Gentle listers, The maps of the Belfast area seem to have been very popular. I've posted a lot of pictures of old Belfast on my Flickr site. Yes, in the collection that displays you'll see a number of pictures of my family. But the majority of the pictures are of such things as: * Belfast during the blitz * 4 images of the old St. Anne's * A few postcard images of Belfast in the early 1900s * A remarkable picture of Little York St. in 1887 * An image from the two block-long Grove St. in Sailortown from about 1922 with British soldiers standing guard. http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyairriess/sets/72157604322031931/ I hope you enjoy the images There are also some nice images on this Flickr group page called Old Belfast and Northern Ireland: http://www.flickr.com/groups/oldbelfast/pool/ Andy Airriess

Hi Andy, Thank you for more wonderful Irish pictures. When I looked at the photograph of Charles McCormick and his family, John McCormack the Speaker of the House (during Kennedy a few other presidents) came to mind immediately. I remember John McCormack because of the succession line after President Kennedy was assassinated . I have no idea where John McCormack's family came from but the resemblance between him and your Charles McCormick is striking. Picture of Speaker of the House John McCormack http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://pro.corbis.com/images/U1348585.jpg%3Fsize%3D67%26uid%3D%257B78FBE2C1-B8BF-4A16-91DE-9D1C6AAAF44C%257D&imgrefurl=http://pro.corbis.com/search/Enlargement.aspx%3FCID%3Disg%26mediauid%3D%257B78FBE2C1-B8BF-4A16-91DE-9D1C6AAAF44C%257D&h=480&w=496&sz=50&tbnid=6ifhJjuc8nrD9M::&tbnh=126&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dspeaker%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bhouse%2Bjohn%2Bmccormack%2Bphotograph&usg=__cgA1mTkuJsrpBTYYf7GBBcYH2zQ=&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=4&ct=image&cd=1 Beannachtai, Margaret (Máiread)