The Keenan Family Collection

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Title

The Keenan Family Collection

Description


The collection consists of the Keenans' family photos.

In 2024, the Keenan Family worked with genealogist Tony Hennessey and oral historian James Furey to trace their family tree. To find out more about this project, follow this link

Photographs:
5 photographs from the Keenan Family's private collection. 3 photographs of the Keenan family by oral historian James Furey.

Acknowledgements:

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Keenan family for allowing us to include this collection.

Subject

Irish Travellers
Nomadic populations
Ireland — Social life and customs
Ireland — History — 20th century

Family life – Ireland
Irish families – Cork
Cork (Ireland) – Social life and customs

Date

1960s - 2020s

Source

The Keenan Family

Rights

See Individual Items for Rights and Usage

Type

Photograph

Format

jpeg

Creator

Cork Traveller Women's Network

Publisher

Cork Traveller Women's Network

Contributor

The Keenan Family
James Furey

Language

eng

Coverage

Ireland
Munster
Cork
Clare
20th Century
21st Century

Collection Items

Nellie Keenan with Father's Scrap
A colour photograph of Nellie Keenan taken near Bantry, Co. Cork. Behind Nellie, you can see bags of scrap metal ready to be brought to the scrap dealer.

Interior of the Keenan's Trailer
A colour photograph of the inside of the Keenan family's trailer. Katie Rose Annmarie and Red John, near the Snotty Bridge, Kinsale Road.

Katie, Michael and Ann Marie
A colour photograph of Katie, Michael and Ann Marie Keenan outside their trailer

Katie near Drimoleague
A colour photograph of Katie Keenan standing outside her trailer near Drimoleague, Co. Cork

Winnie, Mary and Ann Marie
A colour photograph of sisters Winnie Keenan, Mary Delaney and Ann Marie McDonnagh taken in Bantry, Co. Cork

Winnie Keenan
A colour photograph of Winnie Keenan taken at the Cork Public Museum

Red John Keenan
A colour photograph of Red John Keenan at his home in Mahon

Winnie and Nellie Keenan with their Cousin James
A colour photograph of Winnie and Nellie Keenan with their Cousin James outside a caravan in Youghal
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