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Episode One
"I just really love my husband Jack"
Welcome to "One of 18 - NOT Just a Number."
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Who knew that when our parents were cast in High School as the romantic leads in H.M.S. Pinafore that they would fall in love, marry and...have 18 children.
Join us on this unique journey as we recall growing up with 17 brothers and sisters with our mother, Mary O'Brien Callaghan and father, Jack Callaghan at the helm.
Our parents tenacity and fervent faith continue to be an inspiration to us. We hope that it will be an inspiration to you, too.
Photos - Episode One
Our Homeland - Ireland
Back "Home"
County Clare, Ireland
County Cork, Ireland
Lake Ontario - Oswego, NY
The Detroit River
One of the bridges in Oswego, NY
which divides the East & West side
St. Mary's Catholic Church in
Oswego, NY - our mother's parish
St. Paul's Catholic Church in
Oswego, NY - our father's parish
Our mother's grandmother
Grandma Dehm O'Brien
Our grandfather, Paul O'Brien,
as a beautiful young boy
Our grandfather, "Big Paul"
O'Brien, as an altar boy
Our grandfather "Big Paul"
in an Oswego, NY snowstorm
Our grandfather
"Big Paul" O'Brien
Our grandmother
Margaret Conway
Our grandmother, Nana
O'Brien, as a young woman
Our mother, Mary O'Brien's family
home - 162 W. Third St. Oswego, NY
Nana O'Brien in front of
162 W. Third St.
Our mother, Mary O'Brien's
baby picture
Our mother, Mary O'Brien
- Oswego's "Shirley Temple"
Our beautiful mother
Mary O'Brien
Our mother, Mary O'Brien,
with her father, "Big Paul" O'Brien
Our grandfather
Edward "Fishy" Callaghan
Our grandmother "Nana"
Margaret Hogan Callaghan
Father Patrick Callaghan
aka "Uncle Chuddy"
with our grandmother, Nana Callaghan
Our father’s siblings Uncle Jim, Aunt Margaret, our father, Uncle Chuddy, Uncle Teddy & Uncle Bobby
Our father
John Foster Callaghan
Our father
John Foster Callaghan
Our father "Jack"
Callaghan, at the organ
Our father
"Jack" Callaghan
Where it all began - our parents were
cast as the romantic leads in this
Operetta. The rest, as they say, is history!
Our mother & father during
their courtship (backrow)
Our mother & father
- Lovebirds
Our mother, Mary O'Brien - a
freshman at Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Our beautiful mother
Mary O'Brien
Our mother & father with
Uncle Jim aka Monsignor Callaghan
St. Vincent Catholic Church in Syracuse,
NY where our father was the organist & where our parents were married
Our parents, Mary O'Brien
& "Jack" Callaghan
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