of the other writers' reac

Letter from Eoghan Ó Tuairisc to Rita Kelly, Galway, saying that he is starting to work in earnest on "Carolan" and is enjoying it. He comments that Beckett, O'Casey and the rest have lost touch with harrowing reality and are left with "figurative languag

Letter from Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Gormanstown, to Rita Kelly, Galway, commenting that it is very cold in the room and he feels that it is very remote. He gives his reaction to IA Richards "Practical Criticism: A Study in Literary Judgment", commenting that A

Letter from Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Gormanstown, to Rita Kelly, Galway, commenting on his work adapting the pay in rehearsals. Comments that he had finished IAR's "Practical Criticism", commenting that the poor undergraduates will have a lot of reading to do. Asks why they all go for Italy "rather than look at the clear sun on the midge-pools of the Kellysgrove Bog?" Comments that he is slogging through the O'Sullivan version of "Carolan", saying that he could only work by the fire as it is so cold. He read "Jewish Short-Stories" after the coffee-break, commenting that one by Heine reminded him of Máirtín Ó Cadhain. He says he has been summoned to the Abbey and will have to see it though.

Letter from Rita Kelly, Galway, to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, giving details of their discussions on Maurice's {Scally} poetry in the UCG Writers' Workshop.

Letter from Eoghan Ó Tuairisc to Rita Kelly, Galway, commenting that her article has "stirred up a hornet's nest of envy" and telling her to keep cool. He comments that they have been invited to the Mercier Publishing Party, and that he will probably go u

Letter from Eoghan Ó Tuairisc to Rita Kelly, Galway. Comments that he spent a few hours re-examining "New Passages", commenting that it "is a naked kind of writing". After coffee he takes a holiday to work on "Fios Fomhar", and comments on her work in Gal

Letter from Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Lock House, to Rita Kelly, Belfast, giving his news. He is reading Gore Vidal's "The Messiah" - "sad stuff". He is typing up "Revisiting" and "En Famille", discussing the problem he has with the latter saying that the climax