The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor

It is the summer of 1921 and eight year old Lucy Gault stays Close to the glens and Woods above Lahardane - The much loved house that her family is being forced to abandon. She knows that danger threatens and the Gaults are no longer welcome in Ireland.
Lucy, however, is headstrong and decides that someho she must force her patents into staying. But the Deep path she chooses ends in disaster