May

1st May, 1891

A new nurse came who I did not care for at all...

4th May, 1951

I quite enjoy my stories on the wall in flat moving photographs...

5th May, 1953

I feel such an utter failure at everything...

5th May, 1935

All preparations for Jubilee ready...

5th May, 1904

It was a lovely night, warm and a splendid moon...

5th May, 1981

I feel sorry for the Sands family...

6th May, 1914

They were too poor to smoke...

7th May, 1894

Also of dreadful night as no lights are allowed...

7th May, 1940

The girls went out to night manoeuvres with the ambulance...

8th May, 1918

It was the most fearsome night ever...

10th May, 1911

Arrived home at last...

15th May, 1918

It gets very chilly lying out in sands...

20th May, 1953

Ruth, Norma and Emma went to see the garden...

22nd May, 1916

I once more started a VAD course, this time for France...

22nd May, 1943

Old newspapers have a strange effect on me...

25th May, 1981

Maybe in years to come when you're reading this there will be no troubles...

27th May, 1798

The people of this country are more inclined to insurrection than is apprehended...

31st May, 1798

Our distress, aggravated by uncertainty of the fate of the army...

31st May, 1798

I became resolved to avoid even the appearance of a change of religion...

No Date May, 1918

Their [American] ways were not ours...

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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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