Saturday, February 24, 2007
Nolans Abroad: London
Mary Ellen, Caitlin, Ken, Claire and Nancy in London
London street directional signs
Ken and Mary Ellen
Peter Pan statue in Hyde Park
Art Exhibit at the Royal Acadany of Art
London Eye at night
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Dublin Day 2
Here are Wednesday's pictures from Dublin.
Two Irish with attitude. Mary Kate and James Joyce.
Mary Kate and Molly Malone
Rich and Mary Kate
Rich is always helping...
Dublin castle--home of the English rule in Ireland
Dublin Spire, on O"Connell Street, which replaced the Nelson Statue, blown up by the IRA 50 years after the Easter Rising of 1916.
The Irish flag flies over the General Post Office.
Detail of a figure in the Famine Memorial.
Irish woman on Grafton Street, 160 years later.
Irish pub reloading in the morning.
Irish tourist pub in Temple Bar
Best pub in Dublin, with rugby shirts in the window
Modern Pub grub
Georgian Doors in Merrion Square
Two Irish with attitude. Mary Kate and James Joyce.
Mary Kate and Molly Malone
Rich and Mary Kate
Rich is always helping...
Dublin castle--home of the English rule in Ireland
Dublin Spire, on O"Connell Street, which replaced the Nelson Statue, blown up by the IRA 50 years after the Easter Rising of 1916.
The Irish flag flies over the General Post Office.
Detail of a figure in the Famine Memorial.
Irish woman on Grafton Street, 160 years later.
Irish pub reloading in the morning.
Irish tourist pub in Temple Bar
Best pub in Dublin, with rugby shirts in the window
Modern Pub grub
Georgian Doors in Merrion Square
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Nolans Abroad--Dublin
With Jack taking his BC semester abroad in Dublin and Liz taking hers in Cork, the Nolans have left Brooklyn for the week and gone for a visit. I am going to try to blog the trip every night. If the internet connections stay reliable, you might see more pictures of Dublin and London and the Nolans this week. Come visit along with us.
Rich and Mary Kate are in Dublin. Here are some pictures.
Jack, Mary Kate and Himself
Street signs in Dublin
Trinity College in Dublin. The students are trying to get the College to fly the Irish flag. The Brits are still reluctant to admit that they are not in charge. Imagine if the University of North Carolina refused to fly the American flag.
Irish student at Trinity
It's still a predominantly Catholic culture. Here's a sign outside a fish and chips shop on Shrove Tuesday
Rich, Mary Kate and I had good soup and saw a lunchtime play here and then Jack, two of his friends and we all had pizza here for dinner.
An Irish fiddler at a pub
Rich and Mary Kate are in Dublin. Here are some pictures.
Jack, Mary Kate and Himself
Street signs in Dublin
Trinity College in Dublin. The students are trying to get the College to fly the Irish flag. The Brits are still reluctant to admit that they are not in charge. Imagine if the University of North Carolina refused to fly the American flag.
Irish student at Trinity
It's still a predominantly Catholic culture. Here's a sign outside a fish and chips shop on Shrove Tuesday
Rich, Mary Kate and I had good soup and saw a lunchtime play here and then Jack, two of his friends and we all had pizza here for dinner.
An Irish fiddler at a pub
Monday, February 12, 2007
More of Aunt Anne's Archive: Women in Easter Bonnets and Two Old Pictures of Grandma May and Grandfather John Nolan
The Nolan girls on Easter Sunday during the War years with their Easter bonnets on. This picture was sent to Jack so he could see their Easter bonnets.
Note the post WWII picture of Jack in his suit was taken at the same angle against the same wall across from 1636 10th Ave.
This picture had a date on the back of 1929. This is what Aunt Anne wrote: "It was taken at Orange Lake-I don't remember where that was, maybe one of the Nolans do. In the back row - Nellie Dunne, my Mother holding me, Uncle Bibbie, Mamie Dunne, my Father. Front row - Eileen, Jack holding Tony-the dog, and Dinny and Marge, close friends of my Mother and Father-do not remember their last name. Mammie & Nellie were my Mother's close friends growing up in the Fourth Ward and had dinner with us every Sunday afternoon at 2. Took a bus from Bay Ridge and never missed a Sunday. Neither one was married and Nellie was the one who came to walk Jack to the Draft Board the morning he reported to leave for the Army and WWll. None of us could go because we were all home crying. (A classic Nolan story) He came home 3 years later, (safe and sound as they used to say) and the party lasted 2 days on 10th Ave."
(Orange Lake is part of the town of Newburgh, NY and just northwest of West Point. Wasn't one of Grandma May's friends the pastor at Highland Falls or West Point?--J.)
Note the post WWII picture of Jack in his suit was taken at the same angle against the same wall across from 1636 10th Ave.
This picture had a date on the back of 1929. This is what Aunt Anne wrote: "It was taken at Orange Lake-I don't remember where that was, maybe one of the Nolans do. In the back row - Nellie Dunne, my Mother holding me, Uncle Bibbie, Mamie Dunne, my Father. Front row - Eileen, Jack holding Tony-the dog, and Dinny and Marge, close friends of my Mother and Father-do not remember their last name. Mammie & Nellie were my Mother's close friends growing up in the Fourth Ward and had dinner with us every Sunday afternoon at 2. Took a bus from Bay Ridge and never missed a Sunday. Neither one was married and Nellie was the one who came to walk Jack to the Draft Board the morning he reported to leave for the Army and WWll. None of us could go because we were all home crying. (A classic Nolan story) He came home 3 years later, (safe and sound as they used to say) and the party lasted 2 days on 10th Ave."
(Orange Lake is part of the town of Newburgh, NY and just northwest of West Point. Wasn't one of Grandma May's friends the pastor at Highland Falls or West Point?--J.)
Anne thinks this is from a picnic. " That is Mary and John Nolan, in the middle. Grandma May is in black because her brother Willie had died and of course John is holding her hand."( Anne told me the practice then was to wear black for a year.--J)
These three pictures are courtesy of Aunt Anne and the skills of Tommy Kane.
These three pictures are courtesy of Aunt Anne and the skills of Tommy Kane.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
The Quinns: 1970 and 2003
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