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Bridget Walsh
- Oct 5, 2022
- 1 min
Cultural Sensitivity
When I wrote the story about Jane Keating's time in New South Wales in 1846-47, "Daughters in Exile", I planned for her to find out what...
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Bridget Walsh
- Sep 22, 2022
- 1 min
Researching historical houses #irishhistory #indiewriter
historical research, and family history.
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Bridget Walsh
- Sep 18, 2022
- 1 min
My second historical novel is ready soon!
Indie author and self publishing my second historical novel.
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Bridget Walsh
- Sep 9, 2022
- 3 min
The Irish Rebellion of 1848. #amresearching #irishhistory
My research on the failed Irish rebellion in 1848.
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Bridget Walsh
- Aug 23, 2022
- 2 min
The Famine Years in North West Donegal
A friend gave me a copy of this lovely book about the Irish Famine. The author, Patrick Campbell, writes about his family who lived in...
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Bridget Walsh
- Aug 9, 2022
- 2 min
What are you reading this week?
Reading for research and also for pleasure. A history book and a crime novel.
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Bridget Walsh
- Aug 8, 2022
- 1 min
Book Orders in the US and the #Irishdiaspora #historicalnovel #indiewriter
August 2022 is looking like a slower month for my book orders. These are the total orders since I self-published my first novel back in...
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Bridget Walsh
- Aug 3, 2022
- 1 min
Summer book sale for lovers of the Irish story.
Irish historical novel recounting the story of two intrepid young women, living through the Famine years.
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Bridget Walsh
- Jul 9, 2022
- 1 min
Progress in the US with my first Indie-pub'd novel.
Developing as an Indie writer and publisher of Irish historical novels.
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Bridget Walsh
- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
Serendipity and historical research #amwriting #irishhistoricalnovels
It started with a short drive. I was in Ireland last week to babysit my grandsons. My daughter, Fran, was going to a wedding in Rome with...
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Bridget Walsh
- May 9, 2022
- 1 min
Daughters in Exile - Emigration and Transportation. (2 min read) #irishhistoricalnovels
I'm editing the second historical novel in a trilogy about the Irish Famine years. Annie Power and Jane Keating both left Ireland in the...
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Bridget Walsh
- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
Ernie O'Malley
wrote 'On Another Man's Wounds' while in exile in South America between 1929 and 1932. O'Malley, a middle class medical student, joined...
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Bridget Walsh
- Apr 26, 2021
- 1 min
Wounds by Fergal Keane.
Just finished reading Wounds by Fergal Keane. In it Keane tells the story of his grandmother, Hannah Purtill. A Kerrywoman, she was born...
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Bridget Walsh
- Dec 6, 2020
- 1 min
New reading What Hath God Wrought
This book won the Pulizer Prize for History in 2008. I'm writing the second novel where my protagonist Annie Power, has arrived in New...
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Bridget Walsh
- Dec 2, 2020
- 1 min
Best Irish historical novel ever?
Just finished reading Strumpet City by James Plunkett. I'm in awe of the lyrical writing and the attention to detail about life in...
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Bridget Walsh
- Oct 17, 2020
- 1 min
Researching 19th century Melbourne, Australia
I'm doing some research on the founding of Melbourne, Australia in 1835. My protagonist Jane, arrived there from Dublin, in 1846, so I...
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Bridget Walsh
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
In Search of the 1490
Just watched a fascinating video about the 1,490 Irish Famine emigrants from Strokestown estate in county Roscommon. This resulted in...
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Bridget Walsh
- Sep 1, 2020
- 2 min
"Speranza" (Lady Jane Wilde), and my Irish historical novels
Famous Irish Nationalist, feminist and poet who plays a part in my novel, 'Daughters of the Famine Road.'
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Bridget Walsh
- Aug 25, 2020
- 1 min
Jane Leary: An Irish Famine girl
The Irish Famine and Skibbereen
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