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When I Am Going: Growing Up In Ireland and Coming to America, 1901-1927 by [Anne Crowley Ford, Daniel Ford]

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Annie Crowley was one of eleven children born in the farmhouse at Kilnahone, outside the village of Ballygarvan in the County Cork. There were nearly twenty-four years between the oldest and youngest of the Crowley boys and girls, Their father died a few weeks after young Billy was born, and Jack the eldest emigrated to Australia not long after. Annie was six years old at the time, and a pupil at Ballygarvan National School, where the English language and English history were drilled into Irish children. Then came the First World War, and Mary Crowley 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 work, but soon enough she became a rebel against the English crown. The struggle ended in civil war, as diehard Republicans fought those 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 the farm at Kilnahone.

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"The harvest days were so lovely. The air was still and full of ripening grain and flowers beginning to fade away. And one knew that fall was on its way. One evening I was going out and stood at the gate and wondered if there was anywhere in the world a place as beautiful as Ireland, the mist rising from the valley below and overhead a large golden moon. It looked like a big golden hoop, and you felt if you reached up you could touch it with your hand."

So writes Anne Crowley Ford in her unforgettable memoir of her girlhood at Kilnahone, a "townland" near Ballygarvan in the County Cork. Leaving Home was the sorrow of Annie's life. Toward the end of it, when she was living in the desert climate of Arizona, she wrote of the farmhouse she never saw again:

"There was always a sense of security in our life at Kilnahone. We never had to worry about moving. The place was our own, and in all my years in the United States I never felt that sense of security, on rainy nights the feeling of warmth with the rain pelting against the windows and the rain dripping against the house and the rustle of the leaves in the ash trees."

About the Author

Anne Crowley Ford was brought up in the County Cork but emigrated to America as a young woman, dying in Arizona in 1968. Toward the end of her life, she wrote this unforgettable memoir of her life in Ireland and how she came to leave for a foreign land. It was edited by her son, Daniel Ford, who has spent a lifetime reading and writing about the wars of the past hundred years, from the Irish rebellion of 1916 to the counter-guerrilla operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is best known for his history of the American Volunteer Group--the 'Flying Tigers' of the Second World War--and his Vietnam novel that was filmed as Go Tell the Spartans, starring Burt Lancaster. Most recently, he has turned to the invasion of Poland in 1939 by Germany and Soviet Russia. Most of his books and many shorter pieces are available for Amazon's Kindle ebook reader. He lives and works in New Hampshire.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00881P3X2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kilnahone Press; 2021st edition (June 8, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 8, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3646 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 82 pages

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Daniel Ford has spent a lifetime studying and writing about the wars of the past hundred years, from Ireland's war of liberation to America's invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. A U.S. Army veteran and a reporter in Vietnam, he wrote the novel that was filmed as 'Go Tell the Spartans', starring Burt Lancaster. As a historian, he is best known for his prize-winning study of the American Volunteer Group--the gallant 'Flying Tigers' of the Second World War. Most recently, he has written a memoir of his life so far: "Looking Back From Ninety: The Depression, the War, and the Good Life that Followed." Visit www.DanFordBooks.com and sign up for a monthly newsletter about war, flying, and less important subjects.

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Thomas M McLaughlin

Great story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 22, 2022

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What a treasure that you have. Firsthand story of what many of our parents and grandparents experienced. I know a lot about my Irish ancestors but nothing like the detailed experiences documented in this book. I enjoyed it and it gave me a good idea of what my grandparents lived through. Thank you for sharing.

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thomas f ryan

Irish local history reflection

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 12, 2014

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A facinating story of family life in early 1900s Ireland. Including an insight into the troubled time of British occupation and the hardships endured by the native Irish, but also demonstrating the courage of the ordinary people.
Paints a uniqe picture of life in rural Ireland. Well worth a read.

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Eileen McWilliams

Too short

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 19, 2013

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I was extremely disappointed. This book is printed in a large font and it is less than 85 pages. I don't consider that a book. Would not have purchased it if I had known.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 29, 2012

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Thank you, Dan for sharing your mother's incredible memoirs. What a treat. This book is a treasure I loved it.

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Barbara Z

Five Stars