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Helen Wilding with Husband Stephen Shipperlee and Eddie Cantwell |
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Helen Wilding with Husband Stephen Shipperlee Outside the Hospital |
First Helen visited Cobh, where her ancestor, fifteen year old Sarah Gleeson began her journey to Australia. Her visit to Cobh, St. Joseph’s Dungarvan and the Famine Graveyard was a moving experience for her. Helen, who is a research librarian in Melbourne, was very taken with Dungarvan. She said that ‘it would have been fantastic growing up with lots of friends around in a place like this. I thought the town had a really nice feeling. I felt really comfortable there as if it was somehow 'just right'. I was even really sad at the hurling outcome and I am never usually at all interested in sports!’
Helen paints little pictures in her notebook and adds notes. This particular one which she kindly gave to Eddie was taken from Meade’s CafĂ©.