December

3rd December, 1903

Marion Jackson’s wedding...

4th December, 1942

I had my hair permed yesterday...

9th December, 1952

Brief is life but love is long...

10th December, 1910

Grace behaved very badly!

11th December, 1914

20 women and children of the poorest type...

19th December, 1941

War has spread like a fungus everywhere...

19th December, 1935

Select candidate for post in India...

19th December, 1981

Me & Ethna went to do our Christmas shopping...

20th December, 1915

Mamma had raised a fund at home for my patients...

25th December, 1911

It is wonderful how much this family has stuck together year after year...

No Date December, 1958

After 24 years marriage we had our Christmas alone...

29th December, 1910

We went for a glorious sleigh-drive...

30th December, 1940

Was tired + out of sorts all day...

31st December, 1890

My dear little chicks are all in good health...

No Date December, 1967

I was their ‘sister’ in both senses...

31st December, 1981

I know now that maybe I should have written more in this diary...

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Meet the Diarists

Una Gioncada Haldane

Tyrone-native living in Italy during Mussolini's regime. Diary period: 1940s

Marjorie Lyle

First female insurance broker in Ireland. Diary period: 1970s

Elizabeth Holmes

Wife of Church of Ireland Minister and mother of three children. Diary period: 1890s

Emma Duffin

Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse during the First and Second World Wars. Diary period: 1910s

Maria Duffin

Founding member of the Charity Organisation Society. Diary Period: 1950s

Eva Gore Booth

Writer, political activist & sister of Countess Markievicz. Diary Period: 1890s

Lady Hariot Dufferin

Diplomat's wife and philanthropist. Diary period: 1930s

Ruth Duffin

Young poet documenting social life and travels. Diary period: 1900s

Sylvia Mary Duffin (Molly)

Teenage girl documenting a trip to Germany & social life. Diary period: 1910s

Roberta Hewitt

Socialist, volunteer for the Nursery School Association and wife of John Hewitt. Diary period: 1950s

Eva Chichester

Sunday school teacher and amateur photographer. Diary period: 1940s

Bronagh McAtasney

A Teenage girl growing up in Newry during the Troubles. Diary period: 1980s

Lilian Spender

Political observer, philanthropist and wife of Wilfred Spender. Diary period: 1910s

Lucy Sinton Kelly

Nurse in the Casualty Clearing Stations and hospital trains during the First World War. Diary Period: 1910s

Moya Woodside

Writer for the Mass Observation during the Belfast Blitz & birth control campaigner. Diary period: 1940s

Elizabeth Richards

Observer and supporter of the 1798 Irish Rebellion. Diary Period: 1790s

J P Smiles

Young girl documenting a family trip to Switzerland. Diary period: 1890s.

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