like other men in the lanes of Limerick but his consumption got worse and he came back to Limerick and now he’s dead. His wife, Galway Jane, followed him, and four of their six children had  to  be  put  into  orphanages. The  oldest  boy, Gerry, ran  away  and joined the Irish army,deserted and crossed to the English army.The old- est girl, Peggy, went to Aunt Aggie and lives in misery. The Irish army is looking for boys who are musical and would like to train in the Army School of Music.They accept my brother, Malachy, and he goes off to Dublin to be a soldier and play the trumpet. Now I have only two brothers at home and Mam says her family is disappearing before her very eyes. 283