Amongst Women | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Great Meadow - This is the name of the small farm in the county of Monaghan that Moran bought at the end of the civil war.

Civil Service - This institution employs workers in government department positions. The majority of these positions are in Dublin.

Republic of Ireland - This place is approximately 83 percent of Ireland's population. It was separated from Northern Ireland after the Irish Civil War in 1921.

Dublin - The center of Irish political and commercial activity.

London - This is the capital of England.

Roman Catholics - This...
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