Tag: Ancestors

  • Kilsallagh group

    Image number: FH9 Date: Unknown Location: Kilsallagh Description: Apart from Mary Carolan (Walsh), second from the left, I don’t have any other names yet. Photographer: Unknown ADDENDUM: 21 July 2012 John Carolan from the US has recently identified the man in the hat as Michael Anthony Walsh,  brother of Mary Walsh Carolan, and is hoping…

  • Mary Carolan

    Image number: FH8 Date: Circa 1943 Location: Kilsallagh Description: Mary Carolan, wife of John (?) Carolan of Kilsallagh; my great grandmother. Her maiden name seems to have been Walsh or Walshe, and she was born circa 1851 – on the 1911 census her age is given as 60 years. She was the mother of eleven…

  • John Carolan

    Image number: FH7 Date: Circa 1943 Location: Kilsallagh, County Mayo, Ireland Description: John Carolan, brother of James Patrick; my great uncle. John was the eldest child and inherited the farm at Kilsallagh after the deaths of his parents. In 1911 he was 25 years old according to the Census of Ireland for that year. This…

  • James Patrick Carolan

    Image number:FH6 Date: Circa 1908 Location: Not known Description: Studio portrait of my grandfather, James Patrick Carolan, son of Mary Walsh and John Carolan. Born at Kilsallagh in 1888. Died in London 3 December, 1972. Buried in County Mayo, Ireland. Photographer: Not known

  • Silver Jubilee 1935

    Image number: FH5 Date: circa May 1935 Location: Chamberlayne Road School, Kensal Rise, London, NW10 Description: Photo belonging to Elsie Cupper, taken during a celebration of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Mary and King George V. Photographer: J W Debenham, 182 Roundwood Road, Willesden, NW10 Listen to King George V’s Jubilee speech

  • St Stephen’s Green

    Fountain in the centre of of St Stephen’s Green Dublin. Photo by Jeremy Kemp, from Wikipedia. Taken on on 9th September 2004.

  • Family history – Carolans

    Image number: FH4 Date: circa 1931 Location: St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, Ireland Description: Dermot Carolan with his father James Patrick Carolan and his sister, Pearl. Photographer: Margaret Carolan

  • Family history – Longford

    Image number: FH3 Location: Dublin Street, Longford, County Longford, Ireland Date: unknown Description: postcard/view Photographer: unknown

  • Family history – Cappanarigid

    Image number: FH2 Date: circa 1963 Location: Cappanarigid, County Kildare, Ireland Description: Edward Broughall was the son of Mary Ann Corcoran and Patrick Broughall. He was born in 1902 and was also known as Ned or Eddie. This photo shows him standing beside the old farmhouse and the modern extension. The original dwelling was built…