"What
Dreams Are Made of" is the story of Edna McCabe of Assumption
Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland. In her book Edna tells
of moving, as a child, from married quarters in Portobello Barracks,
Dublin, to Claremount Street, Dublin and then on to Rathmines.
She tells of childhood visits to Portsmouth, England and the
Newbrook Race Course in Mullingar.
We then learn
how Edna met her future husband Martin McCabe of Mullingar. Edna
traces married life in Athlone from her first flat in Bastion
Street, to the death of her beloved Martin. Along the way, we
glimpse life in centre of Athlone in 1947. We see the ever present
River Shannon and comings and goings of fish sellers and pawnbrokers.
We learn of a time when milk was sold "loose" and clothes were
sold "over the counter".
Later
we get to know of Martin's interest in the scouting movement,
and happy times around the campfire in Cliffony, County Sligo.
Then there was the day that Martin set off for a tour of duty
with the United Nations in the Congo, and the day Edna's youngest
son, Declan, set off for a new life in America.
"What
Dreams Are Made Of" was edited by Geoffrey Foy, and posted on
the World Wide Web by BREENWEBZ.
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