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Story Lt. Col. Retired Diary for 1920
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1 FRONT COVER 3
1.2 EXPLANATION OF CALENDAR 4
1.3 DIARY ENTRIES 4
1.3.1 ARTICLES SEIZED BY
RAIDERS 4
1.4 CASH ACCOUNTS 1920 37
2 LOOSE PAPERS FILED IN DIARY 45
2.1 TAX RECEIPTS 45
1.1
FRONT
COVER
1.2
EXPLANATION
OF CALENDAR[1]
MoonÕs Phases:- ˜ New Moon; ‚First Quarter; Full Moon; ƒ Last Quarter.
TIMES.-
The time given is Greenwich mean time.
1.3
DIARY ENTRIES
1.3.1
ARTICLES
SEIZED BY RAIDERS
List of articles seized by raiders August 29th.
1.D.B. Hammerless gun (Kavanagh) 1 Ditto hammer gun (Weekes)
1. S. B. B. L. Gun (Ralph) 1 M. L. 10 bore S. B. duck gun
1. .22 Pea rifle. 1.Revolver & leather case. Ammunition for another
All cleaning & re-loading gear, oil, bottles etc. 2 Cartridge belts
3 Telescopes, 1 Pair field glasses. 1 Do Opera glasses (telescope opera glasses & field glasses in cases) 1 Prismatic compass in case.
2 Hand reading glasses. 2 Empty Mills bombs. One Gas mask
1 Tobacco pouch. 1 Brown leather sword belt & empty scabbard.
1 do. Bayonet frog. 1 Harrow School pouch belt. 1. 8th. Bengal Cavalry
pouch belt. 1 Webbing army belt. 1 Slide trumpet in black bag.
1 Letter ÒShikariÓ gun case with sling. 3 Table Knives.
Month JANUARY 1920
31 Days
The New Year finds me at Bingfield
farming under considerable difficulties, with crippled means, but fair health
for my age; May & the rest of the family in good health. My Mother over 90
& in possession of all her faculties. Vida in very poor health, as may be
expected.
The state of the country is very
bad Ð crime rampant, but this district quiet.
Bingfield 1
THURSDAY [1 -365] Circumcision.
Bank Holiday, Scotland.
Holiday, Stock Exchange
Communion at 8 a.m. Snow lying
& frost with sun. only Lang present.
Accounts etc. Signed Ret Pay
Voucher before Dr. Smith.
Shot
1 pigeon (front lawn near ladiesÕ bath)
Bingfield 2 FRIDAY [2 -364]
Men cleaning oats in the old
laundry. Wrote to congratulate Nevile on
his engagement.
Shot 2 pigeons (front lawn)
1st Month JANUARY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 3 SATURDAY [3 -363]
Men cleaning oats. Drove into Cavan
with the family, who went to a party at The Hall. Saw Halpin about the
accidents to my trap & OsborneÕs car.
Shot
1 pigeon (front door)
Bingfield 4 SUNDAY Ð2 after Christmas [4 -362]
May to church. Basil came back
after spending the night in Cavan leaving Vera at the Reids. Wrote to Vida
& Halpin.
1st Month JANUARY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 5 MONDAY [5 -361] ¡
9h 5m p.m. (Greenwich). Quarter Sessions
Week.
Dividends due at Bank
Brady sold oats in Cavan. Men
cleaning oats. Basil went to a party in Cavan & brought home Vera.
Bingfield 6 TUESDAY [6 -360]
Epiphany. Twelfth Day
Holiday for the men. Basil & I
went round the place with Brady & the dogs.
Shot
6 rabbits & a pigeon (front door) Basil 2 rabbits - dogs caught 1
Bingfield 7 WEDNESDAY [7 -359]
Men bringing in hay etc. Basil went
to shoot with Atkinson & got one snipe. Busy getting in insurance cards.
Bingfield 8 THURSDAY
[8 -358] Cambridge Lent Term begins
Rain & snow. Carpenter
(Mc.Cabe) putting up a fowls house in the flower garden. Wrote to surveyor of
taxes calling attention to my letter of Dec 23rd & to Sec.
Adelaide Hospital & the Insurance Co. re Eades
Tried to ferret, but had to stop.
Shot
1 Rabbit & Basil 1 snipe.
Bingfield 9 FRIDAY [9 -357]
Fire Insurances expire
Men carting straw etc. Carpenter at
work. Ferretted Ð bad sport Ð one ferret lost in a stack of oats.
Shot
3 rabbits & a rat.
Bingfield 10 SATURDAY [10 -356]
At accounts etc all day. Men
pulling turnips etc. Basil & Brady went out on the lake but had bad sport.
Basil
shot 3 rabbits & two snipe.
Bingfield 11 SUNDAY Ð
1 after Epiphany [11 -355]
Stormy Ð no one to church.
Basil
shot a one pigeon.
1st Month JANUARY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 12 MONDAY [12 -354]
Hillary Law Sittings begin
Wet most of the day. Brady sold
oats in Cavan. Carpenter at the fowls house & sharpening saws for me. May,
Vera, & Laila to the Scotts.
Basil
shot one pigeon.
1st Month JANUARY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 13 TUESDAY [13 -353] ƒ(
0h 9m a.m. (Greenwich)
Brady at Cavan fair. Ferretted with
Basil.
Shot
4 Rabbits & Basil 2.
Bingfield 14 WEDNESDAY [14 -352]
Oxford Lent Term begins
Brady ploughing in the Horse Park
with the new mare. Began a eucalyptus candlestick. Basil & Vera to
Badminton in Cavan
Shot
one pigeon (front door)
Bingfield 15 THURSDAY [15 -351]
Men carting gravel. Went round the
place with BradyÕs dogs.
Shot
2 rabbits.
Bingfield 16 FRIDAY [16 -350]
Ploughing in Horse Park &
stubbing thorns with the big mare.
Ferreted with Basil. Poor sport.
Lost one ferret.
Basil
shot 3 rabbits & a snipe.
Bingfield 17 SATURDAY [17 -349]
Ploughing & carting straw etc.
Eades came back from Dublin.
Recovered the lost ferret. Did some
turning for Fran. Vera & Basil to badminton in Cavan.
Bingfield 18 SUNDAY Ð2
after Epiphany [18 -348]
Wet. No one to church. Wrote to
Nasir Ali
Bingfield 19 MONDAY [19 -347]
Ploughing & gravelling the
avenue. Did some fancy turning
Bingfield 20 TUESDAY [20 -346]
Ploughing & gravelling the
drive. Put the motor pump in order, did some fancy turning, and fixed the door
on the stairs. The Askins family, & Mrs. Scott & Daisy to tea.
Bingfield 21 WEDNESDAY [21 -345] ¥˜ 5h
27m a.m. (Greenwich)
Simons & I made out my Farmers
Appeal. Vera & Basil to Badminton in
Cavan.
1st Month JANUARY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 22 THURSDAY [22 -344]
Men carting & laying down
gravel. Carpenter pointed my room chimney with cement, & cleaned the
spouting with the long ladder
1st Month JANUARY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 23 FRIDAY [23 -343]
Ploughing & tree planting.
Ferretted with Basil.
Shot
4 rabbits & Basil 2.
Bingfield 24 SATURDAY
[24 -342]
Horses being shod etc. Vera &
Basil to Badminton.
Bingfield 25 SUNDAY Ð3
after Epiphany [25
-341] Conversion of St. Paul
Morn. service with Basil &
Vera. Saw Askins about Eades.
Bingfield 26 MONDAY [26 -340]
Thrashing. Mr. Askins & I
settled the difficulty about Eades
Wrote to Gen Accident Co.
Bingfield 27
TUESDAY
[27 -339]
Heavy gale, but not much damage.
Manure carting, Potatoes put into boxes etc. Various odd jobs.
Bingfield 28 WEDNESDAY [28 -338] ƒ ) 3h
38m p.m. (Greenwich)
Thrashing finished. Heard from
& wrote to Halpin about Osbornes case. Wrote to Osborne by HalpinÕs
request. Various odd jobs.
Bingfield 29 THURSDAY
[29 -337]
Men pulling turnips etc. Turned a
table leg for Lady King.
Snow & gale aft. Basil went
shooting with Brady.
Brady
shot 2 Woodcock & Basil a snipe, rabbit & waterhen.
Bingfield 30 FRIDAY [30 -336]
Ploughing in Monery. Copied &
sent off my Farm Appeal.
Basil
shot 3 snipe.
Bingfield 31 SATURDAY
[31 -335] Partridge
and Pheasant Shooting ends
Ploughing in Monery etc. Turned a
table leg for Lady King.
Basil & Vera to Badminton in
Cavan.
2nd Month FEBRUARY
1920
29 Days
Bingfield 1 February Septuagesima SUNDAY [32 -334]
The rest to church. Wrote to
Teddie, Strahan, & Lady King.
2nd Month FEBRUARY
1920
29 Days
Bingfield 2 MONDAY [33 -333] Purification
of V. Mary. Candlemas. Scottish
Ploughing in Monery etc. Basil went
to work with Mullery.
Ferretted with Brady
Shot
5 rabbits
2nd Month FEBRUARY
1920
29 Days
Bingfield 3 TUESDAY [34 -332]
Showers. Ploughing & turnip
pulling. Did some fancy turning.
Ralph
owes £3.0.6 for tailoring paid Jim. Stores.
Bingfield 4 WEDNESDAY [35 -331[TS1]] ¡
8h 42m a.m. (Greenwich)
Petty sessions morn. Basil adjusted
the Evinrude & got my magnets strengthened in Cavan. Ploughing morn. mare
not well aft. Turnip pulling & potatoe carting
Bingfield 5 THURSDAY [36 -330]
Work at the magneto till 4 P. M.
& got the engine running.
Altered the electric bell in the
dining room.
Bingfield 6 FRIDAY [37 -329]
Ploughing in Monery & turnip
pulling. Turned a table leg for Lady King & other jobs. Gave Eades notice
to leave in a month from tomorrow.
Bingfield 7 SATURDAY [38 -328]
Ploughing in Monery etc. Drove into
Cavan for shopping etc.
Got back the Evinrude. Saw Halpin
about Eades, my trap etc.
Bingfield 8
Sexagesima
SUNDAY [39 -327] Half
Quarter Day
Vera, Basil, & I to church.
Quiet day.
Bingfield 9 MONDAY [40 -326]
Worked most of the day at the engine,
& turned the last of Lady Kings job. Very tired
Bingfield 10 TUESDAY [41 -325]
Brady bought & sold cattle at Cavan
fair. Lang stubbing thorns.
Galligan carting weeds from the
yard. Showery. Turned some Knobs for pen wipers. Sent off the table legs for
Lady King.
Bingfield 11 WEDNESDAY [42 -324] ƒ (
8h 49m p.m. (Greenwich)
Ploughing in Monery & Thorn
stubbing. Dismantled the motor engine on account of cylinder Knock, & sent
for Mullery. Made a wood bottom to a bucket.
2nd Month FEBRUARY
1920
29 Days
Bingfield 12 THURSDAY [43 -323]
Basil & I spent the day on the
lake. Rain most of the day. Got the Evinrude to run & went up the river.
Basil
shot 3 snipe & a pheasant. I one snipe
We both were under the
impression that pheasant shooting lasted till March 1st., & only
found our mistake when we came home.
2nd Month FEBRUARY
1920
29 Days
Bingfield 13 FRIDAY [44 -322]
Basil & I put the
Evinrude into order. Mullery came, & and we all worked at the pumping
engine & got her going well, when suddenly the end of the shaft of the
magneto broke. Mullery took away the sprocket wheel to fit to another magneto.
Bingfield 14 SATURDAY [45 -321]
Men cutting hedges in
Farnadaly. Helped Eades to clean out the drying room & engine room. Basil
brought back the magneto, fitted, and tested it.
Bingfield 15 Quinquagesima
SUNDAY[46-320]
No one to church. Basil & I
worked at the engine, & had great trouble to get it to start.
Bingfield 16 MONDAY [47 -319]
Basil started the pumping engine
for me. Men in the garden.
Carpenter at the fowl
house. Eades cleaning the basement.
Bingfield 17 Shrove TUESDAY[48 -318]
Men in the garden.
Mc.Cabe at the fowls house & a ladder for May. I turned the rungs &
bored the sides.
Bingfield 18 Ash
WEDNESDAY
[49 -370]
Men in the garden.
Mc.Cabe at repairs to roofs etc. Sold my ferrets
Bingfield 19 THURSDAY [50 -316] ˜ ¥
9h 35m p.m. (Greenwich)
Men in the garden &
taking oats to Cavan. McCabe at repairs to roofs & at gates. Did some fancy
turning & polishing.
Bingfield 20 FRIDAY [51 -315]
Went out on the lake
with Basil & ran nearly to Derry hesu. Very cold & birds wild.
Basil shot 2 snipe (one
lost) a plover and a pigeon, & I two ducks right & left, of which I
only recovered one.
Bingfield 21 SATURDAY [52 -314]
Brady got the boat up
from the lake. Carpenter finished Mays ladder & worked at gates.
Bingfield 22 SUNDAY Ð1
in Lent [53 -313] Ember Week
The rest to church.
Quiet day
2nd Month FEBRUARY
1920
29 Days
Bingfield 23 MONDAY [54 -312]
Men in the garden.
Carpenter finished the fowls house. Brady sold oats in Cavan. Went to Kevilt to
borrow a ladder.
Bingfield 24 TUESDAY [55 -311] St.
Matthias, Ap.
Men in the garden.
Carpenter at roofs. Did a little fancy turning
2nd Month FEBRUARY
1920
29 Days
Bingfield 25 WEDNESDAY [56 -310] Ember
Day
Men in the garden.
Carpenter finished the turret room roof.
Basil went to shoot at
FitzsimmonsÕ farm, but got nothing
Bingfield 26 THURSDAY [57 -309] ‚ ) 11h 50m p.m.
(Greenwich]
Men carting potatoes.
Carpenter at the gate on the drive. Turned him a couple of tool handles. Put
the fowls into the new house.
Bingfield 27 FRIDAY [58 -308] Ember Day
Basil & I removed
the rotten floor from the housekeeperÕs room & the men cleared away the
debris. Carpenter at gates.
Advanced
Brady £3. Paid 20.3.20
Bingfield 28 SATURDAY [59 -305] Ember Day
Men cutting hedges in Farnadaly.
Carpenter finished the gates on the drive etc.
Bingfield 29 SUNDAY Ð2 in Lent [60 -306]
Basil, Vera, & I to church
3rd Month MARCH
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 1 MONDAY [61 -305] St. David
Wet. Men cleaning oats.
Eade resumed work on the farm.
Basil, Brady, & I
put the Swathe turner together.
Bingfield 2 TUESDAY [62 -304]
Men bringing in stones
for the floor of the housekeeperÕs room
Carpenter & Eades at
repairs to the lodge. Galligan ploughing.
Heard from my nephew
Nevile
Bingfield 3 WEDNESDAY [63 -303]
Petty Sessions. Men
bringing in stones for the housekeepers room
Galligan ploughing.
McCabe at the Lodge & sharpening saws.
Wagg gave notice that he
wishes to leave in a months time.
Bingfield 4 THURSDAY [64 -302] o
9h 13m p.m.
(Greenwich)
Wrote to Ralph & the
Inspector of Taxes. Served at the Assizes
Basil came with me. Saw
the C.T. of police about his gun permit.
Men bringing in stones
for the housekeeperÕs room.
3rd Month MARCH
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 5 FRIDAY [65 -301]
Men cutting hedges in
Farnadaly. Carpenter away.
Bingfield 6 SATURDAY [66 -300]
Men & carpenters
cementing the floor of the housekeeperÕs room & the library fireplace.
McDonald getting mesh from Cavan. Snow even.
3rd Month MARCH
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 7 SUNDAY Ð3
in Lent [67
Ð 299]
Snow. No one to church.
Bingfield 8 MONDAY [68 -298]
Oats sold in Cavan &
timber cut for FitzpatrickÕs house.
Odd jobs. Snow melting
Bingfield 9 TUESDAY [69 -297]
Cavan fair. Brady sold
some cattle. May went to Dalkey.
Bingfield 10 WEDNESDAY [70 -296]
Some rain. My Grazing
auction
Bingfield 11 THURSDAY [71 -295]
Not very well Ð a few
odd jobs. Wrote again to Gen. Accident Assurance Co. calling attention to my
repeated letters.
Bingfield 12 FRIDAY [72 -294] ƒ(
5h 57m p.m. (Greenwich)
Still rather seedy. Men
cutting hedges & clearing away a fallen oak tree.
Bingfield 13 SATURDAY [73 -293]
Very cold & raw. Ed
Reilly came with Miss Mc.Manus & Basil joined them in jumping horses. Tried
to start the pumping engine with a battery. May writes to say she has to be
treated for a structure in her throat. Hedge cutting etc. Sent away my gas
cylinder.
Bingfield 14 SUNDAY Ð4
in Lent [74
-292]
Basil & Vera to
church. Cold day
Bingfield 15 MONDAY [75 -291]
Wrote to Gen. Accident
Co. Enclosing receipt for £2.2.0 received Nov 15th & again
calling attention to my repeated letters. Brady killing his own pigs. Basil
went to Cavan & got a trout rod. Made a base for an electrical apparatus.
Bingfield 16 TUESDAY [76 -290]
Vera & I have bad
colds. Mended an electric battery
Men cutting hedges.
Bingfield 17 WEDNESDAY [77 -289]
St. Patrick. Bank Holiday, Ireland
Basil went out hunting.
Brady bought 2 head of cattle.
Fitted a bolt to a gate
in the Lodge
3rd Month MARCH
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 18 THURSDAY [78 -288]
Basil & I cleaned
out the silencer of the engine. Hedge cutting Laila in bed. Basil has a sprained knee.
3rd Month MARCH
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 19 FRIDAY [79 -287]
Made some rings for
BasilÕs rod. Carpenter at the housekeepers room. Potatoe carting &
ploughing in Clerkins field.
May came back by the
last train.
Bingfield 20 SATURDAY [80 -286] ˜¥
10h 56m a.m. (Greenwich)
Potatoe carting &
ploughing. Carpenter at the housekeeperÕs room.
Put a handle to the
garden graifs.
Bingfield 21 SUNDAY
Ð5 in Lent [81 -285]
All to church except
Laila & self.
Bingfield 22 MONDAY [82 -284]
Oats sowing. Carpenter
at the housekeeperÕs room.
Set
a hen on hens eggs
Bingfield 23 TUESDAY [83 -283]
Potatoes sold in Cavan.
Had to pull down part of the wall at the back of Kitchen range & send for a
plumber to mend a burst pipe. He came late, so we put it off till next day.
Bingfield 24 WEDNESDAY [84 -282]
McDonald planting
potatoes in the garden. Galligan ploughing in the Horse park, Eades carting
manure. Mc. Cabe at the housekeeperÕs room. Plumber mended leaks in the hot
water pipe & the stand pipe. Put an iron upright to the latter.
Bingfield 25 THURSDAY
[25 -281] Annunciation. Lady Day. Quarter Day
Brady bought cattle.
Manure carting. Mc. Cabe rebuilt the wall by the Kitchen boiler, repaired the
stable roof & locked door & the plaster in the back hall. Heavy
showers.
Set
a hen on hensÕ egg
Bingfield 26 FRIDAY [86 -280]
Hedge cuttings being
burnt etc. Turned a nave for a wheel to be made by Mc. Cabe for the small turf
hand cart.
Bingfield 27 SATURDAY [87 -279] ‚ ) 6h
45m a.m. (Greenwich).
Oxford and
Cambridge
Lent Terms end
Hedge cutting, &
gate hung at the Stewards house. Basil Court 2 pike from GordonÕs boat with my
Evinrude. Heavy showers. Mc. Cabe painted the back hall plaster, hung the gate
etc.
Set
a hen on goose eggs.
3rd Month MARCH
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 28 Palm SUNDAY [88 -278] Summer time begun
Vera & I to church.
Some confusion about the time.
Wrote to King &
Charlie.
3rd Month MARCH
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 29 MONDAY [89 -277]
Brady at Killeshandra
for himself. Hedge cutting
Bingfield 30 TUESDAY [90 -276]
Hedge cutting. Brady
sold potatoes in Cavan. His idiot brother died after a long illness. Dining
room & library chimneys swept
Some trouble with the
pumping engine.
Bingfield 31 WEDNESDAY [91 -275]
Hillary Law Sittings end
Brady at a funeral. Men
gravelling the drive.
Set a hen on goose eggs & another on
Duck & Turkey eggs.
4th Month APRIL
1922
30 Days
Bingfield 1
THURSDAY [92-274] Maunday
Thursday
Brady
at his brotherÕs funeral. Men gravelling the back lane.
The
second reading of the new House Rule bill passed. Very serious news for us.
Lent
Mc. Cabe £2.0.0.
Paid
£1 Ð June 4th.
Bingfield 2 Good Friday
[93 Ð 273]
Cross
ploughing for potatoes etc. Had a chat with Mr. Moore on the state of the
country. Measured the flax ground.
Bingfield 3 SATURDAY
[94 -272] Easter
Even. o 10h
55m a.m. (Greenwich)
Cross
ploughing in Monery. Mc. Donald cleaning the housekeeperÕs room.
Set
a hen on duckÕs eggs. a Goose on her own eggs.
Bingfield 4 Easter Day
[95 -271]
Morn.
service & H. C. The rest to early service.
Bingfield 5 Easter
MONDAY [96 -270] Bank Holiday. Quarter
Sessi Hs Week
Harrowing potatoe ground etc. Basil &
Vera on Lough Tuchin caught one pike
Bingfield 6 Easter
TUESDAY [97 -269] Dividends due at Bank
Oats
sowing in Unfortunate field. Fitted a hasp etc to the Lower Garden large gates
etc.
Bingfield 7
WEDNESDAY [98 -268]
Oxford Trinity Term
begins
Straw
carting etc.
4th Month APRIL
1922
30 Days
Set
a goose on 11 eggs.
4th Month APRIL
1922
30 Days
Bingfield 8
THURSDAY [99 -267]
Drove
into Cavan with Brady & Vera for shopping etc.
Bunty
Thorpe came.
Bingfield 9
FRIDAY [100 -266] Fire Insurances expire
Oats
Sowing. The Mail car from Cavan to Crossdoney stopped & robbed by
armed
men at the further gate of Kilmore.
Vera,
Basil, Thorp, & I went on the lake in GordonÕs boat with my Evinrude. No
fish. Saw CloLough
oughter & Trinity Abbey.
Bingfield 10
SATURDAY [101 -265]
Plumber
came to arrange a tap & pipe for watering the garden from the cistern, but
we found it could not be done. Altered the stand pipe.
Bingfield 11 Low
SUNDAYÑ1 after Easter [102
-264] ( 1h 24m p.m.
(Greenwich)
Wet
& cold. No one to church.
Bingfield 12 MONDAY
[103 -263]
Worked
at insurance & income tax. Mc. Cabe finished the wheel for the turf box.
Potatoe cutting Harrowing in the Monery
Bingfield 13
TUESDAY [104 -262] Easter
Law Sittings begin
Cross
ploughing & potatoe cutting
Got
Mrs. Mc. Kernan to take charge of our turkeys
Bingfield 14
WEDNESDAY [105 -261]
Harrowing
in Monery. Went to Crossdoney & saw Burrowes about the general strike which
is on over the Sinn Fein prisoners, some of whom are seriously ill after hunger
striking in Mount Joy prison.
Trains
not running, shops closed, Dublin & other Post Offices closed & the
whole machinery of the country out of joint.
Bingfield 15
THURSDAY [106 -260]
The
boys & Vera went fishing on the lake with the Evinrude.
Saw
the Station Master about my missing cylinder, & got the book box. Trains
running & the strike over. Heard that the PrimateÕs funeral is today. We
had not heard of his death. Manure carting & meadows being rolled. Mc.
Donald fencing & setting up a post for the mistressÕ garden.
Bingfield 16
FRIDAY [107 -259]
May,
Laila, & Vera left for Dublin, the latter to go to the Alexandra College.
The boys went to Lough Oughter, but caught nothing. Fencing in the mistressÕ
garden & horses shod.
4th Month APRIL
1920
30 Days
Bingfield 17
SATURDAY [108 -258]
Fine.
Potatoe setting begun in Monery. Basil to Cavan & fishing after putting a
slate onto the main roof.
Bingfield 18
SUNDAY Ð2 after Easter
[109 -257] ˜¥
9h 43m p.m. (Greenwich)
Cambridge
Easter Term begins
Basil
to church. Heavy showers.
Bingfield 19
MONDAY [110 -256]
Received
a document from the Agricultural Wages Board raising wages to 30/- a week.
Eades expressed his intention to leave, but did not give me notice. I did not
even see him. Potatoe planting. Basil loaded a lot of cartridges.
Bingfield 20
TUESDAY [111 -255]
Cold
& showery. Galligan sick. Mc. Donald getting the pony shod. Eades absent. I
went to see him & he said Brady had given him a monthÕs notice before
Hoonan. Hoonan when questioned denied this. I insisted upon Eades giving me a
monthÕs notice, which he did; & then I told him I wd. permit him to go at
once. Brady cutting potatoes.
Bingfield 21
WEDNESDAY [112 -254]
Fine
& sunny. Potatoe setting. Settled with Eades before leaving. The Waggs went
to Drumroe for the day.
Bingfield 22
THURSDAY [113 -253]
Colder
with showers. Men cutting potatoes in the barn. Brady tried to get a pig,
but
failed. Basil to Lough Tuchin.
Bingfield 23
FRIDAY [114 -252] St. George
Potatoe
planting. Cleaned some silver & brass. Two men came to see me about EadeÕs
place. Referred them to Brady
Bingfield 24
SATURDAY [115 -251]
Potatoe
setting. Eades left. Cleaned a lot of brass etc
Bingfield 25
SUNDAY Ð 3 after Easter
[116 -250] St. Mark, Evan.
‚)1h
28m p.m. (Greenwich)
May
to Church. Basil went out in GordonÕs boat. Wrote to Teddie
Bingfield 26
MONDAY] 117 -249]
Tested
the Evinrude on the tank. Helped Basil with an otter for fishing. Cleaned some
brass etc. Put up the chicken house
Potatoe
setting.
4th Month APRIL
1920
30 Days
Bingfield 27 TUESDAY
[118 -248]
Brady
sold mangolds in Cavan. Mc. Donald cleared away the broken wall that had fallen
onto the road. Cleaned brass etc.
Set
a hen on hens eggs & one on ducks eggs
Bingfield 28
WEDNESDAY [119 -247]
Potatoe
planting. Basil cut a bit of hedge in Monery & then we began to make Pats
workshop rat proof.
Wrote
to Sun Insurance Office about my hay.
Bingfield 29
THURSDAY [120 -246]
Potato
planting. Basil & I finished PatÕs workshop & put up a fresh spouting.
Found that Wagg had borrowed my donkey on Saturday last, & had not brought
it back. Wrote to him.
Bingfield 30
FRIDAY [121 -245]
Potatoe
planting. Grindstone came from Dublin. Fitted an axle to it. Graham, the
Farnham carpenter came to see about mending my boat.
5th Month MAY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 1 May
SATURDAY [122 -244] SS.
Phillip & James. Holiday
Stock
Exchange.
Cold & wet. Drove
into Cavan for shopping.
Bingfield 2 SUNDAY Ð 4
after Easter
[123 -243]
Cold, wet, & windy.
Only Basil to church.
Bingfield 3 MONDAY [124 -242] Bank
Holiday Scotland. O
1h 47m a.m.
(Greenwich).
Royal Academy opens
Wet & stormy. Too
wet for field work. Odd jobs Mc. Donald getting sand.
Wagg brought back my ass
& cart.
Bingfield 4 TUESDAY [125 -241]
Fine & sunny, but
cold even. Manure carting Accounts. Made a wood stand for the sauce bottle.
Basil & Brady went fishing in GordonÕs boat & got 3 pike.
Bingfield 5 WEDNESDAY [126 -240]
Cold & showery.
Manure spreading. My gas cylinder which was sent on March 13th.
Returned from somewhere on the L.N.W. Not having been forwarded to its
destination.
Bingfield 6 Thursday [127 -239] KingÕs
ascension, 1910
Cold & showers with
some sun. Manure carting. The rest drove to Cavan to see a hockey match.
5th Month MAY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 7 FRIDAY [128 -238]
Manure carting. Brady
& Basil sanded a walk in the garden from a pit under the Rowan tree.
Sharpened a saw.
Bingfield 8 SATURDAY [129 -237]
Sunny, but cold with
heavy showers. Potatoe setting. Helped Basil to sharpen the mowing machine
blades. He cut the grass in front of the house. Sent away my gas cylinder
again.
Bingfield 9
Rogation
SUNDAY [130 -236] Proclamation King George V.
Half
Quarter Day
May and I to church,
& Basil to early service. Quiet day.
Bingfield 10 MONDAY [131 -235] Rogation
Day
Brady went to
Killeshandra fair. Ground prepared for flax sowing in Monery. Graham, the
Farnham carpenter came in the evening to work at my boat.
Bingfield 11 TUESDAY [132 -234] Rogation
Day.
ƒ (5h
51m a.m. (Greenwich)
Fine morn. & some
flax sowed, but cold & wet aft. Mrs. Wagg & John went to Drumroe.
Graham worked at my boat.
Bingfield 12 WEDNESDAY [133 -233] Rogation
Day
Fine & sunny. All
the flax sowed. Ralph came by the midday train from London. A man came over to
say Wagg was ill, So Mrs. Wagg & John went to Drumroe, leaving us entirely
without servants. Kate McKernan came to help in the evening.
Bingfield 13 THURSDAY [134 -232] Ascension
Day
Holiday for the men.
Doing our own house work. Helped Ralph to fix a gramophone which he brought
from France.
Bingfield 14 FRIDAY [135 -231]
Fine & sunny. Doing
our own house work. The boys went to Lough Tuchin. Graham the carpenter came
& put the batteries onto my boat. Brady sold 3 head of cattle for me.
Boys caught a pike of 9
lbs
Bingfield 15 SATURDAY [136 -230] Scottish
Quarter Day (Whitsunday)
Fine & sunny Ð doing
our own house work.
Bingfield 16 SUNDAY
after Ascension
[137 -229]
Wet a good part of the
day. No one to church. Heard of W. WaggÕs death
Set a hen on 11 eggs.
Bingfield 17 MONDAY [138 -228]
Showery &
chilly Busy with housework etc.
5th Month MAY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 18 TUESDAY [139 -227] ˜ ¥ 6h
25m
a.m.
(Greenwich)
Cold & wet. Men
carting manure & cutting sticks for us. Busy with house work. Wrote to
King, to Cox & Co. & to Auctioneers in Dublin about furniture for sale.
Bingfield 19 WEDNESDAY [140 -226] Ramadan
(Turkish Lent) begins
Heavy showers. Manure
carting. Busy with house work.
Bingfield 20 THURSDAY [141 -225]
Manure carting. Busy
with house work. The boys & Laila went on the lake, but only caught some
small fish.
Bingfield 21 FRIDAY [142 -224] Easter
Law Sittings end
Manure spreading. Wrote
to Halpin about the possibility of our leaving the country.
Bingfield 22 SATURDAY [143 -223]
Fine but chilly. Nearly
all the potatoes in. Busy with house work.
Bingfield 23 Whitsun Day [144 -222] Ember
Week
Fine & hot. The rest
to church.
Bingfield 24 Whitsun
MONDAY
[145 -221] Bank
Holiday. ƒ)
9h
7m p.m.
(Greenwich). Empire Day
Hot & sunny. Heard
from White King. Grubbing in Monery.
The boys went to Lough
Tuchin but only got one small perch
Bingfield 25 Whitsun TUESDAY [146 -220]
Hot. Drills got ready
for mangolds & turnips. Busy with house work.
I seem to have got an
inquinal hernia Ð rupture in the groin, but am not certain.
Bingfield 26 WEDNESDAY [147 -219] Queen
Mary born, 1867. Ember Day
Drove into Cavan & got a truss for my rupture. Saw Dr.
Clarke, who gave rather an unfavourable account of my health
Practically my days of
activity are over. Ralph and I lowered a drain in the yard.
Bingfield 27 THURSDAY [148 -218]
The Police were attacked
near Cross-doney Station & Sergt Johnstone
severely wounded. Went to see him later, but he was asleep.
Had a talk with the D T.
Mc.Intee. Sold some plate china & pictures to a dealer for £50. Manure
carting.
Bingfield 28
FRIDAY [149 -217] Ember
Day
Warm & sunny. Brady
put my boat onto the lake. Manure spreading for turnips. Mrs. Wagg came back,
leaving John with his father who seems to have had pleurisy.
Wrote to the Station
Master about my missing cylinder.
Bingfield 29 SATURDAY [150 -216] Ember
Day
Turnip sowing in Monery.
Mended the Library Lamp. Wrote to White King.
5th Month MAY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 30 Trinity Sunday [151 -215]
The boys to church.
Showery.
Bingfield 31 MONDAY [152 -214]
Wet & cold. Turnip
sowing. Pistol practice with the boys even.
6th Month JUNE
1922
30 Days
Bingfield 1 June THURSDAY [152 Ð 213] Trinity
Law Sittings begin.
O
5h 18m
p.m. (Greenwich)
Turnip sowing finished.
Got up a new gate post at GaffneyÕs Pass.
Funeral of Thos.
Sheridan the Sinn Feiner who was
shot in the attack on the police last Thursday.
Bingfield 2 WEDNESDAY [154 -212]
Fine but cloudy. Drove into
Cavan on business.
Laila went to Drumroe
with Mrs. Wagg & came back very late with John
Bingfield 3 THURSDAY [155 -211] King
George V. born 1865. Corpus
Christi
Bingfield 4 FRIDAY [156 - 210]
Ralph took Laila to
Armagh to stay with the Stacks. Mc.Cabe finished the demesne wall. Basil and I mended the small boat.
Fine & sunny. Grass
seed sowing in the Horse Park. Heard from & wrote to White King.
Bingfield 5 SATURDAY [157 -209]
Fine & hot. Men in
the garden. Did some wire splicing.
Basil caught a 2 ½ lb
salmon trout at Cloggy
Set a hen on
13 eggs.
Bingfield 6 SUNDAY Ð1
after Trinity [158 -208]
Hot. May & Basil to
church. Wrote to Teddie.
Bingfield 7 MONDAY [159 -207]
Grubbing between potatoe
drills. Walked to Slanore & had an interesting chat with Reilly the farmer,
who shewed me the site of the old abbey Ð nothing of interest remains.
Basil caught 2 pike of 4
& 3 lbs.
Bingfield 8 TUESDAY [160 -206]
Brady bought two beasts
for me at Cavan fair. Mended the bolt of the yard gate. The boys put my small
boat onto Castle Cosby lake & went there to fish.
Bingfield 9 WEDNESDAY [161 -205] ƒ(
6h 59m
p.m. (Greenwich)
Grubbing between potatoe
drills. Vestry meeting even.
6th Month JUNE
1920
30 Days
Bingfield 10 THURSDAY [162 -204]
Fine & hot with cool
breeze. Potatoes being earthed with the plough.
Cut a lot of weeds in
the Lower Garden & Old Orchard.
Bingfield 11 FRIDAY [163 -203] St
Barnabas, Ap.
Edith Stack & her
boy came to stay & brought back Laila. Attended Charles RorkeÕs funeral. He
was 88.
Bingfield 12 SATURDAY [164 -202]
Potatoe moulding. The
whole party except May and I went out on the lake. Made a napkin ring.
Bingfield 13 SUNDAY Ð2
after Trinity
[165 -201]
All the party to church
except May & self.
Bingfield 14 MONDAY [166 -200]
Turf cutting begun. The
whole party went to the Cross-doney
river
Basil caught 18 small
trout.
Bingfield 15 TUESDAY [167 -199]
Potatoe hoeing &
some turf making. Edith Stack & Charlie left.
One of my pigs got
convulsions in the evening & we had to kill it.
Bingfield 16 WEDNESDAY [168 -198]
˜ ¥
1h 41m
p.m. (Greenwich)
Tried to sell the pig,
but failed so I put it down as ÒdiedÓ.
Work at potatoes, and
Brady making a stone barrow. Soldered a large tin for May & made a crate
for it. We were to have gone on the lake, but rain prevented us, but the boys
went.
Bingfield 17 THURSDAY [169 -197]
Helped Brady to finish
the Slane barrow & turned a napkin ring. Turnips sowed again. Heavy thunder
& rain about 5 .P.M.
Bingfield 18 FRIDAY [170 Ð 196]
Turf making. Basil &
I cut a lot of weeds. Wrote to the Traffic Manager L. N. W. R. North Wall about
my cylinder, which has been lying there since early in May.
Bingfield 19 SATURDAY [171 -195]
Turf cutting. Halpin
called while we were out. We all went on the Lake & ran round Urney
ÐCarrabraw. Saw Urney Chapel & lunched there. Fished a little at Killikeen.
Bingfield 20 SUNDAY Ð3
after Trinity
[172 -194]
All except May to
church. Showers.
Bingfield 21 MONDAY [173 -193]
Cloudy but fine. Turf
making.
6th Month JUNE
1920
30 Days
Bingfield 22 TUESDAY [174 -192] Coronation
King George V., 1911
Turned to being
re-sowed. Called on the SmithÕs (out).
Saw the Station Master
about my coal being sent on from Cavan.
Bingfield 23 WEDNESDAY [175 -191] Prince
of Wales born, 1894.
‚)
6h 50m
a.m. (Greenwich)
Turf making. May went to
Kevit & Mrs. Moore called when she was out. Soldered the pantry sink.
Bingfield 24
THURSDAY [176 -190] St. John . Midsummer Day.
Coal carting from the
station. Cut a lot of weeds in the
Raspberry brake & elsewhere.
Bingfield 25 FRIDAY [177 -189]
Coal carrying finished.
Attended a meeting of the Antiquarian Society in Cavan.
Bingfield 26 SATURDAY [178 -188]
Find & hot. Brady
making his own turf. Cut some weeds in the garden.
Bingfield 27 SUNDAY Ð4
after Trinity [179
-187]
Wet. The boys to church.
Bingfield 28 MONDAY [180 -186] Quarter
Sessions Week
Fine after some rain.
Brady & Galligan at their own turf.
Bingfield 29 TUESDAY [181 -185] St.
Peter, Ap.
Holiday for the men.
Cold & windy.
Bingfield 30 WEDNESDAY [182 -184]
Heavy showers. The lawn
mowed for hay. Turned 2 small table legs in beech.
7th Month JULY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 1 THURSDAY [183 -183] o8h 41m
a.m. (Greenwich).
Dominion
Day, Canada.
Wet. Signed ret pay
voucher at Kevit. Turned another table leg. Brady at his own turf.
Bingfield 2 FRIDAY [184 -182]
Men clearing up the
drive etc. Finished the small table
Lent
Brady £1.10.0
Paid £1.0.0 (3.7.20)
Paid
in full Ð 24 .7.20
Bingfield 3 SATURDAY [185 -181]
Fine but cold. Some
mowing in the Round Bank. Odd jobs
Bingfield 4 SUNDAY Ð5
after Trinity
[186 -180] Declaration
of American
Independence
May & the Basil to
Church.
7th Month JULY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 5 MONDAY [187 Ð 179] Dividends
due at Bank
Attended the Assizes Ð
no cases. 5 Cocks of hay up.
Bingfield 6 TUESDAY [188 -178]
Showery. Hay making in
Round Bank. Mrs. Wagg & John went to Drumroe, hearing that G. has a bad
foot. Halpin came about 6.P.M to talk over our prospects. He advised us to hold
on. Soldered a stable lamp. Heard from Nasir Ali.
Bingfield 7 WEDNESDAY [189 -177]
Hay making in Round
Bank. Cold & gloomy. May to the Blackleys
Bingfield 8 THURSDAY [190 -176]
Received a threatening
letter purporting to come from the Irish Volunteers ordering me to dismiss
Mc.Donald, under pain of having this house blown up. Saw Burrowes about it.
Worked at setting up a
large grindstone, Basil helping.
Wrote to Evie.
Bingfield 9 FRIDAY [191 -175] ƒ (
5h 6m
a.m. (Greenwich). Fire Insurances
Expire
Fine but cold. Men
pulling thistles out of the flax. Brady putting sections into mowing machine
blades. Finished the grindstone.
Bingfield 10 SATURDAY [192 -174] Oxford
Trinity Term ends
Showery. Brady &
Mc.Donald at their own turf. Galligan getting things from Ballinanagh. Saw
Father Lynch about my threatening letter
Bingfield 11 SUNDAY Ð6
after Trinity
[193 -173]
My 66th.
Birthday. Basil & I to church Ð full of orangemen.
Bingfield 12 MONDAY [194 -172]
Brady at the Orange Walk.
Got some weeds cut round the lodge. Heard from & wrote to my mother &
Florie.
Bingfield 13 TUESDAY [195 -171]
Brady sold 4 head of
cattle. Basil & I dressed the lower garden hedge. Stripped & cleaned
the magneto of the engine. etc.
Bingfield 14 WEDNESDAY [196 -170]
Showery & cold, but
some hay making. Put a wood disk onto the camshaft of the pumping engine.
Bingfield 15 THURSDAY [197 Ð 169] ˜ ¥ 8h 25m
p.m. (Greenwich)
Mowing in the Barrick
field. Put a wooden lid to the tool box of the mowing machine.
Bingfield 16 FRIDAY [198 -168]
Heavy showers. Men
cutting thistles. Basil & I cut weeds in the Bell grove etc.
7th Month JULY
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 17 SATURDAY [199 -167]
Showery. Some hay making
in the Round Bank. Cut some saplings in the Bell Grove
Bingfield 18 SUNDAY Ð7
after Trinity [200
-166]
May & Basil to
church. Heavy showers. Wrote to Inspector of Taxes.
Bingfield 19 MONDAY [201 -165]
Fine but damp &
cloudy. Hired OsborneÕs horse sprayer & sprayed all the potatoes in half a
day; after I had put the machine in order. Basil & I cleared a path by the
greenhouse
Robt. Hoey came to work
at govt. wages.
Bingfield 20 TUESDAY [202 -164]
Drove into Cavan morn.
& had a tooth stopped. Cleaned Spark plugs
Bingfield 21 WEDNESDAY [203 -163]
Fine & sunny. Hay
making in the Round Bank & Barriack
Field & some cleaning of a grain in the Back Lawn. Made a Sparking plug out
of old ones, but it wd. not quite start the engine.
Sent my demand for
income tax to Inspector of Taxes.
Bingfield 22 THURSDAY [204 -162] ‚ )
7h 20m p.m. (Greenwich)
Showery & cold.
Ditching in Back Lawn & mowing in Barrick field.
Basil & I got sand
down in front of the Green House. The mail train was held up near Red Hills by
about 150 men
Bingfield 23 FRIDAY [205 -161]
Heard from & wrote
to Inspector of Taxes. Hay turning in Barrick field. Basil & I tightened
the fly wheel of the pumping engine.
Did some weeding in the
garden.
Bingfield 24 SATURDAY [206 -160]
Sunny with showers. Hay
making in Barrack field. John & I weeded part of the Kitchen yard.
Bingfield 25 SUNDAY Ð8
after Trinity
[207 -159] St. James, Ap.
Basil & May to
church. Heavy rain all day. Saw Moore about my assessment etc.
Bingfield 26 MONDAY [208 -158]
Sunny but heavy showers.
Mowing in Cow pasture. Made a petrol lighter. Father Meehan paid a long visit
to see my antiquities
Bingfield 27 TUESDAY [209 -157]
Fine day. Hay making in
Barrick field. Basil & I hid away the plate & arms.
Shot
one rabbit
7th Month JULY
1920 31 Days
Bingfield 28 WEDNESDAY [210 -156]
Fine. Moaning finished
in Cow pasture. Made a petrol lighter
Bingfield 29 THURSDAY [211 -155]
Fine morn., but wet aft.
Some hay got up. Engaged a man named Corbett to work & live at the Lodge.
Bingfield 30 FRIDAY [212 -154] o
11h 19m
p.m. (Greenwich)
Fine. Helped at clearing
up the Lodge garden morn.
Hay turning in Cow
pasture aft. Brady put a new pale to the mowing machine
Shot
a rabbit & a hawk
Bingfield 31 SATURDAY [213 -153] Trinity
Law Sittings end
Fine. Most of the hay up
in the Cow pasture. Vera, Laila, & Ralph came home.
Shot
two hawks.
8th Month AUGUST
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 1 August SUNDAY Ð
nine after Trinity
[214 -152] Lammas
Day.
Scottish
Quarter day
Showery. The boys to
church. Wrote to White King.
Bingfield 2 MONDAY [215 -151] Bank
Holiday. Royal Academy closes
Put a bolt into the hay
rake. Helped to fit a grass board to the mowing machine. Wrote about BradyÕs
insurance cards
Cut Rhododendrons etc.
The Askins called.
Bingfield 3 TUESDAY [216 -150]
Heavy showers. Monery
bottom mowed; and thus finishing the mowing
Cabbage plants put in
where turnips missed.
Bingfield 4 WEDNESDAY [270 -149] War
declared between Great Britain
and
Germany, 1914
Rain most of the day.
Ralph left for London. Men cleaning the walk down to the garden.
Bingfield 5 THURSDAY [218 -148]
Heavy showers. Hay lapped in Cow pasture etc. Began to
mend the Orchard Gate.
Bingfield 6 FRIDAY [290 -147]
Fine, but cold &
cloudy. Hay lapped. Finished the Orchard gate
Bingfield 7 SATURDAY [220 -146] (0h p.m. (Greenwich)
Fine but cloudy till
evening, when rain came on. Some hay cocked
Basil & Vera to
tennis in Cavan.
8th Month AUGUST
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 8 SUNDAY Ð
10 after Trinity [221
-145]
Some heavy showers. Ma,
Vera, & Basil to Church.
Bingfield 9 MONDAY [222 -144]
Fine but cloudy. Hay
shifting begun.
Bingfield 10 TUESDAY [223 -143]
Fine. Hay cocked in
Monery bottoms & cow pasture
Made a screw for BradyÕs
gun, mended a chair & a table.
Basil & Brady went
to shoot ducks at Toneymore. The
Scott children & Mrs. Scott to tea.
Shot
one rabbit.
Bingfield 13 FRIDAY [226 -140]
Fine but cloudy Hay remains being gathered up. Wrote to
the Traffic Manager L. N. W R. North Wall about my gas cylinder.
May & the girls to Danesfort.
Shot
one rabbit. Basil caught 5 Pike & a perch at L. Tuchin
Bingfield 14 SATURDAY [227 -139] ˜ ¥
3h 44m
a.m. (Greenwich)
Fine & sunny Brady sold cattle for me & Basil at
Cavan fair
Vera & Basil to
tennis in Cavan.
Shot
a pigeon In the wheat.
Bingfield 15 SUNDAY Ð
11 after Trinity
[228 -138]
Fine but cloudy. Vera,
Basil, and I to Church. Met Willy Stone there.
Bingfield 16 MONDAY [229 -137]
Saw Tierney in Cavan
about my assessment etc. Called with May on the Willie Stones at Prospect &
Miss Stack & Sir Henry Thompson (out) at Drumbar. Sent on a letter of Nora
KingÕs to Ralph about an appointment in India.
Bingfield 17 TUESDAY [230 -136]
Fine morn., but heavy
rain aft. Vera & Basil to Kilmore.
Odd jobs about the
place.
Bingfield 18 WEDNESDAY [231 -135]
Fine but cold. Hay
shifting. Mrs. Fegan & daughter with some of the Smith children to tea.
Bingfield 19 THURSDAY [232 -134]
Fine but cold. Basil
went to the Thorps. Had to tighten the fly wheel of the pumping engine. The
Willie Stones to tea
8th
Month AUGUST
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 20 FRIDAY [233 -133] Black
Game Shooting begins
Fine but cold. Hay
shifting
Bingfield 21 SATURDAY [234 -132] ‚ )
10h 52m a.m. (Greenwich)
Fine but cold. Hay
shifting. Worked at the Green house & took down the spouting
Bingfield 22 SUNDAY Ð
12 after Trinity
[235 -131]
May & Vera to church. Wrote to
Teddie.
Bingfield 23 MONDAY [236 -130]
Fine but damp. Hay
shifting
Bingfield 24 TUESDAY [237 -129] St. Bartholomew, Ap.
Fine but cold. Heard from
and wrote to Teddie. Hay shifting.
Cut some broom &
Rhododendrons.
Bingfield 25 WEDNESDAY [238 -128]
Fine with some sunshine.
Hay shifting. Drove to Cavan with May and saw Tierney about my assessment etc.
Bingfield 26 THURSDAY [239 -127]
Fine & sunny Ð A
large pike of hay built near the entrance to the Round Bank.
Shot
one rabbit
Bingfield 27 FRIDAY [240 -126]
Sunny & hot. The
Waggs & Laila went to Drumroe. Cock shifting
Drove into Cavan &
saw the O.C. at the barracks about the giving up of shot guns etc.
Shot
one rabbit.
Bingfield 28 SATURDAY [241 -125]
Hot day. Men working for
Brady at Killykeen. Helped Zoe Maxwell to strip her Auto wheel at the Burrowes.
*
Bingfield 29 SUNDAY Ð13
after Trinity
[242 -124] o1h 3m p.m. (Greenwich)
Vera & I to church.
While we were away, the house was raided, all guns ammunition, revolver,
telescopes, field & opera glasses etc taken, my writing table broken open
& Key box. Police came & took a list statement.
Bingfield 30 MONDAY [243 -123]
Very hot. Flax ties
being made. Basil came home.
Bingfield 31 TUESDAY [244 -122]
Fine but cloudy. Men
pulling BradyÕs flax. Got some information from Scott & others about the
raid on sunday. Sent Brady to the Police with it verbally.
9th
Month SEPTEMBER
1920
30 Days
Bingfield 1 September
WEDNESDAY [245 -121] Partridge
Shooting
begins
Fine but colder. Flax
ties making. HoonanÕs hay being got in.
Police came to see me
again.
Bingfield 2 THURSDAY [246 -120]
Wet. Mc.D. repairing his
house. Brady to Cavan to see the O.C. of the troops. Galligan to Cavan for
binder twine which he did not get, but he brought back the garden engine.
Bingfield 3 FRIDAY [247 -119]
Fine. Flax pulling
begun. Destroyed a wasps nest Ð sting in the face.
Bingfield 4 SATURDAY [248 -118]
Fine. Flax pulling.
Destroyed two more wasps nests
Lent
to Brady £1 Paid in full 2.10.20
Bingfield 5 SUNDAY Ð
14 after Trinity
[249 -117] ƒ(
7m 5m p.m. (Greenwich)
Wet. Vera & Basil to
church.
Bingfield 6 MONDAY [250 -116]
Fine but damp &
muggy. Flax pulling in Monery.
Bingfield 7 TUESDAY [251 -115]
Fine but hot &
muggy. Flax pulling wrote to Traffic Manager L.N.W.R. North Wall about my
cylinder.
Bingfield 8 WEDNESDAY [252 -114] Order
ÒQuikrefÓ Diary for 1921
Fine & sunny Ð Flax
pulling. Destroyed a wasps nest. Cavan show, but I had nothing to do with it
owing to the state of the country.
Bingfield 9 THURSDAY [253 -113]
Fine morn. Heavy rain
aft. Flax retting. Basil to Cavan for tennis.
Bingfield 10 FRIDAY [254 -112]
Fine. Some flax pulling.
Brady & I got ready with the reaping machine.
Bingfield 11 SATURDAY [255 -111]
Oats & wheat begun
to be reaped with my machine.
Saw Dr. Smith about his
self binder. He could not let me have it.
Basil & Vera to
tennis in Cavan. Heard from & wrote to Ralph.
Heard also from my
mother.
9th
Month SEPTEMBER
1920
30 Days
Bingfield 12 SUNDAY Ð
15 after Trinity
[256 -110] ˜ ¥
0h 52m p.m.
(Greenwich).
Ember Week
The rest to church.
Wrote to my mother, & packed up a book for her.
Bingfield 13 MONDAY [257 -109] kept
Jewish Year 5681 begins
Fine & sunny. Flax
spreading. Sent the History of Swy n combe to my mother & a list of the
raided articles to Charlie, Lou, & Evie. Heard from and wrote to Ralph
about his Indian job.
Bingfield 14 TUESDAY [258 -108]
Wet nearly all day. Flax
spreading Brady to Cavan to buy
cattle
Bingfield 15 WEDNESDAY [259 -107] Mohammedan
Year 1339 begins
Ember
Day
Fine. Flax spreading.
Basil to Farnham for tennis.
Bingfield 16 THURSDAY [260 -106]
Fine & sunny till
even. when torrents of rain fell. Foster came & all the wheat & some
oats were cut & stooked.
Bingfield 17 FRIDAY [261 -105] Ember
Day
Sunny with heavy
showers. Some reaping & binding, some flax spreading & some flax
steeping
Bingfield 18 SATURDAY [262 -104] Ember
Day
Fine. Reaping &
stooking in ClerkinÕs field. Basil C aught two trout in Crossdoney. Heard from
& wrote to my mother.
Bingfield 19 SUNDAY Ð
16 after Trinity [263 -103]
Fine & sunny. Wrote
to Vida. May & Basil to church.
Bingfield 20 MONDAY [264 -102] ‚ )
4h
55m a.m. (Greenwich)
Fine morn. with showers
aft. Reaping & binding in the Unfortunate Field.
Bingfield 21 TUESDAY [265 -101] St.
Matthew, Ap.
Fine & sunny.
Reaping in Unfortunate field & horse park.
Bingfield 22 WEDNESDAY [266 -100]
Fine & sunny.
Reaping & binding in the Horse Park. The men killed 2 rabbits & a
pheasant.
Bingfield 23 THURSDAY [267 -99]
Fine & sunny. Coal
carting from the station, & corn stooking.
Basil went to finish at
Oughteraghy.
9th
Month SEPTEMBER
1920
30 Days
Bingfield 24 FRIDAY [268 -98]
Fine & sunny till
about 4 P.M. when rain came on. Burrowes came to see me about his windmill.
Basil went to fish at Killykeen.
Bingfield 25 SATURDAY [269 -97]
Spent the morning with
Jim Clements & Burrowes windmill. The lunched there. Oats & flax being
stacked. Fine & warm.
Bingfield 26 SUNDAY Ð
17 after Trinity
[270 -96]
Basil to church. Heard
that Arva Police Barrick was destroyed last night with some casualties, but the
news is vague. Fine day.
Bingfield 27 MONDAY [271 -95]
Fine with slight
showers, but muggy & close. Send a long letter to Charlie. Oats stacking
& Clerkins field & pig killing
Bingfield 28 TUESDAY [272 -94] o
1h 57m
a.m. (Greenwich)
Fine & warm. Brady
sold the pig in Cavan. Corn stacking & flax spreading. Cleaned a lot of
brass.
Bingfield 29 WEDNESDAY [273 -93] St.
Michael and all Angels. Michaelmas
Day.
Quarter Day
Fine. Oats stacking in
the Horse Park. Cleaned more brass.
Bingfield 30 THURSDAY [274 -92]
Fine with a heavy shower
aft. Oats stacking in Horse Park
Sent to Charlie my notes
on a letter of hers received a year ago.
10th
Month OCTOBER
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 1 October FRIDAY [275 -91] CambCambridge Michaelmas
begins.
Pheasant Shooting begins
Fine. Flax pulling &
stacking. Signed Ret. Pay Voucher before Dr. Smith. Heard from & wrote to
Charlie.
Bingfield 2 SATURDAY [276 -90]
Fine & sunny. The
last of the flax pulled.
Bingfield 3 SUNDAY Ð
18 after Trinity
[277 -89]
Wind & rain all day.
Only Basil to church.
Bingfield 4 MONDAY [278 -88]
Fine & sunny with
one shower. May & Laila went to Armagh to stay with Mrs. Stack. Flax
spreading & picking up what was blown down yesterday. Soldered a nose to
the scullery hot water tap. The Waggs went to Drumroe.
10th
Month OCTOBER
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 5 TUESDAY [279 -87] ƒ ( 0h 54m
a.m. (Greenwich). Dividends
due
at Bank.
Wet day. Coal being
brought in.
Bingfield 6 WEDNESDAY [280 -86]
Manure carting to Monery
& spouting cleaned morn. Very heavy rain aft. Accounts. Heard from and
wrote to Lou .
May came back even.
after leaving Laila with Mrs. Thompson at Warren Point till Xmas.
Bingfield 7 THURSDAY [281 -85]
Fine & sunny.
Sharpened the large cross cut saw for the men
to cut down a large tree for timber to roof Leddys cottage.
Bingfield 8 FRIDAY [282 -84]
Fine & sunny. Rick
thatching & flax lifting. Clean the old dairy.
Bingfield 9 SATURDAY [283 -83]
Fine. Men drying &
re-heading corn stacks. Mended the gate on the drive.
Bingfield 10 SUNDAY Ð
19 after Trinity [284 -82]
May & Basil to
church, fine day.
Bingfield 11 MONDAY [285 -81] Michaelmas
Law Sittings begin.
Fine. Stacks re-headed
& oats stacked. Mrs. Moore & Helen to tea.
Bingfield 12 TUESDAY [286 -80] Michaelmas
Law Sittings begin.
˜¥
0h 50m
a.m. (Greenwich)
Brady to Cavan fair for
himself, & the Waggs also. Ralph came by midday train from London. Flax
being stored in the hack stable loft. Fine day.
Bingfield 13 WEDNESDAY [287 -79]
Fine except for a slight
shower. Flax spreading. Wrote to Mary Begbie to condole with her on EmilyÕs impending
death.
The boys went to the
lake with the Evinrude.
Bingfield 14 THURSDAY [288-78] Fire
Insurances expire
Fine & sunny with
some heavy showers towards even. James Brady brought his thrasher & got
through most of the wheat.
Bingfield 15 FRIDAY [289-77]
Fine & sunny.
Thrashing finished in ClerkinÕs field.
Bingfield 16 SATURDAY [290-76]
Fine but cloudy. Ralph
left by the early train. Thrashing in the Horse Park.
Bingfield 17 SUNDAY Ð
20 after Trinity [201-75]
May & Basil to
church. Wrote to King, Teddie, Lou, Charlie, and Fran.
10th
Month OCTOBER
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 18 MONDAY [292-74] St.
Luke, Evan. Quarter Sessions Week
Fine & sunny.
Thrashing finished. The great coal strike began on Saturday & is now really
in existence.
Bingfield 19 TUESDAY [293-73]
Fine, but cloudy &
colder. Brady & HoonanÕs thrashing done & my flax brought in. Heard
from & wrote to Vera.
Bingfield 20 WEDNESDAY [292-74] ‚ )
0h
29m a.m. (Greenwich)
Dull & cloudy. Drove
into Cavan on business morn.
Bingfield 21 THURSDAY [295-71] Nelson
Day (1805)
Fine, sunny & warm.
Sent timber to be sawed. Flax lifting
Bingfield 22 FRIDAY [296-70]
Fine & cloudy. Bad
oats being brought in, & Flax lifting
Chained up drains cleaned by Kerr.
Bingfield 23 SATURDAY [297-69]
Pike of hay being headed
near Round bank gate. Mrs. Brady gave birth to her 13th. child Ð a
boy.
Bingfield 24 SUNDAY Ð
21 after Trinity [298-68]
Basil & I to church.
Wrote to Fane Vernon & Teddie about the possibility of our leaving here.
Bingfield 25 MONDAY [299-67]
Basil left by the morn.
train as a preliminary step towards going to New Zealand. BradyÕs hay being got
in. Set rabbit traps etc.
Bingfield 26 TUESDAY [300-66]
Fine & sunny. Nearly
the last of my flax being stored.
Heard of Emily BegbieÕs
death.
Bingfield 27 WEDNESDAY [301-65] o 2h 9m
p.m. (Greenwich)
Fine & sunny. Flax
stooked Ð the last of it, & turnip gathering.
Bingfield 28 THURSDAY [302-64] SS.
Simon and Jude
Attended a meeting at
the Protestant Hall on the matter of the stipends of the clergy. Heard there
that Miss Gibson had been shot last night at the second mile plate from here,
by the deer park gate.
Bingfield 29 FRIDAY [303-63]
Fine & sunny. Brady
& I set traps & snares in GloudÕs field.
Turf being brought in.
Bingfield 30 SATURDAY [304-62]
Fine, but threatening.
Potatoe digging begun Ð fine crop. Wrote to White King.
10th
Month OCTOBER
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 31 SUNDAY Ð
22 after Trinity
[305-61]
May to church. Stayed in
owing to a bad cough.
11th Month NOVEMBER
1920
30 Days
Bingfield 1 MONDAY [306 -60] All
SaintsÕ Day. Holiday Stock Exchange
Gloomy Day. Stayed in
all day. Cough better.
Bingfield 2 TUESDAY [307-59]
Dull day. Potatoe
digging. Stayed in all day.
Bingfield 3 WEDNESDAY [308-58] ƒ (
7h 35m a.m. (Greenwich)
Fine but damp. Potatoe
digging. Set rabbit traps in the Unfortunate
Bingfield 4 THURSDAY [309-57]
Dull & damp. Potatoe
digging. Laid rat poison in the pig stye.
Ralph sailed for India
from Liverpool by S. S. Clan Chatan.
Bingfield 5 FRIDAY [310-56] Gunpowder
Plot
Drove to Cavan on
business. The potatoe digger broke down. Sent for a new part.
Bingfield 6 SATURDAY [311-55]
Fine & mild. BradyÕs
potatoes being dug. Saw the Smiths about the Antiquarian SocietyÕs meeting on
Monday. Letter from Ralph before sailing.
Bingfield 7 SUNDAY Ð
23 after Trinity
[312-54]
May to church. Dull
& damp. Wrote to Basil.
Bingfield 8 MONDAY [330-53]
Dull & some light
rain. Corn being cleaned in the old laundry.
Bingfield 9 TUESDAY [340-52]
Dull, but fine. Corn
being cleaned. Made a set of springs for the potatoe digger.
Bingfield 10 WEDNESDAY [350-51] ˜ ¥
4h 5m
p.m. (Greenwich)
Fine & sunny.
Potatoe digging.
Bingfield 11 THURSDAY [316-50] Martinmas.
Scottish Quarter Day.
Half
Quarter Day. Armistice declared,
1918
Fine & sunny, but
colder. Potatoe digging
Bingfield 12 FRIDAY [370-49]
Brady sold 7 head of
cattle in Cavan. Dull day. Wrote to Oswald.
Joined the Army 47 years
ago.
Bingfield 13 SATURDAY [318-48]
Fine & sunny.
Potatoe digging.
11th Month NOVEMBER
1920 30 Days
Bingfield 14 SUNDAY Ð
24 after Trinity [319-47]
May to church. Had a
chat with Moore. Wet aft.
Bingfield 15 MONDAY [320-46]
Fine & sunny with
cold wind, the remains of a gale which blew down one of my straw ricks. Potatoe
digging. Mrs. Wagg went to Cavan & brought back an account of sabotage on
the G. N. R. near Smithboro. just beyond Clones.
Bingfield 16 TUESDAY [321-45]
Sunny & cold.
Potatoe digging. Wrote to White King
Bingfield 17 WEDNESDAY [322-44]
Fine & sunny. Men in
the garden. Odd jobs at the plough etc.
Began a letter to
Teddie.
Bingfield 18 THURSDAY [323-43] ‚ )
8h 13m p.m. (Greenwich)
Fine but windy. Men in
the garden. Wrote to Basil, & Teddie
Bingfield 19 FRIDAY [324-42]
Some rain. Men in the
garden. Turned a box for Laila. Not very well.
Bingfield 20 SATURDAY [325-41]
Fine. Men in the garden
& carting top dressing. Did some fancy turning for Laila and wrote to her.
Bingfield 21 SUNDAY Ð
25 after Trinity
[326-40]
Fine day. May to church.
Wrote to White King.
Bingfield 22 MONDAY [327-39]
Fine & bright.
Harrowing & manure carting in Monery
Did some repairs to
harness.
Bingfield 23 TUESDAY [328-38]
Fine & sunny. The
manure carting to Monery. Ferreted with nets for the first time, & it got 5
rabbits only two of which were caught in the nets however.
Bingfield 24 WEDNESDAY [329-37]
Fine, but cold. Heard
from Lou enclosing a letter from Os. Heard also from and wrote to White King.
Ploughing in Monery etc.
Bingfield 25 THURSDAY [330-36]
Fine. Men in the garden.
Wrote to Lou.
Bingfield 26 FRIDAY [331-35] o
1h 42m
a.m. (Greenwich)
Fine. Men in garden.
Marked trees for mondayÕs auction Wrote to Evie.
11th Month NOVEMBER
1920
30 Days
Bingfield 27 SATURDAY [332-34]
Wet & gloomy day.
Heard from Basil at Bournemouth. The coal got in from the yard at last &
some hedge cutting on the lane.
Bingfield 28 SUNDAY Ð1
in Advent [333-33]
Fine & sunny. Went
to church.
Bingfield 29 MONDAY [334-32]
Timber auction. Wet
nearly all day. Wrote to Basil & Ralph.
Bingfield 30 TUESDAY [335-31] St.
Andrew, Ap.
Heavy rain at intervals.
Mrs. Smith called. Took the Carbonater to pieces, & fitted a perch to the
fowls house etc.
12th Month DECEMBER
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 1 December WEDNESDAY [336-30] Queen
Alexandra
Born
1844
Fine & sunny. Men
cutting timber. Ferreted & got 6 rabbits.
Bingfield 2 THURSDAY [337-29] ƒ (
4h
29m p.m. (Greenwich)
Find with some sun. Men
at timber. There was nearly an accident to my big mare in the back lawn. Wrote
to engage a man named Cox.
Gale at night
Bingfield 3 FRIDAY [338-28]
Last nightÕs gale blew
down the small fowls house Ð put it away.
Men clipping the cart
horses etc.
Bingfield 4 SATURDAY [339-27]
Fine but colder. Men
drawing stones for the Garden & manure.
Wrote to Basil &
Bessie.
Bingfield 5 SUNDAY Ð2
in Advent
[340-26]
May to church. Blakley
called about a man who wanted to come to work here.
Bingfield 6 MONDAY [341-25]
Frost. Manure carting.
Ferreted, but only dug out 2 rabbits.
Wrote to Bank of Ireland
about Income Tax.
Bingfield 7 TUESDAY [342-24]
Thaw by day, but frost
at night. Heard from Oswald. Got my boat up.
Men getting firewood to
the Lodge & some turf & a little manure carting to Monery
Bingfield 8 WEDNESDAY [343-23]
Fine & cloudy.
Trouble with the engine. Vera came home.
Lodge being got ready for Cox. R. C. Holiday
12th Month DECEMBER
1922
31 Days
Bingfield 9 THURSDAY [344-22]
Packed & sent the
Carbonater to Murray. Got the engine running all right
Tidied up the coach
house loft. Thaw, but frost again at night.
Bingfield 10 FRIDAY [345-21] ˜ ¥
10h 4m
a.m. [Greenwich]. Black Game
and
Grouse Shooting ends
Sunny with frost at
night. Corn sent to Cavan to be ground. Heard that Askins has to go to a Dublin
hospital. May & Vera called to enquire.
Doctoring sick ferrets
etc. Cox, the new man came to the lodge.
Bingfield 11 SATURDAY [346-20]
Fine but raw & cold.
Men carting straw etc. Turned a ball for the ponyÕs chain etc.
Bingfield 12 SUNDAY Ð
3 in Advent
[347-19] Ember Week
Frost. Vera & I to
church.
Bingfield 13 MONDAY [348-18]
Fine & cold. Snow
even. Top dressing being carted. Brady to Cavan pig fair. Odd jobs about the
place.
Bingfield 14 TUESDAY [349-17]
Frost & snow lying.
Hedge cutting etc. Brady to Cavan fair.
May went to Armagh to
fetch Laila.
Bingfield 15 WEDNESDAY [350-16] Ember
Day
Fine with partial frost
& thaw. Hot water pipe gave way in the pantry. Got PowerÕs men to fix it.
Carting top dressing & hedge cutting. Wrote to Teddie.
Bingfield 16 THURSDAY [351-15]
Thaw & frost
alternately. Brady got me a ferret which stuck in the first hole. He dug out
one rabbit. Hedge cutting.
Bingfield 17 FRIDAY [352-14] Oxford
Michaelmas Term ends. Ember Day
Thaw & Frost
alternately. May & Laila came home. Hedge cutting. Brady bought some cattle
for me at Arva.
Bingfield 18 SATURDAY [353-13] ‚ )
2h 40m
p. m. (Greenwich). Ember Day
Hard frost. Hedge
cutting, & top dressing carted. Vera went to Cavan to stay with the Reids.
Telegraph wires cut between here & Cavan. The letters did not arrive till
midday. It was said that there was a Sinn Fein raid somewhere.
Bingfield 19 SUNDAY Ð4
in Advent
[354-12] Cambridge
Michaelmas
Term
ends
May to church. Some
trees cut down on the road. Heard rumours of attempted raids on the Bally james
duff & Kilnaleck. police barracks.
12th Month DECEMBER
1920
31 Days
Bingfield 20 MONDAY [355-11]
Thaw. Brady sold oats in
Cavan. Vera came home. Repaired the lower W. C.
Bingfield 21 TUESDAY [356-10] St.
Thomas, Ap. Michaelmas Law Sittings
end
Thaw. Laila in bed since
yesterday with a cold. Flax got ready to go to the mill. Men cleaning the
avenue.
Bingfield 22 WEDNESDAY [357-9]
Sent some flax to Cloggy
mill. Tried ferreting, but the ferret stayed in & had to be stopped up -
got no rabbits.
Bingfield 23 THURSDAY [358-8]
Frost. Recovered the
lost ferret. Simons came & valued my produce. Ploughing begun.
Bingfield 24 FRIDAY [359-7]
Wrote to King &
Fran. Paid the men as for tomorrow
Bingfield 25 SATURDAY [360-6] Christmas
Day. Quarter Day.
O
0h 39m p. m. (Greenwich)
Quiet day at home. Wrote
to Heathcote & Vida.
Bingfield 26 SUNDAY Ð
1 after Christmas
[361-5] St.
Stephen, M.
Quiet Day at Home. Wrote
to Pat, & also a lot of business letters.
Bingfield 27 MONDAY [362-4] Bank
Holiday. St. John, Evan.
Fine & sunny &
warm. The Waggs went for a holiday, leaving us servantless.Vera went to stay
with the Reids.
Bingfield 28 TUESDAY [363-3] InnocentÕs
Day
Warm, but some rain. Flax
sent to the mill. Busy with house work.
Bingfield 29 WEDNESDAY [364-2]
Flax sent to the mill.
Vera & the Waggs came back.
Bingfield 30 THURSDAY [365-1]
May got up, but had to
go to bed after her bath, as she felt unwell
Ploughing Ð I fitted a
bolt to the front wheel & other odd jobs.
Bingfield 31 FRIDAY [366-0]
Drove into Cavan morn.
& saw Tierney about my Schedule A business & Louis Smith about the raid
last August. Called on the 2nd. Battn. K.K.R. at the barracks.
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