books

Shirley Baker was famous for her street photography, especially in the Greater Manchester area, 1960s and 70s. This is the cover shot from her "Street Photographs: Manchester & Salford":

The girl in the center is Josey Raftery, Thomas Grady's granddaughter (Finola's sister, thanks Finola!).

Another image:

Another pic from the book (Josey on right):

Finola also mentioned this new book:

... which should be good reading for anyone interested in reading about the war for Independence 1919-1921. That reminds me of this book:

... which is a great read on the topic, although mostly about the battles in Cork area.

Since we're NOT on this topic, I should mention this book:

... a great story (extremely tragic) about the famine in Roscommon. The Mahon family of Strokestown Park evicted over 3,000 in 1847 at the height of the Great Famine. They also tried to send many of the starving families to Canada, in what became known as coffin ships.