She then moved to Manchester, marrying a stonemason, Michael Forrester on 24 October 1847, at Leeds parish church.
[1] She had written poetry most of her life, so to support her family she began submitting verse to English and Irish journals.
[6] Forrester was a committed nationalist, and helped Caroline Douglas raise money for the defence fund for the Manchester Martyrs.
[4] During Davitt's own imprisonment in Millbank penitentiary, he requested permission for Forrester to visit him but this was denied as she was deemed to be a "notorious Fenian-sympathiser.
in 1872 she applied to the Royal Literary Fund describing herself as a "cripple" and dependant on her two daughters who worked in factories.