. ▁Their ▁brother ▁Henry , ▁who ▁worked ▁in ▁B elf ast , ▁lived ▁with ▁them . ▁All ▁four ▁of ▁the ▁sib lings ▁attended ▁the ▁Mal one ▁Pres by ter ian ▁Church ▁and ▁were ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁temper ance ▁movement . ▁Through out ▁her ▁life , ▁F oster ▁remained ▁attached ▁to ▁New m ills , ▁visit ing ▁regularly ▁and ▁lay ing ▁the ▁foundation ▁stone ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁man se ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 0 . ▁Her ▁brother , ▁Ne vin , ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁six ▁sib lings ▁to ▁marry ▁and ▁was ▁an ▁Irish ▁orn ith ological ▁expert . ▁ ▁The ▁school ▁closed ▁after ▁the ▁death s ▁of ▁B ess ie ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 1 7 ▁and ▁Jane ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 1 8 . ▁The ▁death ▁of ▁Henry ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁left ▁F oster ▁alone , ▁and ▁having ▁lost ▁her ▁hearing ▁almost ▁completely , ▁she ▁was ▁in ▁difficult ▁circumstances . ▁To ▁support ▁herself , ▁she ▁began ▁to ▁write ▁literary ▁sketch es ▁and ▁dialect ▁verse ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁publications ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Northern ▁Wh ig , ▁Ireland ' s ▁O wn , ▁and ▁the ▁annual ▁mis cell any ▁Ul ster ▁Par ade . ▁A ▁selection ▁of ▁these ▁writ ings ▁were ▁published ▁as ▁a ▁volume , ▁T yr one ▁among ▁the ▁bush es , ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 3 . ▁F oster ▁also ▁wrote ▁plays , ▁but ▁these ▁were ▁not ▁collected ▁or ▁produced . ▁She ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁her ▁three ▁books ▁which