| Name: | First St Patrick's Parade |
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| Description: | First St Patrick's Parade |
| Collection: | Leeds Irish Community |
| Location: | Leeds |
| Reference: | Nowthen |
| Contributor: | Leeds Irish Community |
| Rights: | Leeds Irish Community |
Over the last few year WYAS have worked with different member and community groups associated with the Irish Community. This digital archive is a collection of memories, stories and pictures gathered from the Irish Community in Leeds. The Irish Community in Leeds are a long established community in Leeds. In 1857 Mount St Mary’s Opened its doors to cater for the large emigrant population in the area, many having fled from the potato famine of 1851. The next notable emigration mainly form County Mayo was in the 1930’s and then again in the 1980’s.. Continuing to flourish and participate in Leeds life the Irish community have had a significant influence on the shaping of Leeds. Irish dancing and sports traditions are protected and with the Irish Centre being long established home of the community, that has moved and expanded with the needs of the community. Today the Leeds-Irish population measures around 20,000.
This digital archive hopes to reflects the significant Irish population and hopes to capture a wide variety of stories and memories held. If you have a story or picture to share please do so by using the contribute option above. We hope that this archive is a living archive that is continuously added to.
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About Phase One - Leeds Irish Centre
Collection of reminiscences by members of the Leeds Irish Centre Tuesday Club
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About Phase Two - HLF Project
The year-long project set out to create a digital archive along the theme of festivals St Patrick's Day celebrations, and how these are celebrated in, and have shaped the history of, Leeds.
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Andy Clarke
Andy moved to England in 1943 with his mother Katherine, as he was still a juvenile he had to come with his mother. They moved to Leeds in 1945.
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Betty Parle
Betty moved to England in 1948 because her husband was English. He was in the Irish Guard and stationed over in Ireland.
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Derek Cosgrove
Derek's grandparents were Irish. Derek's family came across from Tipperary. Derek was born and grew up on The Bank at 12 Edgar Street, near the school clinic.
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Ernest William Ward
Ernest started work in John Stevenson's Butchers shop when he was 14 years old. He was responsible for cleaning up and making sure everything was clean.
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Jean Roberts
Jean was born in Hunslet Carr and then moved to Widkirk where she has lived for the past forty years. She attended St Joseph's School on Joseph Street in Hunslet.
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Marie Moorhouse
Marie was born in Dublin but aged 17 she moved to Leeds to live with her father. She lived with him for a couple of months in Freehold Street.
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Marien Kennedy
Marien was born in Dublin and grew up in Portabella barracks as her dad was a soldier. She moved to Leeds to look after her grandmother.
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Sheila Cosgrove
Sheila's grandparents were Irish. Sheila's grandparents moved across to Leeds and lived in The Bank, the largest Irish sector of Leeds.
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