The life of Edmund Ignatius Rice Part 2A (1779-1802) “Success” and tragedy.
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Transcript of The life of Edmund Ignatius Rice Part 2A (1779-1802) “Success” and tragedy.
January 1789
After less than two years of marriage, Edmund’s wife died. This was reported in the following obituary notice in four Irish newspapers: “Died at Ballybricken the wife of Mr Rice”
Of a friend who had experienced similar loss Edmund later wrote:
“May the Lord help her, she is now [in] the dregs of misery and misfortune. I pity the poor mother, it will break her heart.”
In pairs share you response to this stage in Edmund’s story.How might Edmund’s grief and the fact that he was now a single parent affect him?
Where to now?
One can only imagine the depths of despair that Edmund now found himself in, even with the birth of a child.One can only surmise how this tragic loss changed the direction of his life.