Seekers

John Kelly and Margaret Marrey were politically active Irish crafts persons in the shoe and weaving trades. they were optimistic that new leaders in London were on a path to freedom for Ireland. Instead, the winds of English politics shifted against them. In the dead of night, John fled the country to avoid prison. Margaret was stuck in Drogheda by the restrictions Victorian society placed on women. She resisted and persevered. Their love survived fifteen months of separation. They were married for the rest of their live, and made their dreams come true in America.