Urker
Crossmaglen
Ireland
March 30th/17
My dearest Sally[1]
Eric Gilmore[2]
asks me to forward inclosed Post Office order and to tell you that he hopes the
sum will never be so low again but law expenses and income tax swallowed up a
lot.
I was
very uneasy till I heard from Clair[3]
last week as he had written to neither Glenbanna[4]
nor to me since I saw him However I had
a long cheerful letter and so far he is all right. Mary Reid[5]
had a letter which she showed me from George Mitchell[6]
which pleased her greatly. He had hopes
of getting over to see her I do hope he may manage it. Likely I would see him also. I spent a week at Gilford Castle with Jim
and Molly[7]
and a day at Glenbanna Mary looks
better than she did a year ago. The
Castle is a lovely place and I felt lost in the big rooms and long and numerous
passages. I am to go again when Mickie[8]
gets holidays. He is at Rugby. I hope you are getting strong and well again
after your long trial and loss. Of
course you must still be very anxious about the boys. We hope the war is beginning to look more like a conclusion. All our friends are still alive. Philip Griffin[9]
was hurt by a kick of a horse but is well again All Maggie's[10]
children are well also Bessies[11]
& Sallys[12] Bessie is not strong but is not ill just
now. Dr. Tom Gilmore[13]
is still at Salonika and had [his] [????]
My
fond love to Mary[14]
and your dear self
Your ever affect old [???]
Mary Griffin[15]
[1] Sarah (McCullagh) Whiteside
[2] Eric GILMORE?
[3] Thomas Clair Whiteside
[4] Glenbanna – who lives there?
[5] Mary (McCullagh) Reid, wife of William Reid, sister to Sarah (McCullagh) Whiteside
[6] George Anderson Mitchell, husband of Mary Ione Whiteside
[7] James & Mary “Mollie” (Menary) Wright, daughter of Mary (Jackson) (Menary) Griffin
[8] James Francis Wright, son of James & Mary “Mollie” (Menary) Wright
[9] possibly Col. Philip G “Pat” GRIFFIN
[10] Margaret (Jackson) (Reed) McCullagh
[11] Elizabeth “Bessie” (née JACKSON) BROWN(E), sister of Mary (née JACKSON) GRIFFIN
[12] Sarah (née JACKSON) GILMORE, sister of Mary (née JACKSON) GRIFFIN
[13] Thomas Jackson Gilmore, son of Eliezer Gilmore & Sarah Jackson
[14] Mary Ione (Whitesdie) Mitchell
[15] Mary (Jackson) (Menary) Griffin