was it the handwriting, or the language of the letter that was being referred to, Aghadowey?
My grandmother was born in 1916, we weren't a wealthy family, but she could read and write. My partner's Irish grandmother, born roughly same time, could not read or right. (She was from a rural area)
I suppose, I was following along the lines, that Annie Dowling possibley comes from Ireland, seemingly from Kildare, and her father appears to have been a farmer. The letters, although not the best grammar etc, are quite well written, or am I way off base?