Summary of Séamas O'Reilly's Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

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#1 When I was adopted, I was given new corduroy pants, which I loved fiddling with. I had no idea what was going on, except that it was sad and making Margaret sad. I feared sadness in adults above all things.

#2 My father, Joe, was the bright, shining star of my childhood. He was the primary parent of 11 children, and he died from the breast cancer that had spun a cruel, mocking thread through his life for four years.

#3 I had a family of eleven children, which was rare in Ireland at the time. I remember my first taste of a banana sandwich, but not the moment I was told Mammy had died.

#4 My father had called Phillie and Margaret with the news before he left Belfast, so they could come over to our house and look in on us until he returned. Anne was a saintly woman who tended to the house and its numerous infant contents.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822542846

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Insights on Séamas O'Reilly's Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

When I was adopted, I was given new corduroy pants, which I loved fiddling with. I had no idea what was going on, except that it was sad and making Margaret sad. I feared sadness in adults above all things.

#2

My father, Joe, was the bright, shining star of my childhood. He was the primary parent of 11 children, and he died from the breast cancer that had spun a cruel, mocking thread through his life for four years.

#3

I had a family of eleven children, which was rare in Ireland at the time. I remember my first taste of a banana sandwich, but not the moment I was told Mammy had died.

#4

My father had called Phillie and Margaret with the news before he left Belfast, so they could come over to our house and look in on us until he returned. Anne was a saintly woman who tended to the house and its numerous infant contents.

#5

The house was packed with visitors who came to pay their respects and bring us food. The sandwiches were liberally distributed, as was the case with all Irish crises, and 15-year-old Dara went to Lapsley’s to buy two hundred Regal King Size cigarettes.

#6

The sheer mass of food on display may have given an outsider the impression that we were doubly afflicted: not only a giant family bereft of a