1916 - LLYWELYN MORGAN
1916 - LLYWELYN MORGAN At age fifteen, Ned Halloran lost both of his parents--and almost his own life--when the Titanic sank. Saint Edna's headmaster is the renowned scholar and poet, Patrick…
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1916 - LLYWELYN MORGAN
At age fifteen, Ned Halloran lost both of his parents--and almost his own life--when the Titanic sank. Saint Edna's headmaster is the renowned scholar and poet, Patrick Pearse--who is soon to gain greater fame as a rebel and patriot. Determined to keep what little he has, he returns to his homeland of Ireland and enrolls at Saint Edna's school in Dublin.
and the sacrifices it will demand.Through Ned's eyes, Morgan Llywelyn's 1916 examines the Irish fight for freedom--inspired by poets and schoolteachers, fueled by a desperate desire for independence, and played out in the historic streets of Dublin against the background of World War I. Ned becomes deeply involved with the growing revolution . . . It is a story of the brave men and heroic women who, for a few unforgettable days, managed to hold out against the might of the British Empire.The Irish Century