Letter from Phillips, Dept. of Earth Sciences, the Open University, Milton Keynes, to Boyle, discusses family news and also detailing upcoming travel to India, Thailand and Philippines and elsewhere with UNESCO, also discussing teaching and research in earth and Marine Science and also other issues.

"Letter from Jorgen Anderson, Myrup, Denmark, to Ciarán Bairéad, thanking him for the help during the visit. He sends him a picture of his own thatched house, ""We are now independent of barons, only harassed by taxes"". "

MS letter from Josef [ ] , Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Belfast, to Boyle, discussing legal issues and systems in Northern Ireland, and discussing "Collision between NILP and Alliance Party who are proving themselves more Unionist than the Unionist Party."

Letter from Joseph Walsh, Archbishop of Tuam, St. Jarlath's, Tuam, to Ciarán Bairéad, saying that he has some of the books from the collection of the late Canon Moran, and when he has the time he will go through them and see if there is anything of use to him.

MS letter from English writer Julia Jones, thanking John McGahern for his delivery of [his book] and is looking forward to reading it. Also discusses her own current writing projects.

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Letter from K[ ], School of Law, Trinity College, University of Dublin, to Boyle, seeking to meet Boyle in the future.

MS letter from Kate O'Brien to Etienne Rynne, with details of arrangements for their planned evening to the theatre to see "Stephen D" by Hugh Leonard on the following evening

Ms letter from Kate O'Brien to Etienne Rynne making arrangements for meeting up and saying she has first to meet with Mary and Peter O'Mara and then will be going to the ballet at Covent Garden.

MS letter from Kate O'Brien to Michael [Rynne], after leaving Madrid and now at this time "of personal and family sorrow" for Michael, discussing the grief of the loss. Also talking about the "air in Madrid" for Michael and discusses Franco.