Safe Home: An Irish Story (The Tipperary Trilogy)

Safe Home: An Irish Story (The Tipperary Trilogy)

Young Mikey Flynn leaves the tiny Tipperary village of Gortalocca to pursue his calling to the priesthood. But 18th century Ireland is a dangerous place and time where Catholics are being persecuted for practicing their beliefs and priests are being hunted down and executed. A notorious priest-hunter, Captain Percival Grey, is hot on his trail. Grey is a troubled psychopath, haunted by his own demons. Matters become even more complicated when Mikey finds himself falling in love with a beautiful local girl and he struggles with a crisis of faith. Should he pursue his goal and become fully ordained or should he follow his heart? Back home in Tipperary, his jealous brother is making a play for power. His sense of entitlement and irresponsibility threaten to destroy the family and, along with it, the very fabric of Gortalocca. Robert Dâ€™Arcy, once a notorious man-hunter himself, is getting on in years and has become cynical and world-weary. But he is also Mikeyâ€™s uncle and, at the request of the boyâ€™s mother, he sets out to find his nephew and bring him safely home to Gortalocca. Itâ€™s a quest fraught with perils and Dâ€™Arcy finds himself in a life and death race against time. Can he find Mikey Flynn before the murderous Captain Grey does? Safe Home is a fast-paced tale of action, adventure and sibling rivalry â€¦. but it is also a heart-warming and gentle love story â€¦ a story of survival against all odds. It blends compelling fiction with well-researched fact to capture the spirit of 18th century Ireland, it tells how ordinary Irish people lived and loved and how they strived to overcome hardship, oppression and persecution. (SAFE HOME is a phrase used in Ireland to bid farewell to someone whoâ€™s travelling home and to wish them a safe journey. Itâ€™s a literal translation of the Irish â€˜SlÃ¡n Abhaileâ€™ which is roughly pronounced 'slawn awallya'.)
Country USA
Brand CREATESPACE
Manufacturer CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding Paperback
EANs 9781491286135
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	CREATESPACE
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
EANs	9781491286135
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Safe Home: An Irish Story (The Tipperary Trilogy)

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