William Waring

May 26, 2019December 18, 2018

WEEK 81: (26th May – 1st June 1919)

“I went to a Cumann na mban meeting in the evening after visiting Waterpark & its lodge, & found there was to be a flag day for starving Germans all over Ireland, including Waterford, on the 15th of June. Most of the members didn’t seem eager to take part in it, not from any objection to the cause, but it seemed to be thought dangerous.”

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December 24, 2017November 29, 2018

WEEK 13: (24th – 30th December 1917)

“We were talking of Uncle Tom’s Cabin which Kitty had never read, & I got it from Suirview to show her the pictures which appeared to interest her. She has a blessed power of being interested in things that you tell her, & in people especially. The more I read that book the more I am impressed by its merits & the more I like St Clare. Its only now that I am beginning to appreciate Uncle Tom himself.”

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