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- Book Synopsis
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Every family has a story … for Liam O’Connor that story goes back to his great-grandparents, William and Norry Kennedy. Using the threads of his family’s past to weave a tapestry that is at once personal yet somehow universal, this family memoir gives the reader an eye-witness perspective on the tumultuous lives of the landless, labouring class of nineteenth-century Ireland.
Tales of William’s youthful adventures with the Royal navy and serving in HM Coastguard are contrasted with Norry’s early years of domestic servitude, as their lives through these years were set against the backdrop of Britain’s near-global empire and the Big Houses of local landlords, of wars abroad and social turmoil at home, before giving way post-marriage to the priority of surviving and raising a family no matter the circumstances.
Beautifully crafted with fact and fiction both playing their role, The Sailor and the Seamstress is a tender tale of joy and sorrow, life and loss and a courage and strength that endures no matter what
- About The Author
- Liam O'Connor spent thirty-five years as a primary school teacher, the final seven in the role of teaching-principal. Since his retirement in 2015, he has immersed himself in his family's history, piecing it together through the sourcing and researching of extant records, newspaper archives, local history books and articles as well as making full use of DNA testing and analysis. The result is The Sailor and the Seamstress, his first book.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781804584965
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Gill Books, (21 May 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 352
- Weight
- 500 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 mm
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