Ascendancy
An American heritage story, the Saga of the Magoffin and O’Dwyers and the diaspora from Ireland circa 1800 to America, Australia, Jamaica, and Mexico is chronicled in ASCENDANCY. It is a story of Triumph over Tragedy and of two families that cross paths in Ireland at a very turbulent time and again in America, eventually to intermarry.
Excerpts
Dublin-1879, A meeting of the Society of United Irishmen at the Four-Leaf Clover-on the street in front of a large crowd gathered: Lord Gratton waved and got down from the tabletop podium and sat. Samuel Neilson, the linen magnate, stood up on the makeshift podium to speak. He began with, “Ladies and gentlemen, we have our difference of opinion. Our outlooks may differ.
The Picnic shared by Nel O’Donnell and Michael O’Dwyer—their first date After some bread with honey and tea shared by all, the courtship couple mounted Goodnight and waved goodbye. The hounds went with them. They wanted to see what was in the picnic basket and were going to run up the hill as far as needed to find out. They did not smell so well but rather had to visualize everything.
The Defender raid on the Baron’s flock of sheep in order to assist the tenant farmers with their increases in rents. The raiders have been spotted unknowingly by the British redcoats on patrol in the area. Jimmy O’Day is the trailer guard charged with alerting the Defender team of any danger: The Sergeant stated. “First things first, I want to catch as many of these croppie bastards..
About The Author
Patrick Earl Dwyer
Plano, Texas resident Patrick E. Dwyer, M.D. was born in Austin and raised in El Paso. He was a biology research scientist and educator before a medical career that included Pediatrics, Family, and ER medicine. Afterward he was a medical educator for several years.
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