Do you know these men?
Are you one of these men?
Emma Sherry writes:
I’m hoping that with the Irish degrees of separation some of your readers may be able to help me in finding some people. Above is a photo taken in Kuwait in 1959 of my dad (far right) and four of his fellow crew, all working for the long-since liquidated Irish Shipping, a company in the Irish Merchant Navy.
They are (L to R) Tom Joyce (Dublin), Liam Frampton (Waterford), Brian Murphy (Gorey), John (Waterford) and Des Sherry (Dublin). The name of the ship was the ‘Irish Alder‘.
While there are I’m sure more official ways to go about this, for now I thought I’d start here as this is purely a nostalgic exercise. Dad was in the Merchant Navy from 1957 to 1962 and has some great stories. He’s fit and well I’m happy to say. If you do know any of the above, we’d love to hear from you. Email broadsheet@broadsheet.ie and they will pass on your details. At the very least I can send you on a copy of the photo.
Anyone?
Update:
Emma writes:
Just to let you know that we’ve found everyone from the photo, all fit and well. Can’t believe it happened so quickly. A proper update to follow once I’ve spoken to everyone….
Second from the left is my dad, Liam Frampton. He too, is fit and well, and I’ve passed on the article, so he’ll be in touch soon. Fantastic photo. Thanks.
This is great :)
Hi David,
That’s brilliant! Really didn’t expect to get a response so soon, if at all. Delighted to hear from you and best wishes to your dad. Look forward to hearing from him.
Am delighted for Liam Frampton! There’s nothing as sweet as a random blast from the past… My Grandfather would have been working on the same boats at that time. He obviously didn’t make it into the cool gang…
Hi there,
It’s just one photo that survived! If you could get in touch and let me know your grandfather’s name that would be great.
Lovely story, thanks Emma
Now that’s how you take a photo that can survive generations
No selfie styled photo op bombing sh1t here
No fancy i-tech sh1t needed
And it promises some great stories for us
Thanks for hosting it BS
Didn’t realise Gorey was a county.
For those interested in Irish merchant navy history you should check out frank Forde book The long watch.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Long-Watch-History-Mercantile/dp/1902602420
This is also worth a look. http://lugnad.ie
Thanks for the links Phutloose.