Sunday, 20 February, 1916
Very quiet day Ethel off duty in the
morning left Violet & me alone after
lunch. We had just finished our tea
when Mr Campbell was announced.
He had not much news except that
he had met John Redmond lately
& that he said he had been lunching
with Kitchener about a week before
& his opinion was that the War
would be over in the Autumn.
After dinner we went over to the Castle
& played a couple of rubbers of Bridge
I lost 9d 1to Mrs O Kelly.
Rita is refurnishing the drawing room
at present it is the state of being
dismantled, but probably there will be
an improvement later on.
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Ethel Mary Martin
Born in 1893, Ethel Mary was Mary Martin's daughter and served as a VAD during the First World War. Violet Mary Martin
Born on 29 August 1896, Violet Mary was Mary Martin's daughter. She worked as a nurse during the First World War and later became a Dominican nun. James Campbell
(1851 – 1931) James Henry Mussen Campbell, later 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish Catholic lawyer and politician. Appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1917. John Edward Redmond
(1856 – 1918) An Irish nationalist politician and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918. He encouraged the Irish Volunteers to enlist en masse in the British Army and was integral to the creation of the 10th (Irish) Division. His brother, Willie, died on the Western Front in 1917. Horatio Herbert Kitchener
(1850 – 1916) Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener. Irish-born soldier who played a central role in the early part of the First World War regarding mobilisation of manpower for the British Army. Monkstown Castle
Family home of William and Frances (Fanny) O'Kelly, a Martin family friend. Frances (Fanny) O'Kelly
Wife of William O'Kelly of Monkstown Castle, a Martin family cousin. Rita Levins Moore
Born ca. 1885. Mary Martin's sister, married John O'Conor Donelan, known as 'Jack' on 12th January 1910. | 
