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Derreen 4102 viewsDerreen Gardens. Lauragh, Co Kerry
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Glengarriff Castle101 viewsGlengarriff Castle was one of the homes of the Shelswell-White family of Bantry House which later became a hotel
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Mass Mount Church. Kildromalive, Adrigole101 views
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Daniel Webster Harrington remembered on the Westford Fallen Firefighter's Memorial100 views"The Fire Department suffered it first Line of Duty Death on November 7, 1909. Lt. Daniel Harrington suffered critical Head Injuries while fighting a Barn Fire at J.A. Healy’s in Graniteville on November 1st. After being struck in the head, he was brought immediately home, where he was given the best medical care of the time by a local Doctor, but Lt. Harrington remained in a coma for 6 days and succumbed to his injuries on the 7th. Lt. Harrington was 29 years old and was recently married. He lived on Boston Road. H
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'Green Trees around Glengariff Harbour' Post Card100 views
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O'Neills of Gour, Butte, Montana c 1910100 viewsSitting: L to R: Mr. Fitch, Mike O'Neill, Pat Holland, Dan Harrington, Con O'Neill
Standing: L to R: Mrs. Mike O'Neill, Margaret O'Neill Holland, Ann O'Neill Harrington, Julia Fitch. This photo most likely the Hollands wedding.
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USS L-1 sub in Bantry Bay, with crew members standing in formation on her foredeck, 1918.99 viewsNote identification code painted on her fairwater, with "AL-1" standing for "American submarine L-1" to distinguish her from the British submarine L-1.
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2nd Cruiser Squadron Leaving Berehaven for Alderney 12th June 190699 views
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Bere Island99 viewsView of Bere Island from Disert
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George (the master) & Mary O'Sullivan, Boher Cottage, Rosmacowen99 viewsMy Grandparents on their honeymoon, Fall River, Mass. 1909.
George O'Sullivan, B. 4th June, 1877, D. 6th Feb. 1955, son of Timothy & Mary O'Sullivan.
Mary O'Sullivan, B. Dec. 1888, D. 29th Dec. 1954, daughter of James Sheehan and Margaret Harrington.
8 children - Madeleine, Harry, Evelyn, Fay, Zita (Mgt.Mary), Declan, Stanley & Denise
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Sr. Brendan, Xmas 192599 views
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Patrick Henry Harrington's Business Card98 viewsFrom "MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE" (1927)

P. HENRY HARRINGTON - A native and life­long resident of Westford, Middlesex County, Mas­sachusetts, Mr. Harrington has been engaged there and in the surrounding territory for more than three decades with great success in the building and con­tracting business. He has been one of the chief factors in building up Graniteville and Forge Vil­lage, Middlesex County, the latter place especially owing the majority of its public and private build­ings to his energy, ability, and enterprise. He is considered one of the leading contractors and builders in his section of the county and enjoys a very high reputation for integrity and for the high quality of all of the operations carried an by him and his or­ganization. In spite of the heavy demands, which his constantly expanding business makes upon his time and energy, he has found it possible to take an effective part in the civic, fraternal, and religious life of Graniteville and Westford.

P. Henry Harrington was born at Westford, Mid­dlesex County, March 7, 1872, a son of Patrick and Mary F. Harrington, the former a Civil War veteran, having seen three years' service with the United States Navy during this conflict, and far many years employed as a quarryman in Graniteville by the late William Reed. He died in November, 1885, and is buried in Lowell. Mr. Harrington was educated in the public schools of Westford and at an early age secured employment with Frank A. Orcutt, a prominent contractor of Lowell. Later he was con­nected for one year with P. T. McMahon, a con­tractor in Chelmsford, Middlesex County. In 1895 he established himself in the contracting and build­ing business in Westford and Graniteville, in which he has continued ever since. He has been instru­mental in the development of Graniteville and Forge Village. In the latter place he has erected mare than one hundred houses, representing about two-thirds of all the residences there. Many public build­ings and factories have also been built by him, in­cluding several schoolhouses, a number of the build­ings of the Abbot Worsted Company, moving picture theatres, etc. He also carries on an extensive job­bing and repair business. His operations cover an extensive area in Northern Middlesex County in­cluding such towns as Groton, Lowell, Pepperell and Concord. Far a number of years he has been a member of the Westford Finance Board and of the Board of Health. He is also a member of the Foresters of America, while his religious affiliations are with the Roman Catholic church, and more par­ticularly with St. Catherine's Church, of Graniteville.

Mr. Harrington married, at Westford, June 15, 1899, Elizabeth J. Dunn, of Westford, a daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Digan) Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. Harrington are the parents of four children, all born in Westford:

1. Alice Elizabeth, born in April, 1900, a graduate of the public schools of West­ford, Westford Academy, Notre Dame School of Lowell, and the Bryant & Stratton Business Col­lege of Boston, connected with her father's bus­iness as a bookkeeper and married to Philip H. Healy, of Graniteville, a son of Peter Healy.

2. Harold A, born March 12, 1904, a graduate of the public schools of Westford, Westford Academy, Chauncey Hall of Boston, and a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, class of 1928.

3. Henry D., born November 9, 1905, like his older brother a graduate of the public schools of Westford, West­ford Academy, Chauncey Hall of Boston, and a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, class of 1928.

4. Edward F., born August 8, 1907, a graduate of the public schools of West­ford, Westford Academy, St. John's Preparatory School at Danvers, and, in 1926, a student at Chauncey Hall, Boston. The family residence is located on Grass Street, Graniteville, where Mr. Harrington's business headquarters are also situated.
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L-class subs alongside USS Bushnell 191898 views
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Derreen98 viewsPanoramic view of Derreen Gardens. Lauragh, Co Kerry
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John Michael Sullivan cir 191598 viewsClose up of John. Son of John J and Mary C Sullivan
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HMS "DEVONSHIRE"98 viewsDevonshire's first training cruise began in autumn 1947, when she visited the Irish port of Berehaven (Castletown Bere), in the beautiful setting of Bantry Bay on Ireland's south coast, the visit being hosted by the Irish Naval Service. From Ireland Devonshire steamed south to the Mediterranean where she visited Ajaccio, Malta and Mers el Kebir before returning to Devonport for Christmas. Over the next six years Devonshire's spring and summer cruises took; her to home and European ports, to the Mediterranean and, on occasions, to the Caribbean; for the cadets, they were the highlights of her
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