Reflections of an Irish Grandson: A story of grandmother Bridget (Meade) Quealy and the Meade family of Miltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland

I remember my paternal grandmother's, Bridget (Meade) Quealy, Irish accent and Irish expressions and stories of Ireland and I came to learn later about the difficulties and hardships confronting my grandmother and her Meade family in Ireland at a time when Britain still ruled that country very harshly. I wanted, for many years, to discover all that I could about why she left a beloved homeland, along with so many others, and about the struggles of the family she left behind. I set out to fi...