September

5th September, 1911

Climbed up to the top of Divis...

7th September, 1981

C. finally got me a pen pal...

9th September, 1942

When your husband comes home with a parcel...

11th September, 1915

Finding was keeping…

12th September, 1956

All our married lives I wished he would get a job elsewhere...

15th September, 1914

Nationalist Volunteers should come forward...

15th September, 1918

Almost afraid to walk in case you go up in air...

17th September, 1940

Was much disgusted at Helen...

22nd September, 1915

How funny it was that I was really in Egypt...

25th September, 1904

Very bad taste for a picnic...

26th September, 1934

Launch of the Queen Mary...

27th September, 1943

God inspire me to help them!

27th September, 1917

We had to get our gas helmets ready...

29th September, 1952

Molly crosses tonight and I shall miss her…

29th September, 1890

Children rather troublesome...

October

August

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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