The Irish in England, by Dr Orla Fitzpatrick, Photo Historian

The Irish in England, by Dr Orla Fitzpatrick, Photo Historian

In the anthropologist Daniel Miller’s book The Comfort of Things (2008), he explores the possessions in thirty houses on an ordinary London street. One of these homes was owned by Hugh and Mary, Irish emigrants who spent forty years managing pubs in post World War Two...
Photo Album of Ireland exhibition at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh

Photo Album of Ireland exhibition at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh

The Photo Album of Ireland exhibition was presented in the wonderful location of the Sirius Art Centre, from 10 July – 09 August 2015. The exhibition was curated in collaboration with Sirius Art Centre and featured previously unseen photographs from local families: the Smith, Buckeridge and Fleming families who took part in scanning session in the summer of 2014. The exhibition was curated in Sirius By Brian MacDomhaill.

The Photo Album of Ulster at Photo Museum Ireland

The Photo Album of Ulster at Photo Museum Ireland

The Photo Album of Ulster is an archival research project inviting people from across Ulster to digitally share their family photographs. Funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs Reconciliation Fund, this cross- border, cross community project is researching and exploring themes of cultural identity, conflict, emigration and the effects of partition on border communities. The project explores the social role of photography in documenting our lives and recording our memories. This emerging democratic archive is a celebration of ordinary and extraordinary histories, viewed from the perspective of private individuals.
Funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs Reconciliation Fund