MacLIAMMOIR, MICHEÁL
Typed Letter Signed, to Alphonsus Sweeney, Ard Sonas, 76 Upper George's St., Dun Laoire, discussing his drawings, used to illustrate two of Seamus O'Kelly's books, one...

MacLIAMMOIR, MICHEÁL
Typed Letter Signed, to Alphonsus Sweeney, Ard Sonas, 76 Upper George's St., Dun Laoire, discussing his drawings, used to illustrate two of Seamus O'Kelly's books, one page quarto, dated March 1st. 1968, on The Dublin Gate Theatre Productions headed paper.

In this letter, Micheal MacLiammoir agrees to become patron of the 'Seamus O'Kelly Society' which had recently been formed by his nephew: "Yes of course, I will be charmed to become a patron of your Society ...". MacLiammoir illustrated O'Kelly's 'The Waysiders', and points out that it was of: " ... the interior of a country shop, was too obviously influenced by the Jack Yeats middle period". He concludes by giving his permission to include his illustration in the second edition, and was wondering: "how good or bad I was fifty years ago"

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