Cathy Whyte
Doll cot and doll belonging to Cathy from age 3
Child’s elephant chair belonging to her sister Stephanie, at approximately age 3
Easter time, Marianne and Stephanie
Marianne and Stephanie wearing their Muckross Park uniforms
Stephanie, Joseph their brother (sadly, now deceased) and Cathy in Loughshinny
Cathy in Lansdowne Park in the big pram
Cathy in Loughahinny in the Summer
Cathy in Lansdowne Park
Stephanie as a teenager on holiday in Loughshinny
Loughshinny (/lɒxˈʃɪni/ lokh-SHIN-ee; Irish: Loch Sionnaigh, meaning ‘lake of the fox’)[2]is a small coastal village in northern County Dublin, Ireland, between Skerries and Rush. Loughshinny’s more famous landmarks are the Martello Tower on the nearby headland of Drumanagh and some unusual rock formations visible on some of the many coastal walks in the area. The village is located in the townland of the same name which is part of the civil parish of Lusk
The family family in Red Island Holiday Camp, Skerries with the entertainers..Stephanie was a great actress and loved to entertain there
: https://oldskerries.ie/red-island/
Stephanie with Joseph and cathy in the pram in Loughshinny
Joseph and Cathy in Lansdowne Park
Stephanie in her grandparents house
Stephanie with two cousins
Stephanie in Loughshinny
Cathy on a school trip to Stratford upon Avon with Muckross Park, Dublin, school trip. https://www.muckrossparkcollege.com/
Bath time for Stephanie
Cathy dressing-up in a fairy costume
Cathy’s First Communion
The Whyte family at home in Lansdowne Park
The Whyte family at home in Ballsbridge. The photo includes their friend Marianne/a who stayed with them post World War 2, when she arrived in Ireland as a refugee from Germany, as part of Operation Shamrock.* They girls all attended Muckross Park College. Their brother Joe ( Joseph) attended St Conlaths. https://stconleths.ie/
*Museum of Childhood Ireland’s History Lead, Lorraine McEvoy on Operation Shamrock.
Marianne and her husband on their wedding day
Donated by Cathy O’Connor to Museum of Childhood Ireland Collections