This project was made possible by the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme. Particular thanks to the team at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Rory Geraghty, William Barrett, Yvonne Ellison, Anne Norton and the Irish Abroad Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for their generous advice and support.

Photo Museum Ireland would like to thank the individual contributors and their wider families for their generosity in contributing to this book and archive project:

Brady Family, Hogan Family, McKee Family, Club Cheoil Archives, Johnson Family, O’Brien Family, Cooney Family, Keating Family, O’Connor Family, Fletcher Family, Khondoker Family, Pilgrim-Hennigan Family, Gallagher Family, Kirke Family, Power Family, Gavaghan Family, Maguire Family, Roche Family, Greene Family, McArdle Family, Sexton Collection, Griffin Family, McCann Family, Siobhan MacGowan, Haughey Family, McCrave Family, Steve Pyke.

Thanks to: Mr Martin Fraser, Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain, Gerry Waldron First Secretary, (Irish Community & Cultural) and Sarah Mangan, Consul General for the North of England, Isobel O’Connor, Kate O’Sullivan and the team at the Embassy of Ireland in Great Britain.

Thanks to photo historian Dr Orla Fitzpatrick, Sean Sexton and John Lambe from the Huddersfield Irish Centre, The Archive of the Irish Britain and Steve Pyke for contributing archival material and insights.

Thanks to our partner organisation who made the project possible:

Gary Dunne, Hannah Pender, Rebecca Dorothy, and the team at the London Irish Centre; John Lambe and Justin Roche at the Huddersfield Irish Centre; Sarah Fisher and the team at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool; Alison Gill, Manchester Archives and Local Studies, Manchester Central Library; Sinéad McTernan and the Birmingham Irish Association; The Hammersmith Irish Centre; Nathan Mannion and team at Epic Museum, Dublin.

Advisors: Shirley Clerkin, photographer Roy Mehta, Mark Sealy, Autograph, and Dr Orla Fitzpatrick.

Thanks to Niall McCormack at HiTone design and Aengus Barton & Eugene McCann at eTailor web developers.

Thanks to the many outstanding individuals who have worked on the Photo Album of the Irish project over the years, especially Niamh Crowley, Niamh Ferry, Ailish George, Sam Griffiths, Brendan Maher, Ben Malcolmson, Katja McMillan, Deirdre McGing, Maeve O’Neill, Andrea Tessier. A particular thank you to Anna McGillicuddy for her original inspiration.

Funders:

This project was made possible by the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme, The Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade and the Government of Ireland.

The Photo Album of the Irish: England Archive Team:

Project Director: Trish Lambe

Project administrator & digital archivist lead: Katja McMillan

Digital archive team: Niamh Ferry, Samuel Griffiths, Trish Lambe, Brendan Maher, Ben Malcolmson, and Darren Campion.

Archive and administrative support: Siúin O’Shea

Communications: Sophie Branigan

Admin & Finance: Niamh Ferry

Proof Reading: Darren Campion, Siúin O’Shea, Katja McMillan, and John Joe McArdle.

Design: Studio Suss & Hitone Design

Texts: Mr Martin Fraser, Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain, Dr Orla Fitzpatrick, Photo historian, John Lambe, historian, Huddersfield Irish Centre, Hannah Pender, Director of Programme and Events, London Irish Centre, Camden

Additional Images: Thanks to Rebecca Dorothy for sourcing archival images of the London Irish Centre, courtesy of The Archive of the Irish Britain, London Metropolitan University. Thanks to Steve Pyke and Siobhan MacGowan for use of the images of Shane MacGowan.

While every effort has been made to contact the copyright owners of images, in some cases, provenance was unclear. Photographers/ copyright owners of images reproduced here are invited to contact the project organisers, Photo Museum Ireland, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Photo Museum Ireland is funded by The Arts Council, Dublin City Council, and The Heritage Council of Ireland.