Laurie Birbilas (the author’s wife), Griffin Shea, Patrick Shea, with Elias Shea on his lap, Liam Shea, and Hugo Shea, 23 September 2018

From left to right: Laurie Birbilas (Patrick’s wife), Griffin Shea, Patrick, with Elias Shea on his lap, Liam Shea, and Hugo Shea, taken right after Elias was baptized at St. Ignatius of Loyola Church in the NDG neighbourhood of Montreal, on 23 September 2018. Elias Fitzgerald Shea was named in memory of his great-great-great-great-grandmother Hanora Fitzgerald, who emigrated from Pallaskenry, County Limerick to Upper Canada in the 1820s.