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Letters from Dakota
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Dec 13, 2016
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Podcast episode
Description
'Letters from Dakota' is the story of my grandaunt Mollie Dwyer who emigrated to the USA when she was 15 years of age in 1906. Her emigrant experience was very different to most. Within two months she found herself in a convent in South Dakota training to be a nun. She would never return to the town she grew up in, save for the very occasional visit. However for over 40 years she wrote to her brother Jack Dwyer (my grandfather) in Castlecomer revealing intriguing insights into her unusual life as a nun in rural Dakota. I recently discovered her letters where she writes about prohibition in the 1920s, World War II but also her lonely life in the Midwest of the USA as well as her struggles with depression. These are her Letters from Dakota. My sister Ruth narrates her letters in this episode.Become a patron of the show today and for a small monthly subscription you can get lots of bonus content. Find out more at www.patreon.com/irishpodcast For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Dec 13, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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