Photo Album Archive
Photo Album: Toomey’s Diner
Michael Twomey emigrated to the U.S. in the 1880s from County Cork. The Twomeys primarily settled…
View from the Eastern Front of the War on Ukraine
Kharkiv: Russia’s war on Ukraine looks different up close. It’s a mix of extreme danger…
Sea Voyages With Father
Annie Burke shares memories of how her father, Jim Burke, helped her overcome childhood respiratory…
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Photo Album: As My Mother Would Say
I can hear her now – “If I weren’t Irish, I’d be ashamed of myself!” Yes, my mother Annie Burke was Irish, and full of Irish sayings, and they came […]
Photo Album: Who Was My Grandmother Kate?
My maternal grandmother Kate Whalen and I were very close. As a child, I would go to Jersey City to stay with her for two or three weeks during the […]
Photo Album: The Old Irish of Burlington, Vermont
My family never celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at our house. When I got older and realized how Irish I was, I asked my mother why. She said she did not […]
Photo Album: Rosamond Mary Moore Carew at 106
Happy Birthday, Mema. Rosamond Mary Moore Carew turns 106 March 15. ℘℘℘ Rosamond Mary Moore Carew, my mother, known to her family as “Mema,” may just be the oldest living […]
Photo Album: Rebel Irish Girl
Nora Brosnan’s role in the fight for Irish independence is remembered by her granddaughter. Hanora “Nora” Brosnan was born on September 17, 1905, the youngest of 10 children, to Mary […]
Photo Album: Cops & Nurses: A Love Story
So many cops are married to nurses,” the great novelist and screenwriter Richard Price once observed. “It’s just the way it is. You know, mom’s a nurse, dad’s a cop…. That’s […]