Con Kennedy tweetz:
This photo is from the collection of the Irish Society of Antiquarians and was used to document tenement life in Dublin a century ago. This particular photo taken in 1911 is often used in books and documentaries on Dublin life of the time. The photo is of a Tenement in Chancery Lane, AKA Little Italy.
My Great-Great-Grandfather is in the centre by the door. He was a German immigrant, a Jew who married an Italian Roman Catholic in Cork and settled in Dublin. He was a barrel organ grinder who befriended the Ganter Brothers – I have a clock they made for him. I suspect the woman beside him is my Great-Great-Grandmother with my infant Great grandmother in her arms who died when I was 7. The photo depicts all the families who lived in the one tenement. I thought I’d add false colour to the photo.
gotta get me some of that co-living.
great photo though, remarkable capture and thanks for the context of some of the people in the photo, Con as well as the colour.
That’s a cracker!
There is a great podcast about Little Italy on Three Castles Burning.
Three Castles Burning is one of the finest podcasts around. Emigrated after 30 years in Dublin but I feel like Im rediscovering so much since Ive left. Cant wait to wander round the old Hibernian Metropolis once more when this is all blown over.
+1 for 3 Castles…
wow, great shot and great back story
Doesn’t a good backstory add so much to a photo? Great stuff.
Love this, nice one Con
Excellent