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$249 once
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- All twenty-four letters
- Posted from Ireland
- Worldwide delivery included
The O'Donnell letters - 1847-1857
He left Ireland
with a promise.
A true-to-life story told through letters posted between Ballycastle, County Mayo and Boston from 1847 to 1857.
$24.95 monthly ยท $249 once
First letters post in September. 30-day first-mailing promise.
24 lettersOne unfolding story
12 monthsFrom 1847 to 1857
Posted from IrelandWorldwide delivery included
One complete storyYours to keep
Open something worth waiting for.
Each month, a new exchange arrives in the post. Carefully written. Historically grounded. Made to be read slowly.
Read the first letters free.
Start at the beginning and decide from the writing itself.
Read the first lettersBallycastle and Boston, 1847
Patrick left.
Mary stayed.
The land would pass to the eldest son. Patrick, the second son, crossed an ocean after promising Mary he would send for her.
She remained in north Mayo, where her father had a safer plan in mind.
Made here, read at their pace
Prepared in Ireland. Grounded in the record.
- 01Written and researched
Original historical fiction built from real records, places and emigrant correspondence.
- 02Prepared as individual letters
Large, quiet type and clean context are designed for comfortable reading.
- 03Posted from Ireland
Two separate letters arrive each month and stay with the reader.
A year-long gift
A story that keeps arriving.
For the buyer
- One payment
- Add their details
- Printable gift card
For the reader
- Two letters each month
- Begin at the start
- Keep every letter
Choose your plan
Choose how to receive the story.
The story is the same in every plan. Only the way you pay and who receives it changes.
Monthly
$24.95 /month
- Two letters each month
- For twelve months
- Worldwide delivery included
Gift
$249 once
- Twenty-four letters
- Printable gift card
- Worldwide delivery included
30-day first-mailing promiseLove it, or tell us and we will make it right.
Worldwide deliveryIncluded in every plan.
Everything people ask
Practical answers, kept simple.
One complete work of historical fiction told through Patrick O'Donnell and Mary Cafferky's correspondence between Ballycastle and Boston from 1847 to 1857.
The opening mailing posts in September. Two separate letters follow each month for twelve months.
If you choose monthly, contact us before a future charge and we will help with a change or cancellation.
Patrick and Mary are fictional. The records, places, pressures and historical events around them are real and carefully researched.
The letters are posted from Ireland and worldwide delivery is included.
Begin Patrick and Mary's story
The first letter is free. Start at the beginning.