At a packed Saint Brigid’s Church in Corofin, in a heartbreaking poem addressed to her parents, she said: ‘Mum and Dad we love you, we want you both to know – It was always so easy to be ...

Lydia Maria Child was born in 1802 in Massachusetts and grew up to be a novelist and poet who tackled issues of family and race in her writing. Among her lighter works is the poem “Thanksgiving ...