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family album | The Road to Bright City
My grandfather John Bernard “Barney” Hynes and his brother, Thomas J. Hynes emigrated in their…
Chicken Today, Feathers Tomorrow
Chicken today, feathers tomorrow. That’s how my mother described life with my father, James McQuilan…
Dorothea Lange’s Ireland
When photographer Dorothea Lange, best known for her haunting series of images from the Depression…
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Photo Album: Holy Name Weddings
An Irish-American Family Tradition Lives On. Now, one might think that getting married for the first time at the age of 54, I would have wanted to have a small, […]
Photo Album: Granny Mac’s Centenary
My grandmother Nora MacNamara (née Hickey) turned 100 on June 15, 2014. From her retirement home on the Dingle peninsula, County Kerry – snuggled in the foothills of the Slieve […]
Photo Album: Bits and Pieces
In the 1960s my mother inherited a ring that had been passed down through two generations. When she began wearing the ring, just before falling asleep or upon waking, she […]
Photo Album: Bridget’s Shawl
Bridget O’Donnell of Cork, Ireland, my great-grandmother, was sent out to Boston by her father in 1846. A recent discovery of her photograph in the Lyons family bible reignites interest […]
Family Photo Album: The Perfect Mother
In Memoriam Delia Kennedy Shea SEPTEMBER 19, 1924 – SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 My mother, Delia Kennedy, was born on September 19, 1924, in Kilfillig, Mountbellew – a small village of […]
Family Photo Album: Sea Voyages With Father
Writing from his mother’s perspective, Jim Dette pays tribute to the memory of his grandfather Jim Burke. My son has been after me to write down some of the remembrances […]