Archive (7 life histories found)

When I was about 10 years old, my cousin, Paddy Reilly who was just twenty two was drowned in a swimming accident. He and two good friends who worked in a sawmill in Armagh were coming back into the city after delivering a load of timber when they…

We had cousins living in Sligo an Aunt in Bridge Street Auntie Maggie (a dressmaker) and Aunt May Teeling St. I visited the house in Teeling St. once that I can remember. I can visualize the long hall and then the living room and my Aunt May. I…

Margaret's grandfather pictured next to her cousin and Lizzie.

My father and his brothers all lived in close proximity to their mother, who was a sort of Matriarch. It was in effect a 'compound' - they shared a lot in common. When I was younger the phone - Cloughmills 246 - was in granny's - the papers were…

Picture of Austin Clarke, Harry Browne's father's cousin

This is an image of Avril Patterson (nee Avril Frances Eakin) with her cousin Pat and aunt Marie.

This is an image of Avril Patterson (nee Avril Frances Eakin) with her cousin Pat.