She now lives alone in that same farmhouse. There were no private earnings, it felt as if she lived entirely as “a mother” serving family and farm, self-less to the last detail. Women’s rights, divorce, freedom of movement, were a near impossibility, never even considered in my mother’s time. My mother talks about winning story-writing competitions in school and, she can recite all the words in Irish which she still remembers, 78 years after having her last Irish class and leaving school. Born into a humble country background, she walked bare-footed to school and worked from the age of 10.Įducational opportunities were non-existent for these women. My mum comes from an age-group of women whose likes will never be seen again.
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