Songs of Love And War
“The first- and second-class passengers had long gone and Bridie had to endure lengthy queues and hours of medical and legal inspections before she was at last claimed by Mrs Bessie McGuire, the housekeeper of a friend of Lady Rowan-Hampton, and passed off as her niece. On the manifest, the official paperwork given to the immigration officers by the steamship’s crew, Bridie’s name had been misspelt as ‘Bridget’. That was the name Mr Deverill had called her. To Bridie it seemed like fate, so she ...didn’t bother to correct it. From now on she’d start a new life with a new identity. She’d make something of herself. ‘Will I see you again, Bridie?’ Eileen from Co. Wicklow asked.
Bridie shook her head. ‘This is goodbye, Eileen,’ she replied and left Ellis Island and her past behind her.
Bessie McGuire had emigrated with her husband twenty years before and settled in New York with so many others, like them, who had fled Ireland in search of a better life.MoreLess
Bridie shook her head. ‘This is goodbye, Eileen,’ she replied and left Ellis Island and her past behind her.
Bessie McGuire had emigrated with her husband twenty years before and settled in New York with so many others, like them, who had fled Ireland in search of a better life.MoreLess
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