1858-12-01
WEDNESDAY
Drove Charlotte & Mrs
Ellis to Omagh –
1858-12-02
THURSDAY
Rat hunting
Rode with Charlotte
1858-12-03
FRIDAY
Rode with Charlotte
1858-12-04
SATURDAY
Rode with Charlotte
1858-12-05
SUNDAY
[no entry]
1858-12-06
MONDAY
Lunging colt for
first time – got on very well
1858-12-07
TUESDAY
exercised colt
1858-12-08
WEDNESDAY
Rode with Charlotte
Ellis went to Dublin by [illegible]
1858-12-09
THURSDAY
Rode with Charlotte
1858-12-10
FRIDAY
Drove to Omagh
Took out Simoon
1858-12-11
SATURDAY
In Omagh to meet Molony
Humfrey – Race between McClintoch
& Buchannan
1858-12-12
SUNDAY
[no entry]
1858-12-13
MONDAY
Exercised Simoon
Drove to Omagh with
Mrs & Charlotte
1858-12-14
TUESDAY
Rode to Termon with Charlotte
home by Drumnakilly. Ellis
returned from Dublin by Dungannon
1858-12-15
WEDNESDAY
Ellis in Gortin – Long
chat – with Mrs Ellis
1858-12-16
THURSDAY
Chat with Ellis –
Hunted Simoon 2nd time
good sport – lost a shoe –
1858-12-17
FRIDAY
shot snipe with Ellis
bad sport
1858-12-18
SATURDAY
Wet
Exercised horses from
McMahon
1858-12-19
SUNDAY
[no entry]
1858-12-20
MONDAY
Hunted stag – Simoon
stuck on bog – very good sport –
1858-12-21
TUESDAY
Ellis drove to Omagh
Tommy home from school
Molony dined & slept –
1858-12-22
WEDNESDAY
Rode McMahons horses
1858-12-23
THURSDAY
hunted – Hercules – blank
day very wet –
1858-12-24
FRIDAY
Drove Mrs & Charlotte to Omagh
1858-12-25
SATURDAY
Valuable present from
mistress – very wet
1858-12-26
SUNDAY
very wet
Charlotte very ill – Dr Flemming
sent for –
1858-12-27
MONDAY
Charlotte a little better
Rode Hercules with Tom
1858-12-28
TUESDAY
Very wet – could not
hunt Charlotte no better Mrs E
complaining
1858-12-29
WEDNESDAY
Ellis at Gortin
Charlotte no better Mrs
no better wont give up
1858-12-30
THURSDAY
Snow
Charlotte something better
Mrs obliged to go to bed
1858-12-31
FRIDAY
Mrs very ill. Charlotte
better – shot snipe with Tom
Ellis in Omagh
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Peter O’Reilly’s 1858 diary has been transcribed by volunteers and staff of the Vancouver Island Local History Society and is for informational purposes only. Researchers interested in this diary are advised to consult the original document housed at the Royal British Columbia Museum & Archives, found in MS-2894, the O’Reilly family fonds.