Photo Album of the Irish

Young girl, First Holy Communion, New Jersey, c. 1930s

Young girl, First Holy Communion,New Jersey, c. 1930s Album: Clerkin Family // County Monaghan Categories: USA Tags: #1930s #black and white #communion #New Jersey #portrait

Young girl holding baby on rooftop, New Jersey, c. 1940s

Young girl holding baby on rooftop,New Jersey, c. 1940s Album: Clerkin Family // County Monaghan Categories: USA Tags: #1940s #black and white #New Jersey #portrait #rooftop

Young couple

Young couple Album: Clune // County Cork & County Galway Categories: Ireland Tags: #black and white #portrait

Winifred Carney photographed with her mother, Sarah Carney, and her elder sisters, Maud and Mabel

Sarah Carney separated from her husband during Winifred’s childhood and earned her family’s income running a sweetshop on the Falls Road in Belfast. Winifred’s elder sisters, Maud and Mabel left Belfast to become nuns. Maud worked in Birmingham and joined Sisters of...

William Tierney and his mother Ellen (Donnelly) Tierney, Laporte Avenue in the St. Henri neighbourhood of Montreal, c. 1910.

Winter in Montreal in all its snow-filled glory. William Tierney and his mother Ellen (Donnelly) Tierney (Patrick’s great- grandmother) on Laporte Avenue in the St. Henri neighbourhood of Montreal, c. 1910. Album: Shea Family // Montreal, Quebec Categories: Canada...