The Taylor Photo Album

The photos below are from the Ann Taylor collection, which Ann kindly gave me access to some time ago.

A photo of Johnny Taylor with his wife Biddy,
taken on one his visits home from the sea.

The Taylor family, this time featuring Ann, Biddy, Joe and Billy.

A photo of Nicky Taylor and Jackie Dunne. Both boys have sore knees in this picture, so I suspect that some degree of rough and tumble must have been involved in their play. I guess that running in playgrounds hadn’t been banned at that stage. 

A picture of Johnny Taylor wearing his uniform and medals. Unfortunately, as I don’t know what colours should be on the medal ribbons, it wasn’t possible to get them correct.
It’s a great picture of Johnny though. 

A picture of Johnny Taylor, Johnny’s father and his two sons,
Joe and Billy.

Front row from the left: Mary Kearns, Agnes,
John and Seamus O Regan.

Middle row from the left: Marie and Alice Roche,
Biddy and Ann Taylor.

Back row from the left: Nellie Dunne, Teresa Westman.

A picture of Carol Murphy nee Power, Ann Taylor,
and Kathleen O’Reilly nee McDonagh.
Clearly enjoying their day in a garden of daisies.

The highlight of every child’s year is when they meet Santa Claus and give him their Christmas wish list. I know that I used to start thinking about him as soon as I had finished my last Easter egg. This is another of Ann's photos featuring Santa Claus, with Biddy, Billy and Ann and it was taken outside of Hearne's shop on the quay in Waterford.

A photo of Ann taken at her first pioneer social.

A picture of Michael and Nicky Taylor, taken on Councillors Strand. Apparently, Michael had just had a little accident when this photo was taken, as proved by the wet patch on his pants. "Not to worry Michael, we’ve all been there and probably will be again".

This photo features Gerry Taylor, Colm Power, Peter O’Rourke, Sean Murphy and Nicky Taylor, with his face covered. The girl in the background on the left is thought to be Brigid Power. The other girl is possibly Catherine O'Toole.

A reconstructed version of this photo of Billy and Joe Taylor, the original was badly damaged.

A photo of Biddy Taylor when she was a young woman.

A photo of Madge Taylor, (Johnny Taylor's sister),
Maurice Power and Biddy Taylor.

Biddy Taylor and Peg Power, two lifelong friends.

A picture of Peg Power and Biddy Taylor
stepping it out on the dance floor.

Another photo of Ann looking very bright eyed.

A picture from the 1950’s, the names according to Ann are as follows:

From the back, left to right:

Ann Colfer nee Cleary RIP, Pat Flynn nee Doyle, Helen Nicholson nee Power, Ena Roche, Maureen Murphy, Kathleen Mullally,? Flynn girl Leperstown, Ann Fitzgerald nee Boland RIP, Nuala Donovan, Joan Harding nee O’Rourke, Helen Power RIP? Blonde girl? Eileen Ayton nee Cullinane, Margaret Sheehan nee Molloy, Kathleen Redmond nee O’Regan, Mary Kearns nee Dunne, Rita Murnahan nee Power, Kathleen O Driscoll nee Morrissey, Madge Barry nee Donovan? Bernie Doherty nee Dingley, Flynn girl Leperstown?, Kathleen Mc Donagh, Carol Murphy nee Power, Kathleen Boland.

Second row from front:

Mary Healy nee Mullally, Chrissie Hutchinson Nee Mullally, Kathleen Phelan nee Glody, Ruth Murphy, Ann Nugent RIP, Myra Larkin nee Power, Agnes Abramson nee O’Regan RIP, Joan Whelan RIP, Mary, Joan’s Sister, Margaret Ryan and Margaret Power.

Front row, Left to right, Paddy Mullally RIP, Seamus O’Regan, John O’Regan RIP, John and Nicholas Murphy?, David Carroll maybe and Joe, Billy and Ann Taylor.

Madge Taylor and a friend working in the garden.

A photo which featured in the News & Star back in the early 60’s when it was taken. In the picture are, Barbara and Audrey Rutter with Ann Taylor and the McCluskey children, David and Jennifer. Johnny Taylor can be seen in the background. Barbara can also be seen here sneakily pulling the head off a daffodil, she was lucky Mrs. Deevey didn’t see her, or she’d have been barred from the park for life.

A picture of Madge enjoying the sun amongst the flowers.

This is a photograph of Maggie Taylor from Ballymacaw and her son Joseph, taken in 1938. Joseph served aboard the H.M.S. Kelly, which was bombed and sunk during the evacuation of Crete on May 22nd, 1941. The ship was under the command of Louis Mountbatten.

On that day, six warships were lost defending Crete, including the cruisers Gloucester and Fiji, and the destroyers Juno, Greyhound, Kelly, and Kashmir. Despite the tragedy, eight officers and 120 men from the H.M.S. Kelly were rescued, including Lord Louis Mountbatten. A communique highlighted that naval operations in the Eastern Mediterranean had successfully thwarted any significant enemy sea-borne landing on the island of Crete up to that point. Additionally, heavy losses were inflicted upon enemy transports attempting to reach the island.

Joseph's fate was a tragic loss for his family and his community—a local hero who valiantly fought against the forces of evil. Families of the men aboard the H.M.S. Kelly later received telegrams informing them of their sons' disappearance, adding to the sorrow of the already devastating event.

This photograph, taken in the 1960s at Marian Terrace, Dunmore East, features Annie McCarthy on the right, grandmother of the Taylors, and Mrs. Katie Power, mother to Billy, Ena, Teresa, Richie, Nellie, Ned, John (Rocky) and Maisie. They appear to be enjoying the sunshine, something that there’s always an abundance of in Dunmore.