The Gallaghers of Ballinrobe
IN MARCH 2020, Pat Gallagher had an idea. He asked his brother, Owen, what he thought of writing a book about the family of their father, James Gallagher, who grew up in the early decades of the 20th century in the West of Ireland in the small town of Ballinrobe, County Mayo. The shutdown from COVID-19 was just beginning, and the thinking was they would have more time on their hands than usual. What better way to spend quarantine than exploring the stories of our aunts, uncles and other relatives. The task turned out to be much more complicated (and rewarding) than anticipated. It involved sifting through ship manifests, census, birth and marriage records, newspaper archives, and, most enjoyable, sessions delving into the memories of extended-family members. Sorely missed was the chance to hear first-hand the tales from our deceased cousins John O'Brien and Pete Gallagher. This book's stories and more than 500 images are the result of the past year's journey. The goal was both simple and ambitious: making the memories of the Gallaghers of Ballinrobe ours forever.
IN MARCH 2020, Pat Gallagher had an idea. He asked his brother, Owen, what he thought of writing a book about the family of their father, James Gallagher, who grew up in the early decades of the 20th century in the West of Ireland in the small town of Ballinrobe, County Mayo. The shutdown from COVID-19 was just beginning, and the thinking was they would have more time on their hands than usual. What better way to spend quarantine than exploring the stories of our aunts, uncles and other relatives.
The task turned out to be much more complicated (and rewarding) than anticipated. It involved sifting through ship manifests, census, birth and marriage records, newspaper archives, and, most enjoyable, sessions delving into the memories of extended-family members. Sorely missed was the chance to hear first-hand the tales from our deceased cousins John O'Brien and Pete Gallagher. This book's stories and more than 500 images are the result of the past year's journey. The goal was both simple and ambitious: making the memories of the Gallaghers of Ballinrobe ours forever.
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THE NEXT GENERATIONS
Colm DeAscanis
married Stephanie
Flowers in 2004. They
have four daughters,
below, Teresina,
Alessandra, Lidia and
Patricia.
Antonio DeAscanis
married Kelly
Radulski in 2014. They
have three children,
below right, Leon,
Giuseppe and Felicity,
shown with her
brothers and mother.
Above are Colm
and Stephanie's
girls on the
family's 2020
Christmas card.
At right are
Patricia, Lidia,
Alessandra and
Teresina from a
few years earlier.
From left at Delia
and Kapil's
Virginia home:
Edwin, Teresina,
Saveria,
Alessandra
holding Lidia,
Grace holding
Leon, Patricia and
Galileo.
Kelly, holding Felicity, wears a
shirt promoting BlkOps Fitness,
the gym she and Antonio, a former
Marine, own in Wilmington.
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