Photo Album of the Irish: Canada Edition Exhibition Launch
At EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Friday 15th April at 6PM
Margaret Duffy (1854-1917), daughter of Eleanor, a first-generation Canadian.
Contributed by Al Duffy.
On behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs, and EPIC, it is a pleasure to invite you and your guests to the launch of the ‘Photo Album of the Irish: Canada’ exhibition at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin.
The exhibition will be formally launched by the Ambassador of Ireland to Canada Dr. Eamonn McKee. We will have short welcome speeches at 6.30pm.
If you are not in or around Dublin and would like to send this invitation to family or friends there, please do so. They will be very welcome.
Frances McDermott, front row. She has just won the Irish national final of the ‘Deep in My Heart’ Singing Contest, sponsored by MGM, London impresario Harold Fielding and Independent Newspapers. It took place in the Carlton Cinema in Dublin, 1955. Another famous singer, Bernadette Greevey, also competed: she is second row from top, second from right. Frances went on to win silver at the International final in London, and was awarded a scholarship to study signing in Rome.
Contributed by Ian Thuillier.
The Photo Album of the Irish digital archive project celebrates the ordinary and extraordinary histories of people with Irish heritage around the world. The Photo Album of the Irish: Canada edition reflects the deep, enduring connections between Ireland and Canada. This publication includes images from the 1860s right up to the present, giving an authentic view of diverse Irish emigrant experiences across Canada. Collectively, the photographs reveal the stories people chose to remember and celebrate in their own lives.
Fraser Schubert with camera, Augustus III in the hammock.
Contributed by Sherrilyn Jahrig.
This exhibition display presents a small selection of family photographs contributed to the project. The evolving archive is available to view at www.photoalbumoftheirish.com
The exhibition continues at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum until 24th April 2022. Visit EPIC
admission is free.
Eileen roomed in a boarding house with two First Nations women but was openly criticised by a co-worker as not being acceptable. She replied “people are people” and did not let that influence their relationship in the least, Prince George, 1958.
Contributed by Philomena and Patrick Hughes.
FUNDED by the government of ireland emigrant support programme.
The Photo Album of the Irish: Canada is supported by The Embassy of Ireland, Ottawa; and the Consulate General of Ireland, Vancouver. It is organised in partnership with the Ireland Park Foundation, The Eamonn O’Loghlin Irish Canadian Immigration Centre and the Irish Women’s Network, BC.
A portrait of the McIninch family taken in Belleville, Ontario, late 1890s or early 1900s. From left to right: Henry McIninch (Patrick’s great-great-grandfather), Florence, Mabel, William (Patrick’s great-grandfather), Harry and Margaret (McDonough) McIninch (Patrick’s great-great-grandmother)annotated by hand in blue ink by Patrick’s grandfather, John McIninch.
Contributed by Patrick M. Shea.
