When I was a little girl my father always seemed proud to tell me that he was second generation Irish and all his ancestors were from the Emerald Isle. He would sing "Danny Boy" and "I'll take you home again Kathleen" and other haunting songs that I never knew the titles of: he would show me how to dance the Ceilidh and tell me stories of the ancestors we were descended from. My favourite story was of how a Great Aunt had rowed up the River Dee estuary with a handful of gold sovereigns sewn into the hem of her dress. I could imagine this doughty woman seeking a new life for herself, when things got tough in her homeland. One day he took me to the place where Irish immigrants used to camp out under a canopy of leaf laden oak trees, before setting off to the nearest town or city to look for employment, or settling down to a labouring job nearby. When I grew up,I decided to visit this land of my childish imagination, to trace my heritage as far as it would go. I found an "Irish stew" of spectacular scenery, quiet country roads, glittering loughs, tumbling waterfalls, mystical legends and learnt some of the island's turbulent history whilst I was there. Thus, "A Woman Undefeated" was born, followed closely by "Dreams Can Come True" and "A Distant Dream", my County Mayo trilogy of troubled times. Now retired, I am still writing my historical sagas,as there always seems to be a story running through my head.

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