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Margaret Sullivan dines with politicians, rebels, and spies. She is an adored journalist with the Chicago Tribune publishing under a male nom de plume. Her unscrupulous man is a prominent attorney and power broker with dreams of his own. They may be well-connected participants of Chicago's 1880s Irish top notch. On her visit to Ireland to do research for a book she actually is writing, Margaret satisfies a alluring one-armed Irish rebel known as Michael and confirms herself attracted to him and his ideas for liberating Ireland. While traveling through the stone-walled back highways of the island, Margaret recognizes for herself how the poor are treated. She breaks her vow never to get involved, and soon questions if she can ever go back to her old superficial life in Chicago again. Overcome with her new found emotions and strong need to help, Margaret confirms herself easily confident by Mrs. Delia Parnell that women can be just as essential in the fight for Ireland's self-reliance as men. Back in Chicago, Margaret publishes articles wishing to get support in the us for Michael's cause. That's until he's arrested. Eager, she changes to her jealous, devious man for help... but he has a concealed plan of his own. Torn between her profession as a journalist and compassion for those abroad, she confirms herself caught by her own dreams. Soon things spin out of control both at home and in foreign countries, and Margaret has to determine how much she actually is happy sacrifice for Micheal and her love for Ireland. For The Love of Ireland is a historical book of love and loyalty, deception and honesty. It really is about women fighting with each other against traditional functions and gender discrimination through the 1880s. For The Love of Ireland is a work of fiction woven around actual incidents of the Irish Land Group, a Chicago couple and the covert activities of the Clan na Gael.