The sound of freedom
Murtagh, Ann2020
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Will Colm stay in Ireland and join the Volunteers or will he fulfil his dream of working as a musician in America? A long-held family secret comes to light, rocks Colm's world and shows him the way to go. It's spring 1919. Ireland's War of Independence has just begun. In a cottage in County Westmeath, thirteen-year-old Colm Conneely longs to join the local Volunteers, the `Rainbow Chasers' who dream of an independent Ireland. Caught up in republican fever, he smuggles guns, stands up to the RIC during a house raid and raises the tricolour on a lake island. But Colm is also chasing another rainbow - he dreams of a life in America working as a fiddle player and involved in the republican movement there. The arrival in the area of spirited Belfast girl Alice McCluskey is a new development in Colm's life. She speaks Irish, shares his love of Irish music and is also committed to the `cause'. Will Colm stay in Ireland and join the Volunteers or will he fulfil his dream of working as a musician in America? A long-held family secret comes to light, rocks Colm's world and shows him the way to go.
Main title:
The sound of freedom / Ann Murtagh.
Author:
Murtagh, Ann, author
Imprint:
Dublin : The O'Brien Press, 2020.
Collation:
1 volume ; 20 cm
Audience:
Interest age level: 9+.
ISBN:
9781788491259 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92F
Local class:
F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2606818