Portrait of my Irish grandmother, Annie Walsh

Portrait of my Irish grandmother, Annie Walsh

This portrait of my Irish grandmother, Annie Walsh, was taken in Paris sometime before the Great War. c. 1913. She had a rich life in Paris, eventually becoming engaged to a wealthy French officer who showered her with jewelry. He would be killed in the first weeks of...
Joe Thuillier (right) Paris, 1920s

Joe Thuillier (right) Paris, 1920s

Joe Thuillier (right), Paris, 1920s. Joe first worked in the Shelbourne Hotel, training to be a chef. The Head Chef there was a very good friend of M. Jammet of the famous Jammet’s Restaurant in Dublin, which had family connections to Le Boeuf à la Mode, one of the...