Article: Llywelyn, Morgan. 1949; a novel of the Irish free state.(Book Review)

LLYWELYN, Morgan. 1949; a novel of the Irish free state. Tot, Forge. 485p. notes. bibliog, c2003. 0-812-57080-4. $7.99. SA

This novel follows 1916 and 1921 and continues the story of the Halloran and Mooney families with Ned Halloran's daughter, Ursula, as the protagonist. The story opens in 1925 with Ursula, approximately 15, being sent off to a finishing school in Switzerland, paid for by Ella Mooney and against her father's wishes. After two years she returns to Ireland to take a position in the fledgling broadcasting industry in Dublin. She is a feminist who wants to have a career and remain in the limelight in an Ireland where Catholic conservatism is taking ...

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