The Feeney Family Sagas

4 primary works

A Long Way from Heaven

by Sheelagh Kelly

Published 24 October 1985

Sheelagh Kelly's famous first novel is also the first volume of her bestselling `Feeney' saga.

One fateful morning in August 1846, Patrick Feeney surveyed his ruined potato crop - and for the first time knew despair.

With a delicate wife and their unborn child, he had no choice but to leave that wild and beautiful corner of Ireland and set out for England in search of work. But from the moment Patrick and Mary set foot in Liverpool, they are beset by new trials. After tramping the long, weary miles to York, they are forced to settle in the nightmarish slums of Walmgate, where disease and death are rife. Yet the very poverty and hopelessness of their surroundings bind the small community together in a stubborn determination to survive through tragedy and win for themselves a better life.

Peopled with rich and colourful characters, here is a marvellously fresh, unpredictable saga full of passion, struggle and humour.

For My Brother's Sins

by Sheelagh Kelly

Published 2 August 1990

The second title in Sheelagh Kelly's bestselling 'Feeney' saga tells how one treacherous act can turn a brother's love into a murderous rage! In the summer of 1867 a sudden change in the fortunes of the Feeney family saves them from their life of struggle and poverty in the mean back streets of York. But what will save the Feeney family from itself? Patrick and Thomasin Feeney and their children, Erin, Richard and Sonny, each have different dreams -- and as these dreams grow under the influence of their new-found wealth the old bonds between them begin to break. Estranging husband and wife, dividing father and son, setting brother against brother. But it is Richard, as dishonest and selfish as he is handsome and charming, whose final betrayal threatens to bring down the judgment of God.

Erin's Child

by Sheelagh Kelly

Published June 1987

Covering all aspects of evidence law and procedure from a police officer's perspective, this manual has been extensively revised to incorporate all legislative developments such as the Police Reform Act 2002. It also incorporates a number of case decisions and changes in policy. This new edition also features an improved page design to aid independent study.

Dickie

by Sheelagh Kelly

Published 2 August 1990

After 26 years in America, Dickie returns to his family in York when his father dies. This book continues the Feeney family saga which began in the author's first three novels. Her previous books include A Long Way From Heaven, For My Brother's Sins, Erin's Child and My Father, My Son.