Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
Apologies. I didnt realise you were from such good stock. I thought your ancestors were Irishers.
Oh, they were. But they were middle-class south Dubliners. It sounds grander than it was. Domestic staff were dirt cheap back then in Ireland due to all the agricultural poor. The eldest son inherited the farm, the other sons went off to England to dig roads and the daughters had to go into domestic service. And then they'd get knocked up and have to be dismissed.

Better times, p.