Stayed again for a hurley-practice after dinner. The boys are very hospitable, and I got a room to tog out, jersey, knickers, and a fine hurley without the least trouble. Hurley is splendid exercise, and the few days of practice I have had has taken away that headachy feeling I always have from want of exertion in the open. I cycled home after as quick as possible, and then to town where I was shopping for Mammie’s concert. At six went to Pigott’s ((Pigotts was the main Cork music store; it hired out pianos for concerts and permitted the performer to practise on the instrument beforehand.)) and heard Mammie play over the programme. She did splendidly, and Mrs. Stockley, Miss O’Brien, Fr. O’Brien, ((Fr. William O’Brien (1889-1927) was a curate in the Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne in Cork. He was born in Cork, and ordained in the Irish College of Rome in 1912. He was renowned in his parish work for his ability to resolve family strife. (See Cathedral website, section: Priests who served in this parish) His family were Cork wool millers; he was Jane O’Brien’s brother. He was to die of tuberculosis the following year, aged 38.)) Fr. MacCarthy, ((Canon Richard McCarthy, ordained in 1881; 1901-08 administrator of the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne – it was he who in 1906 appointed Fleischmann senior to the post of organist and choirmaster. He was parish priest in Kinsale 1908-38, the year of his death.)) and Fr. O’Connor, one of the Redemptorists now preaching in Cathedral, were really delighted. Mounted stamps when I came home, as Mammie can banish her cares about the concert when she sees me at this work. We were delighted when Miss Barker, superintendent of School of Music, sent for more tickets. Let’s hope the booking will be good. Got a fine St. Helena stamp from Mr. Veresmith, the painter. ((Daniel Veresmith (1861-1932), an American artist of German origin. As a young man, he was invited to work in Britain, where he illustrated Thomas Hardy´s novels, taught drawing and exhibited in the Royal Academy. He lived in Doneraile, Co. Cork for a number of years, first meeting the Fleischmanns at a recital of Tilly’s in December 1922. He was a member of the Munster Society of Arts and had high hopes that it could bring about a great cultural revival. But he decided to return to England in 1926.))
