Thank you so much to Stephen Long, Ryan and all the crew at The New York Irish Centre for your kind invitation to speak about my novel, Hungry Trails, at your Wednesday lunch gathering. My husband and I enjoyed a delicious meal and met some wonderful people many who have Irish ancestry. 💚☘️🙏

Julie Foley is sixteen when she and her family are evicted from their humble mountain dwelling in the Mayo town of Attymass. Their crime is rental arrears. It's 1847 and the potato famine has impoverished Ireland. Corpses of men, women and children lie strewn across the ditches and fields, having dropped like flies from fever, exhaustion and starvation. Thanks to the generosity of the hedge schoolmaster and his wife, Julie and…See More