Off to Castlelack! A glorious morning for the occasion. Came by 10 o’clock train, and Mr. MacDonnell was kind enough to meet me at the station with the car. Mrs. MacDonnell, Lola, Diarmuid, Cáitín and Liam are all splendid, and in the best of spirits. It was really too kind of them to invite me. We spent the morning, and part of the time after dinner in painting and getting ready the ‘Úna Bhán’ and the ‘Tub’ for launching. The number of improvements that have been made is extraordinary. The house is lighted by an electric plant, and the former watermill is now worked by electricity, the water working the turbine, and a large creamery is just being built which will be a great source of industry to the neighbourhood. After tea the ‘Tub’ was brought up to the lake, a stretch of water about ¼ mile from the house, and launched, but as it was dark, we had to return immediately. The lake is really beautiful and solitary at night. It is almost a square mile.
