Annie Crowley was one of eleven children born in the farmhouse at Kilnahone, outside Ballygarvan in the County Cork. Their father died soon after young Billy was born, and Jack emigrated to Australia not long after. Annie was six at the time, and a pupil at Ballygarvan National School, where the English language and English history were drilled into her. Then came the First World War, and Sister Mary went off to become a nurse in England. Annie was needed at home then, to take care of the house and the younger children. She loved the farm, but soon enough became a rebel against the English crown. The struggle ended in a bitter civil war, as diehard Republicans fought the compromising leaders willing to accept an Irish Free State with token allegiance to London. Thousands of veterans of the Irish Republican Army emigrated to America, including her sweetheart Pat Forde from Ballinhassig. Thus Annie came to America, never again to see her mother or siblings, or the farm at Kilnahone.
- ISBN10 1300666218
- ISBN13 9781300666219
- Publish Date 23 January 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 February 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook (OEB)
- Language English