North of Ireland
Sean and Bridget Heaney had been married for 31 years since 1852. He was 54 years old and she was 52. They had seven children - four sons and three daughters - living on 5 October 1883. Aoife was their youngest daughter, and their second youngest chlld.
Sean and Bridget lived on their small farm in County Fermanagh from 1852. In 1878 they fell on hard times and sold their farm. They moved to Belfast, where Sean got a job at the Harland and Wolff shipyard, and Bridget a cleaning job.
Their eldest daughter, Sinead Heaney, was 25 years old, born in 1858. She wrote poetry and has had a book of poems published. Her poems were about life on her parents' farm and the Fermanagh countryside.
Sean and Bridget lived on their small farm in County Fermanagh from 1852. In 1878 they fell on hard times and sold their farm. They moved to Belfast, where Sean got a job at the Harland and Wolff shipyard, and Bridget a cleaning job.
Their eldest daughter, Sinead Heaney, was 25 years old, born in 1858. She wrote poetry and has had a book of poems published. Her poems were about life on her parents' farm and the Fermanagh countryside.