HARD-WON FORTUNE
ROMANCE OF AN IRISH COUPLE'S STRUGGLE.
A romantic story of a poor Irish couple's struggle for fame and fortune lies behind the opening by the Lord Mayor of Dublin of the " Annie Sharp " Hostel. Annie Sharp was a young Irish woman who, with her husband, migrated to America, in the hopes of being able to make themselves independent. For years they scraped and saved. Living in the most economical way, they spent nothing on amusements or luxuries. For thirty years she denied herself the pleasure of a new dress. When they had accumulated enough money to enable them to retire and live in peace and comfort, they found that their thrifty habits were so deeply ingrained that they had no de- , sire for an easier life. j Their vision of a peaceful and j happy old age vanished, and a few \ years later the husband died while ] still in harness. Annie Sharp now decided that the only pleasure she could get from her hard-earned and hoarded money would be to leave it to the poor people of Ireland. ' With this project in view she asked the advice of Lord and Lady Aber- ! deen when they were in the United ; States in 1917. i
One year later the old lady died, and it was discovered that she had left the residue of her estate to Lord and Lady Aberdeen in trust for the benefit of the poor of Ireland. Ten thousand pounds was made available for the work of the Women's National Health Association, of which the Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair is president. The hostel, which has cost £ISOO, was built in connection with the Peamount Sanatorium and Village Settlement. Sunday Chronicle correspondent.
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Waipa Post, Volume 42, Issue 3277, 26 March 1931, Page 2
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