A Family at War - The Diary of Mary Martin (1916)
Added: 17 Dec 2012
Contributor:
Scoilnet
Resource type:
Primary Source
A Family at War: Mary Martin’s Diary, 1 January – 25 May 1916 is an online exhibition from the National Library of the Diary of Mary Martin, a widow and mother of twelve children, living in the wealthy Dublin suburb of Monkstown. Mary wrote the diary to her son Charlie, a soldier with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who went missing in action on the Salonika front.
Set against the backdrop of the Easter Rising and the First World War, the diary chronicles the daily activities of Mary, her family, friends and relatives.
How it maps to the curriculum
- SC
- History
Strand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 3 Sovereignty 1912-1949
