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This is a fascinating account of the life and times of Francesca Trench. Cesca, as she was better known, took the name Sadhbh Trinseach during the Gaelic Revival and kept a detailed diary of her involvement in the national movement as a member of Cumann na mBan during the build up to Home Rule, as well as writing a personal account of her presence in the Howth gun-running and the events of Easter Week, 1916. Before the outbreak of the First World War she was at art school in Paris where she associated with students from other small countries seeking freedom. Her passion for Ireland affected her art, her love life, and relations with her unionist family.