Born nearly two decades apart, one on a small farm in Ireland and the other in uptown New Orleans. Their paths would cross in the most unlikely of circumstances.Opposition was strongest from both their families with the one living father threatening to never again write to his son if he went ahead with his marriage plans.Even the hierarchy of the Catholic Church weighed in with their assumed predictions that "the marriage would not last six months.""Us Agin' the World: Triumph of Love over Church and Family" is a story of courage and love that not only survived six months but is stronger than ever... some forty-three years later.
Born nearly two decades apart, one on a small farm in Ireland and the other in uptown New Orleans. Their paths would cross in the most unlikely of circumstances.Opposition was strongest from both their families with the one living father threatening to never again write to his son if he went ahead with his marriage plans.Even the hierarchy of the Catholic Church weighed in with their assumed predictions that "the marriage would not last six months.""Us Agin' the World: Triumph of Love over Church and Family" is a story of courage and love that not only survived six months but is stronger than ever... some forty-three years later.
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