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Lena (O’Driscoll) Dwyer, mother of Mike, at her home in Eyriesbeg, Beara, County Cork, c. 1920s.

Lena (O’Driscoll) Dwyer, mother of Mike, at her home in Eyriesbeg, Beara, County Cork, c. 1920s.

Lena (O’Driscoll) Dwyer, mother of Mike, at her home in Eyriesbeg, Beara, County Cork, c. 1920s. Album: Dwyer Family // Boston & Beara Categories: USA Tags: #1920s #1950s #Beara #black and white #Cork #Emigrant Support Program #emigration #family album #Family...
Group of students at Sacred Heart College in Cork city, the boarding school attended by Mike Dwyer (second from right, back row), c. 1960s.

Group of students at Sacred Heart College in Cork city, the boarding school attended by Mike Dwyer (second from right, back row), c. 1960s.

Group of students at Sacred Heart College in Cork city, the boarding school attended by Mike Dwyer (second from right, back row), c. 1960s. Album: Dwyer Family // Boston & Beara Categories: USA Tags: #1950s #1960s #Beara #black and white #Cork #Emigrant Support...
Aunt Nora Driscoll on board a Cunard line ship to Ireland coming in to Cobh, c. 1968.

Aunt Nora Driscoll on board a Cunard line ship to Ireland coming in to Cobh, c. 1968.

Aunt Nora Driscoll on board a Cunard line ship to Ireland coming in to Cobh, c. 1968. Album: Dwyer Family // Boston & Beara Categories: USA Tags: #1950s #emigration #portrait #Irish diaspora #Irish culture #family portrait #Family photographs #family album...
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