Irish Enchantments
Irish Enchantments by Charles Dillon is a novel published by iUniverse in 2006, featuring 224 pages in English. The story follows Charles and Karen, a couple who divorce despite still loving each other. Charles returns to a small village on the West Coast of Ireland to revisit cherished memories from their marriage. During his stay at a familiar B&B, he befriends locals and embarks on a fishing trip that leads to a life-altering storm, resulting in him being reported lost at sea.
As the narrative unfolds, Karen learns of Charles’s disappearance and grapples with guilt over their divorce, prompting her to travel to Ireland. The plot weaves through themes of time travel, as Charles finds himself transported to the 1850s during the Great Famine and later to 1916, just before the Easter Monday Rising. Throughout his journey, he encounters historical figures, faces dire circumstances, and experiences moments of enchantment with ghosts and local folklore. This edition invites readers to explore a blend of romance and historical fiction, set against the backdrop of Ireland’s rich cultural tapestry.
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Charles and Karen divorce for no good reason since both still love each other. He returns to a small village on the West Coast of Ireland to relive the happy time and visit the places they enjoyed together when they first married.
He resided at the same B&B where they lived. He made friends with the locals at the village pub and went fishing in a curragh with a friend from the pub. While fishing they are caught in a sudden storm and their curragh is crushed. They are reported lost at sea.
While having coffee with a friend in the newspaper office where she is employed, Karen learns Charles is missing at sea and blames herself and the divorce for his loss.
She goes to Ireland to visit the site of his disappearance. Depressed, she plans suicide, but an enchantment saved her life.
Charles came awake on a strand where Gealic speaking women found him and nursed him back to health. He learns from the village priest that he has gone back in time to the 1850s,where he experiences the horror of the Great Famine where a million people died of starvation while food was shipped to England.
Unable to witness more death and starvation he goes to Dublin. When he steps off the railroad car he finds himself now in 1916 just before the failed Easter Monday Rising.
You will meet the leaders of the Rising and he is captured by the Brits and imprisoned in the infamous Kilmaingham Gaol. He faced a firing squad.
There are enchanted moments when you will meet ghosts and banshees, and plain country folk with strange customs.
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