Back row L to R Patrick Hartnett, Nora Hartnett (nee Ahern) Jack Hartnett. Front row L-R Maurice Hartnett, Nora Hartnett, Mary Hartnett

“Kitty” Hartnett milking the family cow. Rooska hill 1946

Jack Hartnett Rooska 1944

Bridget Mc Carthy (Nee Hartnett), Joan Hartnett, Con Hartnett “Across the road from the Boreen up to the house” August 1970

Nora Hartnett (Nee Ahern), Anthony (Tony) McCarthy

Brendan’s mother Kitty Hartnett, the day before she left Rooska to England then the US. 1947

Bridget McCarthy (nee Hartnett) with her son Tony McCarthy in a hayfield 1964

Mary Hartnett, Jack Hartnett, Nora Hartnett (nee Ahern) circa 1946

Jack Hartnett and Nora Hartnett (nee Ahern) Rooska hill 1947

ack Hartnett with the horse and cart for the market place. The baby on the horse Bill Hartnett, a cousin of Brendan’s, 1948

Tony McCarthy circa 1965

Joan Hartnett and the family pooch Rooska 1960

Bridget McCarthy (nee Hartnett), Tony McCarthy, 1957

Con Hartnett, Joan Hartnett, Bridget McCarthy (nee Hartnett) and cousin from California Kathleen Bryant (nee Cox)

Nora Hartnett (nee Ahern) Rooska hill 1949

Uncle Joe Ahern, Mary Hartnett, Nora Hartnett, (nee Ahern) 1957

Patrick Hartnett c 1944

Bill Hartnett c 1947

Nora Hartnett c 1944