I'm doing something called the Review Marathon at the moment (there's link about it in my profile). I decided to read your story because we touched upon Irish immigration a few times this week in the history course I'm taking this semester.

Anyway, you really put a lot of nice detail into this (the opening paragraph is amazing). And Isabel's overall voice in this does seem true to the time it's set. But... Isabel could have found a job even if she was a girl there were positions called "girls work" back then. She would have had trouble getting a job because she was Irish though yeah. Near the end it seemed like you kind of sped through it a little bit. This is a good story otherwise, nice work.

About your comment at the top: :P no one really flames here, unless you're trolling or something...so you don't have to worry. I hope you enjoy your time on this site.