--------------------------------------------------------- The Basilica Recreation Centre - Before and After outstanding success, so successful, in fact, that she was asked to make a tour of and New Zealand . This she did in 1921 with similar positive results. The last few years of Katherine's life were disappointing. The Irish War of Independence came to an end with the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December, 1921. This quickly turned into a civil war in Ireland between those who supported the treaty setting up the Irish Free State and those who wanted to hold out for a republic. The divisions in Ireland were reflected among the Irish in . Although she continued to work for the cause of Ireland, she died disappointed and disillusioned in 1925 at the age of 49. It was said that she had died "worn out by the work she had done for the cause of Irish Independence." Teacher, missionary, journalist, writer, biographer, lecturer, organizer, proponent of Irish Independence, Katherine Hughes accomplished a great deal at a time when woman's role outside the home was limited. It is a reflection on us that she is so little known in her native province and country. It is a reflection on us that she lies in an unmarked grave in the Bronx, New York . Reprinted with permission from George O'Connor . 73