Home Sweet Home

Postcard of Ferrybank, Co Wexford, c. 1940

This is a postcard belonging to Phil Swan. It features a ferryman at Ferrybank in Wexford in the 1940s.

Courtesy of Wexford County Council Public Library Service.

Postcard of Ferrybank, Co Wexford, c. 1940
Courtesy of Wexford County Council Public Library Service.

Postcard of Ferrybank, Co Wexford, c. 1940

This is a postcard belonging to Phil Swan. It features a ferryman at Ferrybank in Wexford in the 1940s.

Courtesy of Wexford County Council Public Library Service.

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We have seen how some of the Swan sisters experienced London and stayed for a while. Phil, the remaining Swan sister, found that when circumstances brought her home within two months, she felt lucky.

Meanwhile Annie, the last of our featured Wexford women, returned from London quickly because she simply missed her home town.

Let's take a look at these women's stories of returning to Wexford.