June

2nd June, 1953

D. had a television party...

2nd June, 1918

Third day very tired got to bed at 9am...

4th June, 1914

As these Ulster folk so often are...

No Date June, 1916

I fell asleep pondering over the consequences...

No Date June, 1916

I told her I hated responsibility…

5th June, 1951

The world and I are very middle-aged...

No Date June, 1954

I think a good flood or a wee volcano would do Ireland no harm...

6th June, 1904

No one who has not motored in these days can conceive the dust of the roads...

8th June, 1890

Dear little Eileen Sophia was baptised...

9th June, 1981

Mummy let me go to a punk disco tonight up in the Bosco…

11th June, 1942

How the other foreigners manage...

13th June, 1798

Some of our work people and servants took leave off as they are going to the rebel camp...

14th June, 1934

The day of our sale at Hall of Remembrance...

16th June, 1798

I felt indignation and a wish to be avenged…

18th June, 1911

Dorothy and I went for a motor-drive with the Colonel...

20th June, 1798

Our thoughts were on our murdered countrymen...

20th June, 1894

From the man who would take our photograph...

29th June, 1940

All roads being sand bagged...

July

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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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