R Story Lt. Col. Retired

Diary for 1917

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 DIARY FOR 1917 3

2.1 FRONT COVER 3

2.2 EXPLANATION OF CALENDAR 4

2.3 DIARY ENTRIES 4

2.4 VALUATION 3 JANUARY 1917 43

2.5 CASH ACCOUNTS 43

2.6 SOWING FOR CROPS 54

3 LOOSE PAPERS FILED IN DIARY 54

3.1 DEBTS 54

3.2 CARD FROM VIDA 55

3.3 CARD FROM PAT 56

3.4 GUN LICENCE 56

2 DIARY FOR 1917

2.2 EXPLANATION OF CALENDAR [1]

Moon’s Phases:- ˜ New Moon; ‚First Quarter; Full Moon; ƒ Last Quarter.

TIMES.- The time given is Greenwich mean time.

2.3 DIARY ENTRIES

1^st Month JANUARY 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 1 MONDAY [1-364] Circumcision. Bank Holiday, Scotland.

Holiday, Stock Exchange. Quarter Sessions Week

The New Year finds me at Bingfield with May & our little Laila

On Jan 1^ST. 1916 I wrote that I had means to carry on for that year with care – now I know not how we are to get through the coming year – I have not the means to carry on all the education needed for my family, and in spite of all my toil I cannot make this place really pay. Pat has joined the New Zealand forces. Ralph & Basil are at St. Paul’s school, & Teddie & Vera at Cheltenham.

Went out with Brady on the lake – lots of birds very wild Shot nothing

Bingfield 2 TUESDAY [2-363]

Wrote to Mrs. J. B. & Evie. Sharpened and set my cross cut saw (small one)

Men pulling turnips etc – some rain.

Bingfield 3 WEDNESDAY [3-362]

Men pulling turnips, clipping horses, working in garden etc.

Worked with Simons at a return (Farmer’s appeal) for income tax after cleaning the inner yard, & putting a handle to a broom.

Bingfield 4 THURSDAY [4-361]

Galligan carting turnips, Mc. Donald in the garden. Drove to Cavan, dropping May & Laila for the sale at Kilmore, lodged money in the bank, saw Louis Smith about a trouble on Waggs farm paid the Stores book etc etc. Wrote to White King, who sent Laila 10/-

Sala—i— à m arrived with an Urdu letter of mine in it.

Bingfield 5 FRIDAY [5-360] Dividends due at Bank

Galligan carting turnips. Cleaned & polished May’s fender & fire irons etc. Brady cutting ivy & cleaning a ditch. Mc. Donald in the garden. Sent my Farmers Appeal to Surveyor of Taxes

Wrote to Nasir Ali. Answered an advt. In the Times above – an Engineering College at Fareham.

1^st Month JANUARY 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 6 SATURDAY [6-359] Epiphany. Twelfth Day

Holiday for the men. Ferreted with Brady. Toothache at night

Shot 4 rabbits & Brady 2 Ferrets caught 3. We tried to dig out another, but could not on account of thick roots.

Lent Pat Magee £3 to be paid in one month. Paid in June

Bingfield 7 SUNDAY – 1 after Epiphany [7-358]

In bed till lunch after a night of pain. Wrote to King & Evie.

Bingfield 8 MONDAY [8-357] o 7h 42m A.M. (Greenwich).

Cambridge Lent Term begins

Brady & Galligan carting manure to Cow Pasture. Mc. Donald in the garden. Board out a nut of a plough & re-screwed it & began to work on the legs of a wheelbarrow.

Brady dugout Rabbit killed by the ferrets on Saturday

Bingfield 9 TUESDAY [9-356] Fire Insurances expire

Galligan carting manure. Mc. Donald in the garden. Brady went to Cavan to try to sell the mare, but failed. Worked at the wheelbarrow & got in the oilcloth from the front of the house – put some down in back hall.

Sent Teddie Marcel’s letter.

Brady paid back £5 I had lent him and cleared his debt.

Bingfield 10 WEDNESDAY [10-355]

Wet part of the day. Brady cutting ivy in the garden

Galligan carting manure. Finished the wheelbarrow.

Bingfield 11 THURSDAY [11-354] Hillary Law Sittings begin

Brady & Galligan cutting a hedge & ploughing. Mc. Donald in the garden. Went to Cross-doney to stamp insurance cards.

Brady sold the mare for £16.17 .0 nett. Received £16 cash

Bingfield 12 FRIDAY [12-353]

Put down some oil cloth in the back hall, sharpened my axe and the briar knife. Brady cutting hedges, Galligan did some ploughing, but had to stop on account of cold & rain. Made out an account of the cultivatable land on the place.

Mc. Donald in the garden.

Wrote to the Postmaster Cavan about the mail car Driver’s duties.

Bingfield 13 SATURDAY [13-352]

Cold with some snow & rain. Men putting hay onto lofts, sawing wood etc. Brady went to Cavan on business. Worked at putting down oilcloth in the back hall.

1^st Month JANUARY 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 14 SUNDAY – 2 after Epiphany [14-351]

Morn service. Saw Moore about the Mail Car driver. Quiet day at home.

Hard frost at night.

Bingfield 15 MONDAY [15-350] Oxford Lent Term begins

Brady began breaking Clerkin’s field. Mc. Donald in the Garden. Went to Cross-doney to telephone to the Postmaster, but he was away.

Bingfield 16 TUESDAY [16-349] ( 11h 42m A.M. (Greenwich)

Brady cutting hedges, Galligan ploughing, Mc. Donald in the garden.

Ferreted & shot one rat in the haggard – went for rabbits afterwards.

Snow & Frost

Shot two rabbits

Bingfield 17 WEDNESDAY [17-348]

Brady ploughing. Mc. Donald & Galligan hedge cutting. Put a new rung into ladder. Wrote to Os and to Mr. Armitage about an appointment at Oxford for Ralph. Frost. Snow lying.

Bingfield 18 THURSDAY [18-347]

Wrote to Dr. Waterfield about Teddie going to Sandhurst etc.

Sent back a signed a paper to Edwards & Good about the Richardson trust. Worked at income tax questions.

Men thrashing for Hoonan

Bingfield 19 FRIDAY [19-346]

Brady ploughing. Galligan carting manure with donkey. Mc. Donald odd jobs. Made a leather boot for the young horse and pulled the pieces my father’s old portmanteau for the leather.

Bingfield 20 SATURDAY [20-345]

Brady went to Granard to see about a horse. Galligan ploughing

Mc. Donald hedges. Mr. Askins called & got me to mend a trace for him.

Shot 2 plover in Clerkin’s field

Bingfield 21 SUNDAY – 3 after Epiphany [21-344]

May to church. Quiet day at home. Wrote to Basil.

Bingfield 22 MONDAY [22-343]

Galligan ploughing. Brady & Mc. Donald opening rabbit trenches in the Barrack field. Went with Brady to Cross-doney to see some horses, but they never turned up.

Bingfield 23 TUESDAY [23-342] ˜ 7h 40m A.M. (Greenwich)

Galligan ploughing, Mc. Donald & Brady cutting trenches in rabbit burrows. Ferreted aft with Brady. Wrote to Petrol Committee

Shot 7 Rabbits out of 8 fired at, Brady shot one.

1^st Month JANUARY 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 24 WEDNESDAY [24-341]

Wagg & I swept the library chimney. Took two pieces & cleaned the lock of the front door & fix the handle which had come off.

Wrote to Inspector of Taxes, as a collector is dunning me.

Ploughing etc. Wrote out a list of seeds required.

Bingfield 25 THURSDAY [25-340] Conversion of St. Paul

Half a gale & bitter cold frost. Galligan ploughing. Mc. Donald burning hedge cuttings.

Shot 3 Plover in Barrack field.

Bingfield 26 FRIDAY [26-339]

Very cold & half a gale. Brady & Galligan went to Arva to try to get a horse, seed oats & potatoes, but failed to do so.

Saw Borrowes about Reapers & Self binders.

Mc. Donald cutting wood etc.

Bingfield 27 SATURDAY [27-338]

Very cold. Brady went to Cavan to see about a horse. Men cutting manure to cow pasture. Cleaned plugs of engine & fitted a tube to the crank case.

Bingfield 28 SUNDAY – 4 after Epiphany [28-337]

Very cold. Stayed at home & wrote to Ralph.

Bingfield 29 MONDAY [29-336]

Manure carting to Cow pasture. Brady mowing the lawn. Mc. D absent

Attended a meeting in Cavan for the distribution of Certificates of honour to the families of those at the front. Train there & back.

Bingfield 30 TUESDAY 30-335] ) 1h 2m A.M. (Greenwich)

Brady finished mowing the lawn. Mc. Donald absent. Galligan carting flax for Long. Took to pieces & cleaned a couple of sparking plugs & tried them in the engine – they went well.

Bingfield 31 WEDNESDAY [31-334]

Brady cutting the hedge at the bottom of Glouds field etc. Went to Cross-doney to get stamps etc. Wrote to Curly Hutton about Teddie.

2^nd Month FEBRUARY 1917 28 Days

Roebuck Hall 1 THURSDAY [32-333] Partridge and Pheasant Shooting ends

Took the 2 .1 P. M. train & came here. Miss King staying

2^nd Month FEBRUARY 1917 28 Days

Roebuck Hall 2 FRIDAY [33-332] Purification of V. Mary. Candlemas.

Scottish Quarter Day

Went in to Town by motor with the rest. Lunch at Trinity College. Went up Sackville St. & saw the Post Office & Liberty Hall.

Left my glasses at Yeates for a new frame, also Wagg’s – Saw Strahan & Murray & also J. N. Home by train.

Roebuck Hall 3 SATURDAY [34-331]

Went by train to Dalkey, lunch at Tudor House. Did some shopping in Kingstown, saw J. Goff at the yacht club & so home.

Roebuck Hall 4 Septuagesima SUNDAY [35-330]

T & music at the J. B’s. the Richardsons etc there. Very cold snow.

Roebuck Hall 5 MONDAY [36-329]

Saw Murray 11 a.m.He took out two stumps. Got some Kites & books for Laila, saw about plate & China etc Lunch at Red Bank.

Roebuck Hall 6 TUESDAY [37-328]

Saw Murray 10 45 a.m. He stopped the tooth. Lunch with Lawless at the Yacht Club, then on to the Tatlows where I spent an hour

Roebuck Hall 7 WEDNESDAY [38-3 to 7] o 3h 28m A.M. (Greenwich)

Wrote to May etc morn. Lunch in Dublin – Saw Murray 4 .P.M.& did a little shopping.

Roebuck Hall 8 THURSDAY [39-326] Half Quarter Day

Fixed a lot of Knives & forks into their handles, & did a little work on a map for King. Went to Dalkey aft. Called longer Ormsby Hamilton’s (in) and the Lockes (out).

Roebuck Hall 9 FRIDAY [40-325]

Went to the Jun Stores, & got 7 lbs. sugar etc & two are Picture House in Grafton Street.

Bingfield 10 SATURDAY [41-324]

The Kings drove me to Black rock. Took train from there & came home travelling with Borrows from Broadstone.

Bingfield 11 Sexagesima SUNDAY [42-323]

Stayed at home & put various things straight.

Bingfield 12 MONDAY [43-322]

Pumped. The cable of the engine gave way at both ends – repaired it. Tried for rats with ferrets, but got none

Shot 2 Rabbits.

2^nd Month FEBRUARY 1917 28 Days

Bingfield 13 TUESDAY [44-321]

Lengthened the cable of the pumping engine. Put down the oilcloth in the back hall. Made a stick for measuring milk. Brady went to Cavern fair to try to get a horse – no actual success.

Bingfield 14 WEDNESDAY [45-320]

Very hard frost. Brady bought a young mare for me from Mc. Cullagh of R Kilmore. Got Hoonan to sweep the library chimney from the top.

Bingfield 15 THURSDAY [46-319] ƒ1h 53m A.M. (Greenwich)

Men cutting a very old hedge in the Horsepark. Ferreted with Brady

Shot 5 Rabbits – all I fired at. Brady shot one & dug it & another out

Total 7.

Bingfield 16 FRIDAY [47-318]

For & rain at last. Men cutting hedges & Brady training the new mare. May & Laila went to Danes fort. Drove to Cross-doney to get change

Bingfield 17 SATURDAY [48-317]

Worked at the old Kitchen screen. Brady applied for rise of wages – agreed to give £1 a week. Men cleaning the drive.

Wrote to Pat Magee about my loan to him on Jan 6^th.

Lent Brady £1. Paid March 3^rd.

Bingfield 18 Quinquagesima SUNDAY [49-316]

Morn. service at Kilmore. Quiet day at home.

Bingfield 19 MONDAY [50-315]

Wet day. Men in the garden. Port handles onto small brass lamps etc.

Brady went to Cavan to get seed oats.

Bingfield 20 Shrove TUESDAY [51-314]

Wet day. Mc. Donald went to Cavan to get oats etc. Brady & Galligan painting the gates from the drive. Cussen from Dublin came to seeing pictures, silver, china etc, but we made no deal. Fitted a new part to the lock of the door in back hall. May & Mrs. Wagg have very bad colds. Got in 45 gallons lamp oil.

Bingfield 21 Ash WEDNESDAY [52-313] • 6h 9m A.M.

Showers. Men in garden. Brady away on his own business.

Bingfield 22 THURSDAY [53-312]

Men in garden morn. Brady started ploughing aft with the mare – she worked well for a first attempt. Mended the rabbit wire in the Lower Garden. May had to go to bed early on account of her influenza. The Waggs have it also.

2^nd Month FEBRUARY 1917 28 Days

Bingfield 23 FRIDAY [54-311]

May & Laila in bed & the Waggs also ill, but able to be up.

Mc. Donald helping in the house. Brady & Galligan ploughing in the Barrack field & Brady’s brother & another man with two ploughs in the Round Bank. I shot round Thick penny’s warshes & Monery bog, but shot very badly – fired 17 shots & only –

Shot 2 snipe.

Bingfield 24 SATURDAY [, 55-310] St. Matthias, Ap.

Went out on the Lake with Brady. Ran up the River, then to Killagowan, & home round Tuch.

Shot 2 Snipe & a Widgeon.

Brady shot a plover & a Tufted Duck.

Bingfield 25 SUNDAY – 1 in Lent [56-309] Ember Week

May up for a little. Went to see if Emma Beattie could come to help in the house, but she could not. Laila up & about.

Bingfield 26 MONDAY [57-308]

Brady & Galligan ploughing. The mare collar galled. Mc. Donald in the garden. Sent off a form about Tillage to the Ballinanagh police. Wrote to Tissington about his account which I have somehow mislaid. May able to be downstairs but weak. The Waggs still seedy

Bingfield 27 TUESDAY [58-307]

Brady & Galligan ploughing. Mc. Donald in the garden.

Cleaned the magneto of the engine & the spark plug & did some repairs to the boat.

Bingfield 28 WEDNESDAY [59-306] ‚ 4h 44m P.M. (Greenwich)

Ember Day

Brady & Mc. Donald ploughing. Mc. Donald in the garden.

He moved the straw in the barn & killed 8 rats. Repaired the lock of the garden door.

3^rd Month MARCH 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 1 THURSDAY [60-305] St. David

Ferretted morn., but found that the rabbits had begun to breed.

Brady ploughing in the cow pasture.

Shot 1 Rabbit.

Bingfield 2 FRIDAY [61-304] Ember Day

Brady & Galligan ploughing. Got up the gates on the drive, & put a stay to one of the posts.

3^rd Month MARCH 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 3 SATURDAY [62-303] Ember Day

Brady in the garden. Men getting coal. Wind & rain towards even.

Odd jobs as usual. Sergt. Johnston came to tell me that Fitz Patrick, who I believe stole Tatlows’s acct. Off my library table last monday, is doing 14 days imprisonment for some offence in Cavan.

Bingfield 4 SUNDAY – 2 in Lent [63-302]

Wind rain & snow. Stayed at home & wrote to Ralph & Askins.

Bingfield 5 MONDAY [64-301]

Cold & wet men and odd jobs. Drove into Cavan & served on the Grand Jury.

Bingfield 6 TUESDAY [65-300]

Gale & rain & very cold. Brady training the mare. Men wheeling in coal. Finished the repairs to the old kitchen screen.

Bingfield 7 WEDNESDAY [66-299]

Drove to Petty Sessions morn. The new R. M. Gerard came up after they were over & intro-duced his wife, daughter of Sir C. Cameron. Cold & Frost at night Brady & Galligan ploughing

Mc. Donald carting manure.

Bingfield 8 THURSDAY [67-298] 9h 58m P.M. (Greenwich)

Very cold – a little snow. Brady & Galligan ploughing Mc. Donald carting manure.

Bingfield 9 FRIDAY [68-297]

Cold – some snow, frost, & thaw. Brady ploughing. Men preparing ground for black oats in Monery bottom. Spent some time with May arranging photos etc.

Bingfield 10 SATURDAY [69-296]

Brady ploughing morn, but had to go for the vet as the horse “Charlie” was lame. When he came, he castrated at calf. Men preparing ground for oats. Blazed a pane in the large book case in the drawing room.

Bingfield 11 SUNDAY – 3 in Lent [70-295]

Morn. Service. Quiet day at home. Bright & sunny, but cold.

Bingfield 12 MONDAY [71-294]

Brady ploughing Mc. Donald in garden. Galligan preparing ground for oats. Magee came and repaired the stable wall & parts near it cut some irons for him to fix the garden door.

Bingfield 13 TUESDAY [72-293]

Brady ploughing. Mc. Donald in garden. Galligan preparing ground for oats. Packed the motor pump & made two slashers out of sythe blades. Fine & sunny.

3^rd Month MARCH 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 14 WEDNESDAY [73-292]

Brady ploughing. Men preparing ground for oats. Roach to James Lord to enquire what amount of potatoe ground was included in the men’s “privileges”, and to the Deptnt. Of Agriculture Dublin about Brady’s farm. Wrote also to Charlie to tell her of Gwen Clement’s death.

Bingfield 15 THURSDAY [74-291]

Fine & sunny. Brady ploughing. Men preparing ground for oats

Simons came to see about my grazing auction. Ordered Seed oats. Wrote to Mr. Armitage to say that I must withdraw Basil after the summeer term, at least pro tem.

Bingfield 16 FRIDAY [75-290] ƒ 0h 33m P. M. (Greenwich)

Brady ploughing. Men preparing oats ground Odd jobs over some brass castors. May & Laila went with Mrs. Moore (Bishop’s wife) to a sale at Deredis School house. Wrote to Simons to order flax seed.

Bingfield 17 SATURDAY [76-289] St. Patrick. Bank Holiday, Ireland

100^th anniversary of my father’s birth. Sent a post card to mother 7 & wrote to Vida from whom I had heard. Brady ploughing. Men away

Bingfield 18 SUNDAY – 4 in Lent [77-288]

My day at home. Made to church. Fine.

Bingfield 19 MONDAY [78-287]

Brady ploughing. Men preparing oats ground. Repaired a set of castors taken from the old harness room table & a window in the side door broken by Laila. Showers & stormy at night.

Bingfield 20 TUESDAY [79-286]

Brady ploughing. Men preparing oats ground & getting seed from a station. Mrs. Gerard, wife of the new R. M. to tea.

Bingfield 21 WEDNESDAY [80-285]

Brady & Galligan ploughing – the latter till Brady went to an auction at Coracanwy. Mc. Donald harrowing coach ground with the donkey. A little out of sorts. Began a long letter to my mother, appealing to her for the rest of her jointure & finished it late at night.

Brady bought a cart for £6.10 .0

Bingfield 22 THURSDAY [81-284]

Brady ploughing. Men at oats ground. Saw the Scotts about mangolds, the turkey hen etc. Very cold. Much better.

Bingfield 23 FRIDAY [82-283] ˜ 4h 5m A.M. (Greenwich)

Brady ploughing. Men sowing & covering oats in the Monery bottoms.

Arranged the cupboard is under the stairs & other places.

3^rd Month MARCH 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 24 SATURDAY [83-282]

Brady ploughing. Men at other jobs. May & Laila went to Dr. Smith’s.

Wrote to Mr. Armitage about removing Basil. Sent his letter to Charlie. Wrote to Tissington about the agreement for the Steward’s house. Sent the draft of my letter to mother to Evie for his opinion. Wrote to Dept. Of Agriculture about Brady’s farm.

Bingfield 25 SUNDAY – 5 in Lent [84-281] Annunciation. Lady Day.

Quarter Day

Morn. service. Quiet day at home.

Bingfield 26 MONDAY [85-280]

Brady sowing with Galligan harrowing. Mc. Donald got up 141 young trees out of the Sally garden & we then burnt the grass.

Brady & he took them to plant on the hill where needed.

Very much upset by a most angry, intemperate, and abuse of letter from Vida, saying she will ruin my family after my death. Reply to it. Wrote also to Charlie late at night.

Bingfield 27 TUESDAY [86-279] Cambridge Lent Term ends

Brady & Galligan sowing & harrowing. Mc. Donald at odd jobs & in the garden. Wrote again to Vida.

Bingfield 28 WEDNESDAY [87-278]

Mc. Donald in the garden. Brady & Galligan sowing & ploughing. Made a lot of seed labels

Heard from Evie about my proposed appeal – replied. Heard from Charlie replied. Heard from W. B. Croft and closing a problem – replied.

Sent another letter to Vida. My hay auction went off well.

Bingfield 29 THURSDAY [88-277]

My sick heifer died. Sowing & harrowing going on. Put right the union for the stand pipe in the yard. Wrote to Florie, & to the Adjutant General for news of Pat’s arrival. Snow showers & cold.

Bingfield 30 FRIDAY [89-276] ‚ 10h 36m A.M. (Greenwich)

Went into Cavan by train. Saw Halpin & got him to make me a short will leaving all I possess any power over to May. Talked over the possible sale of this place. Shopping, hair cutting etc. Home by 4.25 P. M train.

Bingfield 31 SATURDAY [19-275] Oxford Lent Term ends.

Brady & Galligan Ploughing in Cow pasture Mc. Donald setting potatoes etc. Put at top onto a spade handle. Mrs. Smith called & brought two girls to play with Laila.

4^th Month APRIL 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 1 APRIL Palm SUNDAY [91-274]

May to church. Quiet day. Heard from Florie that Aunt Agnes is dying. Wrote a letter to Vida after post time.

4^th Month APRIL 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 2 MONDAY [92-273] Quarter Sessions Week

Brady finished ploughing the lucerne ground & cross harrowed part of the cow pasture. Galligan cut ivy in the garden. Mc. Donald took the iron harrow to Cavan to be sold. Dr. & Mrs. Douglas called –The Dr. examined May for insurance.

A sensible & long letter from Vida, to which I replied. Wrote to Florie.

Frost & snow.

Bingfield 3 TUESDAY [93-272]

Snow & very cold. Went into Cavan by train & saw Gamble C. T about Constable Strain who came to me yesterday about his being transferred to Glau. etc etc. travelled in the guard’s van, as the train was crowded.

Men clearing up the haggard & odd jobs.

Bingfield 4 WEDNESDAY [94-271] Hillary Law Sitings end

Petty sessions morn. Gerard drove me home. Brady cross ploughing the Cow pasture men at other jobs

Finished a letter, begun yesterday, to Marcel Bizardel.

Ralph & Basil came home by the late train.

Bingfield 5 THURSDAY [95-270] Maundy Thursday. Dividends due at Bank

Snow & cold. Brady took some cattle to Cross-doney fair, but did not sell. He went aft. to Cavan with Galligan to get the wheels of the trap shod etc.

Bingfield 6 GOOD FRIDAY [96-269]

Morn. service with Ralph & Basil. Quiet day at home. Still cold.

Bingfield 7 SATURDAY [97-268] Easter Even. 1h 49m P.M. (Greenwich)

Brady & Galligan cutting seed potatoes & planting some in the Lower garden, Mc. Donald fetching some bought ones from Arva

Made a hole in the library floor, & fitted a lead pipe to increase the draft for the stove. Fitted an iron cover to the hole.

Bingfield 8 EASTER DAY [98-267]

Went with the two boys to the 8 a.m. celebration. May & Ralph to the 11.30. am. service.

Bingfield 9 MONDAY [99-266] Bank Holiday. Fire Insurances expire

Bitterly cold with wind & snow. Brady & Galligan carting manure. Mc. Donald absent. Borrowes came & brought me some poems he had written. He afterwards drove me to the Easter Vestry meeting in the old Church. I was elected to the Select Vestry. Home 10. P. M. in intense cold.

4^th Month APRIL 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 10 Easter TUESDAY [100-265]

Brady & Mc. Donald went to Cavan fair & sold 8 head of cattle

Galligan started with some timber for the saw mills, but the horse fell on the Avenue. He was not hurt. After getting him shod – G. took the timber to Cavan. I made a nut for Basil’s bicycle.

Spent most of the day cleaning brass. Stopped cracks in the front door.

Snow, & bitter cold.

Bingfield 11 WEDNESDAY [101-264] Oxford Easter Term begins

Snow & bitterly cold. Brady went to Cavan to see if the trap was done.

Men cutting firewood. Boys killed about 40 mice.

Bingfield 12 THURSDAY [102-263]

Cold – Snow lying. Brady & Mc. Donald at odd jobs.

Galligan sick. Roads to Fran, E T Hutton, & to Teddie enclosing an application for him to send in for an Indian Cadetship.

Bingfield 13 FRIDAY [103-262]

Brady & Mc. Donald carting manure. Galligan sick. New cart bought at Tubman’s auction in use. Basil & I washed out the small boat, & caulked some cracks etc.

Wrote on May’s behalf to the British Dominions Insurance Co. for the return of her money, which I had paid for her.

Bingfield 14 SATURDAY [104-261] ƒ 8h 12m P.M. (Greenwich)

Very cold. Brady & Mc. Donald carting manure. Ferreted rats with Ralph. We shot two or three.

Bingfield 15 Low SUNDAY – 1 after Easter [105-260]

Morn. service with Ralph. Quiet day at home.

Bingfield 16 MONDAY [106-259]

Brady went to Cavan & got some seed oats but no wheat. Wrote again to the Creamery for it. Brady & Galligan worked very late sowing & harrowing.

Mc. Donald putting in his own potatoes. Ferreted rats with Ralph also shot one rat. The boys put a new latch on to the back door. Fixed the latch of the harness room.

Shot one rabbit. Ferret caught another.

Bingfield 17 TUESDAY [107-258] Easter Law Sittings begin

Brady went to Cavan on his own business & put an advt. In the paper about my having hay for sale. Odd jobs. Rain aft.

Bingfield 18 WEDNESDAY [108-257] Cambridge Easter Term begins

Brady & Galligan harrowing etc. Mc.Donald cutting potatoes.

Measured the Barrack field for roots, flax etc. Helped Ralph to make a new piece for the rollocks of the boat. Saw Scott about hiring a horse. He could not let me have one.

4^th Month APRIL 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 19 THURSDAY [109-256]

Brady cross ploughing in the cow pasture etc. Mc. Donald got seeds from the station, ass shod, etc. Ralph went to call on the Atkinsons but found them out.

Bingfield 20 FRIDAY [110-255]

Brady & Galligan at farm work. Mc. Donald took the boats to the lake.

Soldered the electric terminal of the Evinrude – finding something odd with it, I ran it in the rainwater tank, & afterwards cleaned out the latter.

Bingfield 21 SATURDAY [111-254] ˜ 2h 1m P.M. (Greenwich)

Took Ralph & Basil out on the lake to fish, but we caught nothing. Put down the moorings for the boat.

Bingfield 22 SUNDAY – 2 after Easter [112-253]

May & the boys to church. Wrote to & Hutton & Teddie

Bingfield 23 MONDAY [113-252] St. George

Brady & Galligan preparing potatoe ground in the Cow pasture

Mc.Donald setting potatoes in Lower garden. Turned an iron plate for Ralph’s wheel made from the old bath chair, cut down an oar etc.

Bingfield 24 TUESDAY [114-251]

Potatoes being set with the plough in the Cow pasture. Odd jobs.

Bingfield 25 WEDNESDAY [113-250] St. Mark, Evan.

The last of the corn sown. Odd jobs. Heard from Mr. Armitage that provisional notice of Basil’s withdrawal from St. Pauls has been given. Wrote to Teddie enclosing a cheque.

Wrote again to the British Dominions Gen. Insurance Co. for the return of the money paid on behalf of May. Wrote also to Sampson about it.

Bingfield 26 THURSDAY [116-249]

Potatoes being set in the Cow pasture. Brady broke my new swingle bar against a rock, made a new one of oak. Turned a wood disk for Ralph’s wheel.

Bingfield 27 FRIDAY [117-248]

Paid school bills & made out the income tax return. Potatoes being set, but the mare is getting quite knocked up.

Bingfield 28 SATURDAY [118-247]

Potatoes being set. Made some break blocks for the trap, & a handle for my mallet etc. May & Basil went to Lisnamandra.

Bingfield 29 SUNDAY – 3 after Easter [119-246] ‚ 58 22m A.M. (Greenwich)

Morn. service at Kilmore. Quiet day at home.

4^th Month APRIL 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 30 MONDAY [120-245]

The boys went back to school. Ground being got ready for flax.

Worked a little in the garden digging out dandelions.

5^thMonth May 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 1 MAY TUESDAY [121-244] SS. Philip and James. Holiday, Stock Exchange

Brady went to Arva fair & bought 6 head of cattle & sold a heifer.

Wrote to Dr. Douglas & Tissington Tatlow about my business with the British Dominions insurance Co. Odd jobs. Galligan rolling oats in the Round bank.

Bingfield 2 WEDNESDAY [122-243]

Petty sessions Morn. Went round the place with May aft.

5^thMonth May 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 3 THURSDAY [123-242]

Brady went to Bellturbet fair & bought 3 bullocks. Galligan rolling flax ground etc. Mc. Donald in the garden. Took one of the seats on the front door steps to pieces & painted woodwork. One of my new bullocks broke out onto the road. Lent Brady one of the boys bicycles to go after it. Telegram from Pat to say he has arrived at Sling Camp. Wrote to Neville Read about the defaulting insurance company, & to White King.

Bingfield 4 FRIDAY [124-241]

Brady recovered the lost bullock near Butters Bridge. Potatoes being set in the Cow pasture. Very hot. Watered the garden with the hose.

Bingfield 5 SATURDAY [125-240]

Potatoes being set & ground prepared for sowing root crop. Touched up the paint on the garden seat which I begun yesterday. Did some repairs with cement in this gallery & to the inner yard door etc etc.

Bingfield 6 SUNDAY – 4 after Easter [126-239] King’s Accession, 1910

May to church. Quiet day at home.

Bingfield 7 MONDAY [127-238] 2h 43m A.M. (Greenwich). Bank Holiday, Scotland. Royal Academy opens

Mangolds being sown in the Cow pasture. Put together the seat which I had painted & took the other one to pieces. Made a handle & a lever for the lumber room door and fitted it – etc etc.

Bingfield 8 TUESDAY [128-237]

Maingolds being sown & potatoes rolled. All hands watered the garden with a hose etc.

5^thMonth May 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 9 WEDNESDAY [129-236] Proclamation, King George V. Half Quarter Day

Cattle being inoculated for black leg. Mangolds sown etc.

Wrote to Vera Pat sent some badges, & films to get developed.

Bingfield 10 THURSDAY [130-235]

A little rain. Work in cow pasture. Mended Pat’s pipe & sent it to him with a letter etc.

Bingfield 11 FRIDAY [131-234]

Turnips being sown. A little rain. Prepared part of a garden seat for painting.

Bingfield 12 SATURDAY [132-233]

Galligan ploughing for turnips in the Barrack field, Brady & Mc. Donald getting out dandelions from the mistress’ garden & helping to doctor cattle for black leg. Made out an Income tax return for the Pay Master General.

Bingfield 13 SUNDAY Rogation SUNDAY [133-232]

Morn. service. Wrote to the Postmaster Cavan about missing letters

Bingfield 14 MONDAY [134-231] Rogation Day. ƒ 1h 48 A. M. (Greenwich)

Wet day. Men cleaning the mistress’ garden. Mended the pewter lid of the “Yacht Club” jug.

Bingfield 15 TUESDAY [135-230] Rogation Day. Scottish QuarterDay (Whitsunday)

Fine, but cloudy & cold. Men cleaning and mistress’ garden. Burnt paint off the woodwork of a garden seat.

Bingfield 16 WEDNESDAY [136-229] Rogation Day

Fine & warmer. Men cleaning the mistress’ garden Painted part of the garden seat, put up the chicken house in the mistress’ garden & got the young chickens into it etc.

Bingfield 17 THURSDAY [137-228] Ascension Day

Went out on the lake with Brady & caught 4 pike and 2 or 3 doz small perch. Sent a letter from the Co. Cavan Stores to Postmaster Cavan, to show how my correspondence goes astray.

Bingfield 18 FRIDAY [138-227]

Galligan preparing ground for turnips, Brady & Mc. Donald clearing the Mistress’ garden, drive etc. Painted part of the garden seat etc. Set a hen on 5 pheasants eggs.

Bingfield 19 SATURDAY [139-226]

Brady & Mc. Donald cleaning the drive. Galligan preparing turnip ground. Wrote to Pat & to Col. Smith about his getting leave.

5^thMonth May 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 20 SUNDAY after Ascension [140-225]

May to Church. Wrote to Teddie & signed his application to go in for the Army exam., to Ralph, to the Registrar about Teddie’s birth certificate, & to Cook for copies of a snapshot of Laila, & to Frank Jollie.

Bingfield 21 MONDAY [141-224] ˜ 0h 47m A.M.(Greenwich)

Brady getting weeds out of the garden, the others cleaning the back stable etc. Wet morn. Put together & finished painting a garden seat for the front & painted the wood of another. Cleaned the inside of May’s teapot with acid etc etc.

Bingfield 22 TUESDAY [142-223]

Brady away on business. Galligan at turnip ground in Barrack field. Mc. Donald with Hoonan at drain in Monery bottom.

Emma Beattie knocked off her bicycle & seriously hurt by a motor car at the gate. Gordon, the owner of the car (Forsyth I think) & a policeman came to see me about it during dinner – shewed them the broken bicycle. Wrote to Post master Cavan about my letters not going.

Bingfield 23 WEDNESDAY [143-222]

Brady & Galligan at turnip ground till the horses gave out, then in the garden. Mc. Donald at the drain. Wrote to Vida.

Shot a rabbit out of the front door even.

Bingfield 24 THURSDAY [144-221] (Empire Day)

Brady in the garden. Pat sent £5 & May & Laila started by the mid day train for Cheltenham. Halpin came about 5 P.M. & took down statements from Robt. Brady & me

Bingfield 25 FRIDAY [145-220] Easter Law Sittings end. Oxford Easter Term ends

Men in the Garden & at turnip ground. Wrote to Charlie about Aunt Agnes’s will, & to May enclosing a letter from Frank.

Set a hen upon 10 duck’s eggs.

5^thMonth May 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 26 SATURDAY [146-219] Queen Mary born 1867. Oxford Trinity Term begins

Wet morn, & thunder in the distance. Men at turnip ground. Horses hardly able to work.

Shot 1 pigeon.

Bingfield 27 WHIT SUNDAY [147-218] Ember Week

Morn. service. Sent on letters to May etc.

5^thMonth May 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 28 Whitsun MONDAY [148-217] ‚ 11h 34m P.M. (Greenwich). Bank Holiday

Half holiday. Men at turnip ground. Soldered a sugar spoon which I had broken etc.

Bingfield 29 Whitsun TUESDAY [149-216]

Men at turnip ground in Barrack field. Made a fastener for Harrington Bush’s old cash box in which I keep fishing tackle.

Bingfield 30 WEDNESDAY [150-215] Ember Day

Men at turnip ground. Wrote to May, Charlie & Vida.

Bingfield 31 THURSDAY [151-214]

Heavy showers. Men at turnip ground. Called on Scott about a mare of his that died of some obscure disease that has appeared in the country. Put a hoop onto a bucket. Wrote to May, to Charlie about “head of the family” & to Blackley about binder twine.

6^th Month JUNE 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 1 JUNE FRIDAY [152-213] Ember Day

Men at turnip ground which is nearly finished. Odd jobs

Bingfield 2 SATURDAY [153-212] Ember Day

Men in the garden & rolling meadows. Eased the shutting part of the yard gates.

Bingfield 3 TRINITY SUNDAY [154-211] King George 5. born, 1865

Morn service. Ordination of one Hamilton & H. C. to which I remained.

Wrote to Askins about the Sexton being rude to me when I asked him about the bell.

Bingfield 4 MONDAY [155-210]

Pat sent me his diary and some other small belongings with a short note to say he had gone to the front on Saturday night. Drove into Cavan with Brady on business. Men in the garden.

Bingfield 5 TUESDAY [156-209] Trinity Law Sittings begin 1h 7m P.M. (Greenwich)

Galligan working the grubber between potatoe drills – the others in the garden. Put a shovel & handle together.

6^th Month JUNE 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 6 WEDNESDAY [157-208]

Petit Sessions morn. Lunch with Smiths at Kivett Heard that Pat Smith’s little girl is dead. Wagg went to the funeral. Magee began the gate posts on the drive. Galligan went to Cavan for cement. Men in the garden.

Bingfield 7 THURSDAY [158-207] Corpus Christie

Went out fishing with Brady. A good deal of wind. Caught 2 pike & 15 perch.

6^th Month JUNE 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 8 FRIDAY [159-206]

Heard from Pat to say that he had not left for France, but was going that evening – i.e. he shd. be there by now. Sent on his letter, & one from Pat Smith to May. Magee built the second gate pier

Brady went to Cavan even on business. Began work on Hoonan’s churn etc.

Simons sold a large fir tree in back lawn for £3.10 .0

(I don’t think this shd. go into my farm account)

Bingfield 9 SATURDAY [160-205]

Magee at gate piers. Men putting time on the cow pasture for wire worm.

Worked at Hoonan’s churn dash. Wrote to Charlie.

Bingfield 10 SUNDAY – 1 after Trinity [161-204]

Morn. service. Began a letter to Pat. Strolled round the place & noted the harm done by wire worm.

Bingfield 11 MONDAY [162-203] St. Barnabas, Ap.

Magee at gate posts. Men at wire worm in cow pasture. Finished Hoonan’s churn. Put to rights the magneto of the pumping engine.

Hot day.

Bingfield 12 TUESDAY [163-202] ƒ 6h 39m A.M. [Greenwich]

Drove to Ballinanagh morn to see a woman at the Police Barracks supposed to be insane. Brady took Mrs. Wagg into Cavan to sell eggs & butter. Got the swing gate on the drive fixed.

Men at potatoe ground.

Bingfield 13 WEDNESDAY [164-201]

Worked all day at the Evinrude. Men at potatoe moulding.

Swathe tedder came from Cavan, fetched by Galligan. Magee finished the gate piers.

Bingfield 14 THURSDAY [165-200]

Mmen at potatoe ground morn. brady & Galligan mowed the greater part of the lawn with the field mower. Broke a casting against the fence on the drive. Magee finished his jobs.

Bingfield 15 FRIDAY [166-199]

Men at potatoes & in the garden – odd jobs. Heavy rain came on about 6 P. M. Wire from May to say she was coming home.

Cleaned spouting etc in the yard. Only one turkey hatched out of the second setting. Wrote to Vera for her birthday.

May & Laila came home by the even. train in heavy rain.

Bingfield 16 SATURDAY [167-198]

Men cutting trees in back lawn & cleaning up grass etc. Set one saw.

Shot one rabbit & a hawk.

6^th Month JUNE 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 17 SUNDAY – 2 after Trinity [168-197]

Morn service. Letter from Pat in France.

Bingfield 18 MONDAY [169-196]

Brady at cow pasture. Galligan cutting round the lawn. Mc. Donald brought up the boats from the lake. Mended the style on the back avenue, & put the handle to Brady’s axe.

Wrote to Marcel Bizardel.

6^th Month JUNE 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 19 TUESDAY [170-195] ˜ 1h 2m P.M. (Greenwich)

Drove into Cavan & saw the Registrar (Clerk of the Union) at the Workhouse about Teddie’s birth certificate which had been returned to me by the Civil Service Commissioners -- & other business at the Bank etc. May & Laila to tea at the Crowes

Called at Farnham on the way home. Burrowes was there & told us they had left today. Had to walk home from Kilmore, as the mare (Sally) jibbed badly. Wrote to Teddie and enclosing his papers for the C. S. Commissioners & to Greer about his birth, and to Askins for a baptismal certificate.

Bingfield 20 WEDNESDAY [171-194]

Gordon’s man came & worked with me at the Evinrude morn. & took away a part of it. Wrote to Gordon later about it. Repaired three hay rakes. Hay on the lawn made up in two hand shakings just before heavy rain came on. Wrote to Sir Ed. Hudson about a Commission for Pat.

Bingfield 21 THURSDAY [172-193] Ramadân (Turkish Lent) begins

Brady & Mc. Donald in the garden (lower) Galligan at the harrowing in Barrack field. Made a handle for an old hammer for outside use, sharpened the outside saw, & cut out sheeting for the small boat. Very tired.

Shot 2 rabbits.

Bingfield 22 FRIDAY [173-192] Coronation King George V., 1911

Brady away on business. Men turning Mangolds. Odd jobs, & rested after yesterday’s work.

Bingfield 23 SATURDAY [174-191] Prince of Wales born, 1894

Men in the garden & getting ready to spray potatoes. Got the sprayer into order, but rain prevented its being used. Finished the sheeting of the small boat & put it into place under weights after softening with boiling water

Began screwing a stay for the plough

Bingfield 24 SUNDAY – 3 after Trinity [175-190] St John Baptist. Midsummer Day. Quarter Day. Cambridge Easter Term ends

May to church. Cut a small varicose vein in my face which bled much.

6^th Month JUNE 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 25 MONDAY [176-189]

Finish the stay for the plough, fitted & painted it. Also a large boxwood mallet for fencing. Cleaned the magneto of the pumping engine. Showers with a little hail. Men at work in the cow pasture & spraying potatoes. Gordon came even & took away the rest of the Evinrude engine.

Bingfield 26 TUESDAY [177-188]

Men hoeing turnips. Sent the mare “Sally” to a horse in Cavan

Wrote to Hutton, Pat, & Teddie.

Bingfield 27 WEDNESDAY [178-187] ‚ 4h 8m P.M. (Greenwich)

Men at turnips & Mc. Donald digging weeds out on the lawn.

Signed a statement about Teddie’s age before Dr. Smith.

Shot one rabbit.

Bingfield 28 THURSDAY [179-186]

Men at pulling thistles, potatoe spraying, painting etc. Went to Kilmore & met Askins at the church. Put weights onto the bell to make it ring properly.

Bingfield 29 FRIDAY [180-185] St. Peter, Ap.

Holiday for the men. Brady painting boats & turning hay. Worked at sparking plugs. Sent a requisition to have Teddies register of birth altered & his certificate of baptism to the Registrar Gen. & a memorial to the Post Master of Cavan about a letter box to Lisnamandra for Moore’s signature.

Shot one rabbit

Bingfield 30 SATURDAY [181-184]

Men at hay in Monery bottoms. Brady finished painting the boats. Mrs. Moore (Kilmore) called.

7^th Month JULY 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 1 JULY SUNDAY – 4 after Trinity [182-183] Dominion Day, Canada

Morn. service at Kilmore. Quiet day. Very hot.

Bingfield 2 MONDAY [183-182] Quarter Sessions Week

Brady & Galligan at hay morn. Brady scraping the front gates aft for painting. Mc. Donald in the garden aft. Took to pieces and cleaned some wire strainers. Wrote to Rooke about my title deeds & to my mother about our affairs. Very hot.

7^th Month JULY 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 3 TUESDAY [184-181]

Men at Hay in Monery Bottoms. Brady painted the front gates aft.

Worked a little at wire strainers, pruning fruit trees, & mended the orchard gate. Mr. Atkins called & took away the Consecration Sentences of Kilmore Cathedral, and the minute book of the Committee of 1869 for arranging the affairs of the Church after the Disestablishment, kept by my father.

Bingfield 4 WEDNESDAY [185-180] 9h 41m P.M. (Greenwich). Declaration of American Independence

May left for Dublin. Petty Sessions. Men at hay & spraying.

Port in order the spraying machine. Set a hen on 13 eggs.

Bingfield 5 THURSDAY [186-179] Dividends due at Bank

Men at hay. Made a bushing for a candlestick & a twister for hay ropes.

Bingfield 6 FRIDAY [187-178]

Drove into Cavan for the assizes. Men clearing weeds in the garden & other jobs. May came back by the even. train. Got the boats down to the lake.

Bingfield 7 SATURDAY [188-177] Oxford Trinity Term ends

Men cleaning up round the front gate, terrace, etc. Very hot.

Shot one rabbit.

Bingfield 8 SUNDAY – 5 after Trinity [189-176]

May & Laila to church. Wrote to Oswald on his promotion.

Bingfield 9 MONDAY [190-175] Fire Insurances expire

Men mowng in the horse Park. Mc. Donald a little in the garden. Mended a stable chain & took down the hall clock

Post Card from Pat at the Front. Wrote to Hutton, & two Rooke to enquire if they had received my letter of a week ago also to Teddie.

Bingfield 10 TUESDAY [191-174]

Brady sold a cow for me at Cavern fair. He & Galligan at hay aft. In the Horse Park.

Shot one rabbit.

Bingfield 11 WEDNESDAY [192-173] ƒ 0h 12m P.M. (Greenwich)

My 63^rd Birthday. Heard from Florie & send her my pedigree note book – also from mother. Cleaned, repaired, & painted a tin box & finished the wire strainers.

Bingfield 12 THURSDAY [193-172]

Brady & the Waggs to an Orange Walk at Killeshandra.

Men at turnips & hay etc. Repainted the tin box done yesterday.

7^th Month JULY 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 13 FRIDAY [194-171]

Men at hay in the Horse Park. Wrote to the Land Commission about my title deeds & borrowing powers. Sent Rooke’s letter on the same subject to Charlie. Heavy thunderstorm even.

Bingfield 14 SATURDAY [195-170]

Men cleaning out the horse pond on the lane. Heavy showers

Mended a garden hand light. Heard from & wrote to Low & also to Charlie.

Bingfield 15 SUNDAY – 6 after Trinity [196-169]

Morn. service. Heavy showers.

Bingfield 16 MONDAY [197-168]

Men at turnips. Mary Jane & a Mrs. Smith came & we cleaned the library.

Bingfield 17 TUESDAY [198-167]

Men planting Mangolds to replace those torn up by crows.

Put a new bolt & safety pins into the mowing machine, & a new bar to the hay rake.

Bingfield 18 WEDNESDAY [199-166]

Wet day. Odd jobs – altering drafts of cart etc The Valley on the roof overflowed. Laila had a birthday party

Dick & Mrs. Halpin, Mrs. Askins & 3 children Two Crow girls, Mrs. Scott & Daisy (who left hurriedly feeling ill) all came

Bingfield 19 THURSDAY [200-165] ˜ 38 0m A.M. (Greenwich)

Mc. Donald spraying. Brady & Galligan mowing headlands, cutting weeds dibbling mangolds pulled up by crows, put up scare crows etc.

Heard from & wrote to Charlie.

Shot two rabbits.

Bingfield 20 FRIDAY [201-164]

Fine with some heavy showers. Worked at the potting shed spouting, clearing thistles etc. Wrote to Charlie. Men cutting the lower pleasure ground etc.

Bingfield 21 SATURDAY [202-163]

Men cutting hay in lower pleasure ground & turning hay in other places

Wrote to the Land Commission calling attention to my letter of the 13^th. To Mr. Armitage about Basil who has mumps etc. & to Charlie. Odd jobs in the garden etc.

Bingfield 22 SUNDAY – 7 after Trinity [203-162]

May & Laila to church. Sent Charlie a short epitome of my farm cash account. Letter for Ralph from War Office ordering him to join on Thursday. Sent it on to him, and also wrote to him.

7^th Month JULY 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 23 MONDAY [204-161]

Men mowing in Monery, & dibbling turnips. Went to Cross-doney to stamp insurance cards & to telegraph to Ralph not to come here.

Brady brought back the Stair case clock from Cavan – set it up

Bingfield 24 TUESDAY [205-160]

Heavy rain nearly all day. Men at turnips in intervals. May & Laila to tea with the Scotts.

Bingfield 25 WEDNESDAY [206-159] St. James, Ap.

Men at turnips & turning hay. Heavy showers. Teddie & Vera came home. Lady Farnham called.

Bingfield 26 THURSDAY [207-158]

Mowing in Monery. Altered the driving rod of the machine.

Showers at intervals.

Bingfield 27 FRIDAY [208-157] ‚ 6h 40m A.M. (Greenwich)

Heavy rain at intervals Men at hay etc. Heard from & wrote to Rooke about my title deeds.

At Ralph joined R. F. A. Cadet Corps at Weedon.

Bingfield 28 SATURDAY [209-156]

Heavy rain at intervals. Drove to Kilmore to tea with the Bishop

Some trouble with Robt. Hoonan over the insurance contribution.

Bingfield 29 SUNDAY – 8 after Trinity [210-155]

Angry letter from Rooke about my having had a will made by Halpin. Replied to it. Morn. service with Teddie. Quiet today. Some rain.

Bingfield 30 MONDAY [211-154]

Men at hay etc. Made a boxwood nest egg for Mrs. Wagg.

Wrote to Charlie about Rooke’s letter to me, & also to Ralph.

Bingfield 31 TUESDAY [212-153] Trinity Law Sittings end

Sent Rooke’s letter to Tissington Tatlow for advice on it. Men at hay in Monery. Got up a good part of the field – the part next the wood. Worked at it for a couple of hours.

8^th Month AUGUST 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 1 AUG WEDNESDAY [213-152] Lammas Day. Scottish Quarter Day

Heard from Rooke again & wrote to them. Also from Evie whose letter I sent on to Charlie. Petty Sessions. Went to Cavan by train & watched Teddie & Vera at tennis.

8^th Month AUGUST 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 2 THURSDAY [214-151]

Hay carting commenced. The postmaster came to see me about the site for a letter box mended an ornament made out of an 18 P.R. Cartridge for Mrs. Moore (bishops wife) Lilly Moore came over on a motor cycle.

Teddie shot two rabbits.

Bingfield 3 FRIDAY [215-150] 5h llm A.M. (Greenwich)

Drafted a letter to my mother on our affairs. Basil came home. Ralph’s books & clothes also came – began to unpack them. Heard from Sir Ed. Hutton about a commission for Pat. May, Teddie, & Laila went to Cavan for a tennis tournament. Strolled around the place with Vera & Basil.

Bingfield 4 SATURDAY [216-149] War declared between Great Britain and Germany, 1914

Hay carting. Tightened the fly wheel of the pumping engine etc.

Wrote to Rooke.

Basil shot one rabbit.

8^th Month AUGUST 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 5 SUNDAY -- 9 after Trinity [217-148]

Another angry letter from Rooke throwing up my business. Wrote to them.

We all went to church. Quiet day.

Bingfield 6 MONDAY [218-147] Bank Holiday. Royal academy closes

Began a letter to Rooke. The last of the hay cut. Worked at the pumping engine, which had been giving trouble – very hot.

Basil shot 4 rabbits.

Bingfield 7 TUESDAY [219-146]

Wet nearly all day. Men at small odd jobs. Altered the book cases on the stairs & put away Ralph’s books, pictures etc. Wrote to Tissington about Rookes business. Very heavy rain at night.

Bingfield 8 WEDNESDAY [220-145]

Men turning hay & weeding turnips. Boys went to Cavan for tennis

Had a nice letter from Rooke to say they are willing to go on with my business. Wrote to them & to Tissington, also to Charlie.

Bingfield 9 THURSDAY [221-144] ƒ 7h 56m P.M. (Greenwich)

Wet nearly all day – all except Laila & I went to tennis at Farnham

Let from Sir Ed. Hutton enclosing one from Sir Alexander Godley about Pat. Replied.

8^th Month AUGUST 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 10 FRIDAY [222-143]

Galligan absent. Mc. Donald & Brady cleaned a part of the drive.

Rain morn. & even. The boys went to fish at Killikeen where I joined them – the Moore girls & Atkinsons also came. We caught 8 or 10 small perch.

Shot 1 Rabbit

Bingfield 11 SATURDAY [223-142] Half Quarter Day

Men cleaning the drive & lapping hay until stopped by rain.

Made a bottom board for the small boat.

Bingfield 12 SUNDAY – 10 after Trinity [224-141]

Morn service with the boys, quiet day. Some rain.

Bingfield 13 MONDAY [225-140) Grouse Shooting begins

Men lapping hay. Took Laila to Cross-doney to get insurance stamps etc. The boys went to the lake with Vera, after shooting early in Kilmore & Lismore.

Bingfield 14 TUESDAY [226-139]

Brady went to Cavan to note cattle prices. A heavy fall. Men in getting the mud from the small pond into the garden, & working at hay. Heavy rain at intervals. Nice letter from Lou about authorship – replied to her.

Bingfield 15 WEDNESDAY [227-138]

Holiday for the men. Marked some trees with Brady. The boys & I gathered raspberries in the wood. All the party but I went to Cavan for tennis.

Bingfield 16 THURSDAY [228-137]

Heard from Charlie. Hay work & flax pulling. Dug up plum tree suckers in the garden, dressed a shrub on the drive & cut burrs on the back lane. Teddie went to tennis at the Blackleys.

Bingfield 17 FRIDAY [229-136] ˜ 6h 21m P.M. (Greenwich)

Wrote to Charlie. Flax pulling & hay work – men working late.

Finished the burrs in the raspberry brake. Mended & put away hen coops etc.

Bingfield 18 SATURDAY [230-135]

About half the flax pulled and put into water. Worked at the magneto & plugs of the engine.

Bingfield 19 SUNDAY – 11 after Trinity [231-134]

Stayed at home with Vera & Laila, while the rest went to church.

Bingfield 20 MONDAY [232-133] Black Game Shooting begins

Flax pulling. Worked at the engine. Very tired. The boys & Vera went to the lake & came back late very wet by heavy rain.

8^th Month AUGUST 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 21 TUESDAY [233-132]

Flax pulling. Cloudy with showers. The boys to tennis at the Atkinsons.

Bingfield 22 WEDNESDAY [234-131]

Flax pulling. Heavy showers. Made a milking stool for Wagg.

Bingfield 23 THURSDAY [235-130]

Drove with May into Cavan to borrow money from the bank. Heavy rain at intervals – much of my hay lying on the ground in a bad way & corn ripening. Men cleaning the drive. Dropped May at Kilmore, & brought home a jug made from an 18 P. R. cartridge – made a knob for it. Letter from Pat at the front.

Bingfield 24 FRIDAY [236-129] St. Bartholomew, Ap.

Wet Day. Dug out a wasps nest in back lawn & got stung.

Teddie’s name in the paper as having passed for the Indian Army.

Bingfield 25 SATURDAY [237-128] ‚ 7h 8m P.M. (Greenwich)

Destroyed my will made in 1896 & sent Rooke my new one

Finer day with slight rain. Flax spreading. The boys & Vera went to the lake, but only caught one fish. Destroyed a wasps nest.

Bingfield 26 SUNDAY – 12 after Trinity (238-127]

Morn service with the boys. Wrote to my mother to ask her to lend me money to fit out Teddie. A lot of papers came from the Civil Service Commission about his Kit etc etc.

Bingfield 27 MONDAY [239-126]

Busy about Teddie’s Kit and is going to Dublin to be inoculated tomorrow. Pumped for the first time for many days, but some rain fell. A little work at hay. Put a new strainer in to the Coffey Pot & began cutting down a broken oar for the small boat.

Bingfield 28 TUESDAY (240-125]

May & Teddie went to Dublin to get some of the latter’s Kit. Teddie was inoculated for typhoid etc & came back with May buy the even train rather sore & a little out of sorts. Fine until the evening when heavy showers came on. The rest of the flax spread. Finished the oar for the small boat.

Bingfield 29 WEDNESDAY [241-124]

Linseed collected for feed off the flax hole, & Clerkins field being opened for reaping. I went in by train while the rest drove to Cavan to get Pats certificate of honour presented by Lady Farnham. Basil played in the tennis tournament. Some rain.

Bingfield 30 THURSDAY [242-123]

Heard from & wrote to mother about Teddie’s Kit etc. Oats being reaped where lodged in Clerkin’s field. Some rain. Busy with Teddie’s kit.

8^th Month AUGUST 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 31 FRIDAY [243-122]

Some rain. Reaping in Clerkin’s field. Busy with Teddie’s Kit.

Wrote to Tissington asking him to come here.

9^th Month SEPTEMBER 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 1 SEPT SATURDAY [244-121] 0h 29m P.M (Greenwich) Partridge Shooting begins

Heavy showers. Hand reaping in Clerkin’s field.

Bingfield 2 SUNDAY – 13 after Trinity [245-120]

My day at home with Laila & Vera. The rest to Church. Wrote to my mother

Bingfield 3 MONDAY [246-119]

Flax began to be carried till a heavy shower stopped work.

Reaping & building began in Clerkin’s field. Worked all day at the flywheel of the engine, but did not get it right even with a new key & also mended the newel of the back stairs which Basil had broken.

Bingfield 4 TUESDAY [247-118]

Reeting & binding going on in Clerkin’s field, but the builder went wrong owing to Brady not knowing how to put on the string

Worked a long time at the pumping engine – fix the fly wheel & it to go all right – a hard job – very tired.

Bingfield 5 WEDNESDAY [248-117]

Drove May, Vera, & Laila to the with Cavan show. Fine, but one heavy shower while we were there. I won 2^nd. prize with a cart filly, third with a heifer & a prize for flax

Bingfield 6 THURSDAY [249-116]

Coach being reaped in Clerkin’s field with my machine. The field nearly finished. Wrote to my mother to thank her for a cheque, to Tissington Tatlow, & to Vida who had written to May. I told V. that she must apologise to me.

Bingfield 7 FRIDAY [250-115]

Men at work on hay & flax in Monery. I worked all day at the engine & got it all right by evening. May & the two boys went to Dublin for Teddie’s second inoculation. The Waggs went to visit friends at Ashfield.

Bingfield 8 SATURDAY [251-114] ƒ 7h 5m A.M. (Greenwich)

Fine with showers. Hay work in Monery & Round Bank being opened for reaping. Wrote to Pat

Bingfield 9 SUNDAY – 14 after Trinity [252-113]

Morn. service with Vera and the boys. Quiet day

9^th Month SEPTEMBER 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 10 MONDAY [253-112]

Reaping & binding in the Round Bank, & flax being lifted in Monery

The boys went to Shantimore with a party to gather Sphagnum moss for the wounded.

Shot 4 Snipe in Farnadaly bog.

Bingfield 11 TUESDAY [254-111]

Reaping & binding in Round Bank & Barrack field. Made a bold & nut for Basil’s bicycl & etc. Failed to start the pumping engine. Wrote to Gordon about it.

Bingfield 12 WEDNESDAY [255-110]

heard from & wrote to Vida. Coal being carted, & some reaping with hooks of the wheat. May & the boys with Vera & Laila went to Cavan for the tennis.

Bingfield 13 THURSDAY [256-109]

Wet morn & fine aft. Gordon came out and took away my pumping engine leaving another in its place. He brought Miss Crave whom he was teaching to drive. Flax seed drying in the drying room etc.

Bingfield 14 FRIDAY [257-108]

Reaping wheat etc. Paid school bills etc. Ran the engine that I have on loan, but had some trouble with it.

Bingfield 15 SATURDAY [258-107]

Reaping wheat in Cow Pasture. The boys & Vera went to the Blackleys & came home in heavy rain. Busy over Teddie’s Kit.

Bingfield 16 SUNDAY – 15 after Trinity [259-106] ˜ 10h 28m A.M. (Greenwich) Ember Week

Vera & I at home. The rest to church. Wrote to Ralph.

Bingfield 17 MONDAY [260-105] Jewish Year 5678 begins

Reaping in Monery bottom. Oats much lodged. Made a crate for Teddie’s uniform case. He was rather unwell at dinner time.

Bingfield 18 TUESDAY [261-104]

Reaping in Monery bottoms Showers. Bad tooth ache.

Drove even to Dr. Burke, who advised me to see Burnett.

Went on to Cavan & did so. B. Gave me immediate relief.

Bingfield 19 WEDNESDAY [262-103] Ember Day

Reeting in Monery bottom & building a stack of oats in Clerkins field. Bad tooth ache. Waited for Burnett, who did not turn up Drove into Cavan, even, but found he was not there. Met him on the road home; brought him back, & he took out the tooth in the library.

9^th Month SEPTEMBER 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 20 THURSDAY [263-102]

Reaping in Monery bottoms. Showers strong wind. Wrote various letters about Teddie’s Kit, Vera’s school bills etc. Mouth sore after yesterday’s experience, began fixing a pitch fork, cleaned fowls houses etc.

Bingfield 21 FRIDAY [264-101] St. Matthew, Ap. Ember Day

Stacking oats in Clerkin’s field. Fixed a pitchfork etc. Ralph came home on leave from Weedon.

Bingfield 22 SATURDAY [265-100] Ember Day

Some reaping in Cow Pasture after a wet morning & picking up oats

Helped the boys with a crate, & made a new spike for the re-capping machine. The boys to tennis in Cavan. Vida writes to say she is to be operated on for Cancer, as her mother was, today. Right breast removed.

Wrote to her, Pousy, Charlie, & Emily Cante. May wrote to others.

Bingfield 23 SUNDAY – 16 after Trinity [266-99]

Morning service with the boys & Vera. Teddie & Ralph in uniform. Walked home with Borrowes. Wrote to Florie.

Bingfield 24 MONDAY [267-98] ‚ 5h 41m A.M. (Greenwich)

Seeding flax pulled & carted. Stacking oats in Round Bank.

Made a crate for Teddies helmet case.

Bingfield 25 TUESDAY [268-97]

Oats being stacked in Clerkins field. A card from Vida written with the left hand evidently to say the operation was successful.

The three boys & two girls left by morning train. Teddie for Hookwood, Ralph for Weedon, Basil for St. Pauls, & Vera & Laila for Cheltenham. Ran the pumping engine, but it gave great trouble.

Bingfield 26 WEDNESDAY [269-96]

Wagg & McDonald carting celery & reaping the rest of the wheat

The others carting hay. May to a mother’s meeting at Kilmore.

Bingfield 27 THURSDAY [270-95]

Wheat & hay being carried to the haggard, & flax to the byre loft. Ran the engine & filled the tank – after behaving very queerly, it suddenly took to going properly & ran quite easily.

Made a lid for my father’s old Rosewood box of counters.

Wrote to Doctor Swayne about Vida.

Bingfield 28 FRIDAY [271-94]

Hay carting & oates being stacked. Went to Cross-doney for Change etc. Gathered nuts.

9^th Month SEPTEMBER 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 29 SATURDAY [272-93] St. Michael and All Angels. Michaelmas Day Quarter Day

Hay carting. Row with Ellen Galligan about fowls in the Rocks

I settled the matter alright with her brother.

Bingfield 30 SUNDAY – 17 after Trinity [273-92] 8h 31m P.M. (Greenwich)

Morn. service with May. Burrowes called to enquire for Vida.

10^th Month OCTOBER 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 1 MONDAY [274-91] Cambridge Michaelmas Term begins. Pheasant Shooting begins

Clearing up the place generally. Found another duck killed by some beast – this being the 4^th. Pumped, cleaned chicken houses etc.

Bingfield 2 TUESDAY [275-90]

Cleaning lofts for corn, apple room etc (old dairy) Moved the small fowls house to the Round Bank stubbles.

10^th Month OCTOBER 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 3 WEDNESDAY [276-89]

Gerard R. M. drove me to petty sessions morn. Wrote to Vida & White King. Telegram from India Office to say Teddie’s sailing orders are issued. Wired to him to return at once. Wheat being thrashed in the barn. Signed Ret. Pay Voucher before Father Lynch.

Bingfield 4 THURSDAY [277-88]

Teddie arrived by midday train. Busy with preparations for his journey. Wheat being thrashed in the barn.

Bingfield 5 FRIDAY [278-87] –Dividends due at Bank

May & Teddie left by the early train for London – Teddie en route to embark for India at Devonport. Hay carting till stopped by rain. Then potatoes being ploughed out.

Bingfield 6 SATURDAY [279-86]

Gathering apples. Wagg’s hay being carted & potatoes ploughed out.

Bingfield 7 SUNDAY – 18 after Trinity [280-85] ƒ 10h 14m P.M. (Greenwich)

Much colder. Morn. service. Wrote to May enclosing letters from Vida & Pat, to Pat, Evie, & Nasir Ali.

Bingfield 8 MONDAY [281-84]

Wet day – a little seedy – mended a couple of pitchforks, an ink pot, a lamp, & Laila’s toy horses. Wheat thrashing in the barn.

Taylor brought his thrashing machine, but no work could be done.

10^th Month OCTOBER 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 9 TUESDAY [282-83]

Card from Pat to say he is wounded & in Base hospital. Wrote to May Ralph, Basil, Vera, White-King & Rootham. Saw Borrowes morn. & had a chat with him about income. Wrote also to Charlie and enclosing T. Tatlow’s last letter. Met Halpin & Wellwood at the gate about Emma’s accident. Brady sold 6 cattle & bought 4 pigs. Wheat thrashing in the barn.

Bingfield 10 WEDNESDAY [283-82] Oxford Michaelmas Term begins

Card from Pat to say he is wounded by a bit of shell in the right shoulder. 5 were hit by the same shell & one killed.

Taylor thrashing for me in Clerkins field.

Bingfield 11 THURSDAY [284-81]

Wet day.

Wrote to May & my mother from whom I had heard.

Bingfield 12 FRIDAY [285-80] Michaelmas Law Sittings begin

Thrashing finished in Clerkins field & begun in Round Bank.

Soldered Taylor’s paraffin tank for the engine.

Sent to May Pats letter describing how he was wounded by a shell that killed one man & wounded him & others.

Bingfield 13 SATURDAY [286-79] Fire Insurances expire

Thrashing finished. Heard from & wrote to Marcel. Both Mrs. Moors sent to enquire for Pat.

Bingfield 14 SUNDAY – 19 after Trinity [287-78]

Wet nearly all day. Wrote to May & Teddie

Bingfield 15 MONDAY [288-77] Quarter Sessions Week

General clearing up after the thrashing. Wet aft. Got the larger boat off the lake. Pat writes to say he is to be sent to England – wrote to him & sent on his letter to May as usual.

Bingfield 16 TUESDAY [289-76] ˜ 2h 41m A.M. (Greenwich)

Card from Vida to me but intended for Pousy – sent it to him & also wrote to May as usual. Mangolds being gathered & apples got ready the old apple room & tidied up the coach house loft.

Bingfield 17 WEDNESDAY [290-75] Mohammedan Year 1336 begins

Wheat being sifted & mangolds pulled. Heard from May that a blind shell had gone through the roof of Lou’s house (Freemans, in London, falling on the pillow of a french girl guest & going down to more stories. The girl was not in bed.

Heard of the death of Paddy Casey went on his way to see a doctor.

10^th Month OCTOBER 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 18 THURSDAY [291-74] St. Luke, Evan.

Potatoe digging in the garden & cow pasture. Sent on a letter from Pat in hospital at Hornchurch to May & wrote to him.

Made a churn dash head for Brady.

Bingfield 19 FRIDAY [292-73]

Potatoes being dug. Worked with Wagg at drains in the front lawn

Askins called to enquire for Pat. Wrote to Lou. Put a handle to Brady’s churn dash.

Bingfield 20 SATURDAY [293-72]

Potatoe digging & a little hay in Barrack field being turned.

Worked a little at the drain between the Rocks & Front Lawn – I had to stop & got Galligan to finish it.

Bingfield 21 SUNDAY – 20 after Trinity [294-71] Trafalgar Day (1805)

Morn. service at Kilmore. Cleared the kesh in the drain between the front lawn & the Rocks.

Bingfield 22 MONDAY [295-70]

Wet nearly all day. Drove into Cavan with Brady for shopping.

Sent my gas cylinder to Saltley Birmingham (No. C/151)

Bingfield 23 TUESDAY [296-69] ‚ 2h 38m P.M. (Greenwich)

Hail & thunder alternating with sunshine. Winnowing wheat, & coal carting. 2 pigs sick after castration – Brady got medicine for them.

Bingfield 24 WEDNESDAY [297-68]

Stormy. Wheat in barn being thrashed. Heavy gale at night.

Bingfield 25 THURSDAY [298-67]

Wheat being thrashed & apples gathered. Did a little soldering to my oil can & terra cotta jug. Wrote to Evie about the death of sen Lt. G. E. Story R. E. at the front.

Bingfield 26 FRIDAY [299-66]

Very cold. Potatoe digging going on. Emma went to see Halpin in Cavan. Mrs. Wagg seedy.

Bingfield 27 SATURDAY [300-65]

Sunshine & showers alternately. Potatoes being dug

Bingfield 28 SUNDAY – 21 after Trinity [301-64] SS. Simon and Jude.

Morn service at Kilmore. Borrowes told me about his having had two armed police in his house one night lately.

Bingfield 29 MONDAY [302-63]

Wet & stormy. Potatoe digging & wheat thrashing Began a box with screw lid for counters.

10^th Month OCTOBER 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 30 TUESDAY [303-62] 6h 19m A.M. (Greenwich)

Potatoe digging. The Sergt. of police came to see me about sending my arms & plate to the barracks for safe custody.

Packed the guns & plate & saw Borrowes about the loan of his spring cart for tomorrow.

Bingfield 31 WEDNESDAY [304-61]

Potatoe digging. Mrs. Brady had a daughter. Wagg drove me to Cavan in Borrowes’ market cart & I deposited the plate, seven swords, 3 shot guns & about 500 cartridges at the police barracks.

11^th Month NOVEMBER 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 1 THURSDAY [305-60] All Saints’ Day. Holiday, Stock Exchange

Galligan potatoe digging. Brady went to Arva fair & bought 6 beasts. Tried to pump but the engine wd. not go. Went to a lantern lecture at Kilmore on the Hibernian bible society by Mr. Hall of Dalkey

Fish 6 d. Sept

Onewa? in Maori

Roebuck Hall 2 FRIDAY [306-59]

Took the 1.57 P. M. train & came here. Went to Rigoletto at the Gaiety Theatre with Miss King & Enid.

Roebuck Hall 3 SATURDAY [307-58]

Wet most of the day. Went for a short stroll with the Kings. Some wounded soldiers came to tea.

11^th Month NOVEMBER 1917 30 Days

Roebuck Hall 4 SUNDAY – 22 after Trinity [308-57]

Morn. service. Quiet day at home. Lady Thomson, Mr. & Mrs. Young & their son in the flying corps Mr. & Mrs. Gordon to supper Mr. & Mrs. McGillicuddy & others to tea.

Roebuck Hall 5 MONDAY [309-56] Gunpowder Plot

Went to Dublin by tram, saw Murray & made an appointment with him for tomorrow. Then on to Dalkey & lunched with the L’Estranges, saw Rootham in the football field, got Kodack films in Kingstown etc.

Roebuck Hall 6 TUESDAY [310-55] ƒ 58 4m P.M. (Greenwich)

Murray stopped one tooth & took off the gold crown of another.

Called on Porte (out) Saw Tatlow Sen. & Billy at the office.

Lunch at Red Bank. Went for a walk on the quays. Called on the J. Bs – found a wedding just leaving the house – saw Eleanor & Joan & also Gertrude.

11^th Month NOVEMBER 1917 30 Days

Roebuck Hall 7 WEDNESDAY [311-54]

Murray put back the gold crown on my tooth. Wrote to May at Strahans. Tried to get collars at the Jun Stores & a hookah.

Lunch at Red Bank & went to Grafton St. Picture House.

Roebuck Hall 8 THURSDAY [312-53]

Team to Dalkey & Kingstown to look round, but rain prevented my going far. Saw Rootham, but Mrs. R. & Eric were out.

Roebuck Hall 9 FRIDAY [313-52]

Murray fitted the upper plate to my mouth without teeth & took an impression of the lower jaw. Called on Dopping-Heppenstall at his house and the Kildare St. Club, but did not meet him. Lunch at the Grafton St. Picture house & went to the show. Heavy rain.

Roebuck Hall 10 SATURDAY [314-51]

Quiet day. Wrote to Brady about timber twine & to May as usual.

A Sikh, Gurjit Singh & some wounded officers to tea.

Roebuck Hall 11 SUNDAY – 23 after Trinity [315-50] Martinmas. Scottish Quarter Day. Half Quarter Day

Morn service. Wrote to Ralph & sent on his letter to May.

Roebuck Hall 12 MONDAY [316-49]

Went by tram to Kingstown & strolled about the pier.

Roebuck Hall 13 TUESDAY [317-48]

Murray fitted the hooks to my plate. Lunch with the Mercers, & went on to Sutton, where I saw Hunt who was just moving. He gave me a Persian inscription to decipher.

Roebuck Hall 14 WEDNESDAY [318-47] ˜ 68 29m P.M. (Greenwich)

Murray put in my plate with 5 teeth. Went by tram to Dalkey & called on the Turbetts (out) & Jebbs (in).

Roebuck Hall 15 THURSDAY [319-46]

Murray altered my plate a little. Ordered ferrets at Keegans.

Lunch at the Grafton St. Kinema & went to the show.

Messrs Heffer & Co. Booksellers Cambridge

For copy of Thatchers Arabic Grammar

Second Hand

Roebuck Hall 16 FRIDAY [320-45]

Sent on 15 May letter from Teddie “somewhere at sea”

Quiet day about the place.

11^th Month NOVEMBER 1917 30 Days

Roebuck Hall 17 SATURDAY [321-44]

Saw Murray for the last time. Gurjit Singh came to tea to talk about Indian poetry etc. The Kings dined out.

Roebuck Hall 18 SUNDAY – 24 after Trinity [322-43]

Morn service. Sir Thos. Miles (Pres. Royal College of Surgeons), American doctors, & Judge Ross to tea. Supper at the Greggs – The Guiness & Miss Seymour there.

Roebuck Hall 19 MONDAY [323-42]

Went by a tram to Dalkey & called on the Ormsby Hamiltons.

Bingfield 20 TUESDAY [324-41]

Took the 5.10 P. M. train & came home. A young Irish Chaplain was my companion as far as Mullingar.

Bingfield 21 WEDNESDAY [325-40] ‚ 10h 29m P.M. (Greenwich)

Busy with accounts etc. Worked a little at the gate on the drive.

Brady marked trees for sale. Found the pumping engine wd. not work – sent a note to Gordon about it by Brady

Wrote to the Evinrude Motor Co. about my engine.

Bingfield 22 THURSDAY [326-39]

Gordon’s man put the pumping engine in order – worked with him.

Brady & Wagg cleaned out the tanks on the roof & I refilled them after flushing out the drum & boiler. Accounts etc.

Bingfield 23 FRIDAY [327-38]

Found that the drain from the engine room was stopped up.

Worked nearly all day at it with Wagg & Robbie – cleared the lower, but not the upper part.

Bingfield 24 SATURDAY [328-37]

Cleared the rest of the Engine room drain & repaired the garden door to yard.

Bad pain in my back & groin all day. Heard from Pat, & sent on his letter to May. Heavy storm at night blew down a large ash tree across the road right in front of the house.

Bingfield 25 SUNDAY – 25 after Trinity [329-36]

Rested all day to get rid of my pain.

Bingfield 26 MONDAY [330-35]

Wet day. Stayed in most of the time. Men clearing the trees off the road.

Bingfield 27 TUESDAY [331-34]

Men at the fallen tree. Letter from Halpin to say Emma’s case is put off on account of Mrs. Fegan’s illness. Rumours of an attempt at a German landing on the west coast. Wired & wrote to Mrs. White King. Wet most of the day. Stayed at home.

11^th Month NOVEMBER 1917 30 Days

Bingfield 28 WEDNESDAY [332-33] 6h 41m P.M. (Greenwich)

Went to Cross-doney to get a gun licence. Worked with Wagg at drains in the rocks. Men pulling turnips.

Bingfield 29 THURSDAY [333-32]

Heard from May that Robin Angus is missing; having been lost during an air fight in dense fog. Men at the hedge on the road.

Brady brought my guns & ammunition from Cavan police store.

Bingfield 30 FRIDAY [334-31] St. Andrew, Ap.

Fixed the plate chest in the hall downstairs for holding wheat meal.

Heard from Halpin that Emma’s case is fixed for the 11^th Dec.

Wrote to Mrs. J. B. To ask if she can put me up.

12^th Month DECEMBER 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 1 DEC SATURDAY [335-30] Queen Alexandra born, 1844

Men cleaned the ditch between the Rocks & Front Lawn which is choked.

Shot round Leddys bog, Leggiland, Swan’s bog, & Mc. Kernans.

Shot 5 Snipe.

Bingfield 2 SUNDAY – 1 in Advent [336-29]

Morn. service. Walked home with Borrowes. Hard frost at night.

Bingfield 3 MONDAY [337-28]

Tried to pump, but found the fly wheel of the engine loose again

Shot round the new plantation & terrace with Brady.

Shot 1 Rabbit, & Brady a rabbit & a hare.

I also shot a hare, but thought it had got away – it was found on the spot some time afterwards

Bingfield 4 TUESDAY [338-27]

May arrived unexpectedly by the mid day train. Manure carting to Barrack field – Carr cleaning the ditch between the Rocks (Bingfield part) & Front Lawn.

Bingfield 5 WEDNESDAY [339-26]

Ferreted rats with Brady & shot one or two. Worked the rest of the day with Gordon’s men at my engine. Fitted a key to the fly wheel & tested it.

Bingfield 6 THURSDAY [340-25] ƒ 2h 14m P.M. (Greenwich)

Ferreted rats with Brady & killed one or two. Gordon’s men finished the engine & made apparently a satisfactory job.

12^th Month DECEMBER 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 7 FRIDAY [341-24]

Galligan ploughing, Brady & Mc. Donald mowing the lawn

Ferreted with Brady, who shot one rat.

Shot 2 Rabbits. Ferret caught 2.

Bingfield 8 SATURDAY [342-23]

Galligan ploughing. Ker at drains – Busy with accounts.

Bingfield 9 SUNDAY – 2 in Advent [343-22]

May to church. Hard frost.

Bingfield 10 MONDAY [344-21] Black Cap game and Grouse Shooting ends

Galligan ploughing. Ferreted with Brady

Shot 4 Rabbits – ferrets caught one.

6 Merrion Square 11 TUESDAY [345-20]

Took the mid day train & came here for Emma Beattie’s case. Dined with J. B. at his club, & met there Halpin & the Private

6 Merrion Square 12 WEDNESDAY [346-19]

went with Halpin to the Law Courts & stayed till 2.30 PM but the case did not come on. Picture Ho. after

6 Merrion Square 13 THURSDAY [347-18]

Went with Halpin to the Law Courts & gave evidence in Emma Beattie’s case. Lunch there, & did a little shopping for May on my way home. Gurdit Singh came to see me. Very lame, & a good deal of pain.

Bingfield 14 FRIDAY [348-17] ˜ 98 17m A.M. (Greenwich)

Still seedy & bad cold. J. B. Also has a nasty cold. Cleared the outlet of the wash hand basin in J. B.’s return room. Got fish at Jun. Stores. Took 5.10 .P. M. train & came home, travelling from Mullingar with the Scotts.

Bingfield 15 SATURDAY [349-16]

Stayed in, except for a short stroll with Brady to see the drains – Kerr is cleaning.

Bingfield 16 SUNDAY – 3 in Advent [350-15] Ember Week

Heavy blizzard blew down several trees and did other damage.

Stayed at home & wrote to Florie.

Bingfield 17 MONDAY [351-14] Oxford Michaelmas Term ends

Ploughing & turnip gathering going on. Saw to a drain on the Rocks

Mended the cowl of ventilating pipe & the top of the cistern

Dr. Douglas to see me.

12^th Month DECEMBER 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 18 TUESDAY [352-13]

Galligan ploughing. Kerr at drains in the Rocks. Frost.

Ferreted & shot 4 rats & 2 Rabbits, Brady 1 rabbit.

Basil came home by midday train. Mc. Donald thrashing flacks.

Shot 2 Rabbits.

Bingfield 19 WEDNESDAY [353-12] Cambridge Michaelmas Term ends.

Ember Day

Galligan ploughing. Worked with Kerr at the drain in the pass into the Rocks from Front Lawn & put netting over its mouth.

Bingfield 20 THURSDAY [354-11]

A little rain Galligan ploughing, Mc. Donald thrashing flax

Kerr at drains. Worked with Brady at drains in Front Lawn & Rocks.

Bingfield 21 FRIDAY [355-10] Michaelmas Law Settings end. St.Thomas, Ap.

‚ 6h 7m A. M. (Greenwich). Ember Day

Galligan ploughing, Mc. Donald thrashing flax, Kerr at drains, Brady went to see the flax. Ferreted with Basil who only got one shot which he missed. I shot 2 rats.

Shot 2 rabbits & caught one in my hand.

Bingfield 22 SATURDAY [356-9] Ember Day

May & Basil went to Cavan to Badminton. Odd jobs at drains etc.

Bingfield 23 SUNDAY –4 in Advent [357-8]

May & Laila to Church Very cold.

Bingfield 24 MONDAY [358-7]

Ferreted with Basil

Shot 7 rabbits Basil one & ferrets – caught – 3.

Bingfield 25 TUESDAY [359-6] CHRISTMAS DAY. Quarter Day

Morn service. Quiet day at home.

Bingfield 26 WEDNESDAY [360-5] St. Stephen, M. Boxing Day. Bank Holiday

Basil to Badminton in Cavan. Wrote to Vida. Odd jobs on the pumping engine.

Bingfield 27 THURSDAY [361-4] St. John, Evan.

Shot with Basil down the river & home by Monery etc – Basil’s first snipe.

I shot 3 & Basil 3 Snipe & we shot one between us Total 7.

12^th Month DECEMBER 1917 31 Days

Bingfield 28 FRIDAY [362-3] Innocents’ Day. 9h 52m A.M. (Greenwich)

May, Basil, & Laila to a party at the Atkinsons. Wrote to Pat & to Lou asking her to see about the Evinrude.

Galligan bringing in turnips, Mc. Donald in the garden, Kerr at drains.

Bingfield 29 SATURDAY [363-2]

Galligan ploughing, Brady & Mc. Donald in the garden Kerr - drains.

Sent my application for petrol licence to the D. T. Constabulary

Ralph arrived by mid day train. Basil to Badminton in Cavan.

Bingfield 30 SUNDAY – 1 after Christmas [364-1]

May, Basil, Ralph & I to morn. service. Quiet day at home.

Bingfield 31 MONDAY [365-0] Quarter Sessions Week

Mended Laila’s tricycle & lengthened the pipe for blowing the library fire. Ralph & and Basil went out shooting & got 2 hares, 2 snipe, a plover, a teal & 4 water hens.