July

2nd July, 1943

Every day some beautiful building disappears under a bomb...

5th July, 1918

Sleeping in a damp cellar wish we could move out...

No Date July, 1916

The mud from the trenches sticking to their clothes...

7th July, 1940

Was enormously relieved that apparently no evacuees are coming...

9th July, 1981

Lots of trouble in N. Ireland today but only a little in Newry...

10th July, 1943

At last the invasion has begun...

11th July, 1952

So many fires in such a small space...

12th July, 1890

Nurse & Fanny went to see the Orange Processions...

16th July, 1953

My 99th birthday…

18th July, 1934

The Baby a satisfactory one...

20th July, 1951

A diary does give a limited view of a person...

21st July, 1930

My darling son Freddy killed...

23rd July, 1894

Will rake up the very snow...

23rd July, 1904

Baths are evidently out of the question...

26th July, 1914

She came dressed beyond description...

29th July, 1981

Diana Spencer was gorgeous...

August

June

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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