Fr. Murtagh, Fr. O’Keefe, Fr. McGrath & Fr. Noonan. Four Leeds-based Irish priests, late 1970’s. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Famine Walk, 1995. Walk from Leeds Irish Centre to Leeds City Centre to lay commemorative stone on 150th anniversary of Great Hunger. Don Kennedy and friends appear in this photograph. Don Kennedy and his family established an Irish record, cassette and gift shop in the Leeds Irish Centre during the 1970’s. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Famine Walk, 1995. Walk from Leeds Irish Centre to Leeds City Centre to lay commemorative stone on 150th anniversary of Great Hunger. Seamus Walsh and friends appear in this photograph. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

Famine Walk, 1995. Walk from Leeds Irish Centre to Leeds City Centre to lay commemorative stone on 150th anniversary of Great Hunger. Josie Scanlon and friends appear in this photograph. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

Famine Walk, 1995. Walk from Leeds Irish Centre to Leeds City Centre to lay commemorative stone on 150th anniversary of Great Hunger. This photograph is taken outside Mount Saint Mary’s R.C. church, known as ’The Famine Church’. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Famine Walk, 1995. Walk from Leeds Irish Centre to Leeds City Centre to lay commemorative stone on 150th anniversary of Great Hunger. Tom Conlon and friends appear in this photograph. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

Famine Walk, 1995. Walk from Leeds Irish Centre to Leeds City Centre to lay commemorative stone on 150th anniversary of Great Hunger. Barbara Flaherty and friends appear in this photograph. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Famine Walk, 1995. Gerry Whitaker, founder member of the Gaelic Athletics Assocation in Yorkshire, with an Irish tricolour over the Famine Stone. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

Famine Walk, 1995. Walk from Leeds Irish Centre to Leeds City Centre to lay commemorative stone on 150th anniversary of Great Hunger. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

Famine Walk, 1995. Walk from Leeds Irish Centre to Leeds City Centre to lay commemorative stone on 150th anniversary of Great Hunger. Fr. John Noonan blessing the Famine Stone. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

Famine Walk, 1995. Walk from Leeds Irish Centre to Leeds City Centre to lay commemorative stone on 150th anniversary of Great Hunger. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

Famine Walk, 1995. Walk from Leeds Irish Centre to Leeds City Centre to lay commemorative stone on 150th anniversary of Great Hunger. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

Una Reddington (bottom left) and friends, mid-1980s. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

Door staff, Leeds Irish Centre, mid-1970s. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Tom Gaughan (back row, centre) & friends, mid-1970s. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

’The Mayo Bar’: Michael Barrett, Seamus Hopkins, Michael Levelle & friends, mid-1970s.Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Family get-together at the Leeds Irish Centre, mid-1980s. Mullins & Sarsfield families. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Family and friends, circa early 1990’s at Leeds Irish Centre. Families of John Brady and Pat McCabe, occassion unknown. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre

Leeds Irish Centre Officers and Committee, circa 1973/74. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre

Friends get-together, Leeds Irish Centre, mid-1970s. Seamus McVeigh, Mr & Mrs Fannon, Mr Flanagan. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Mr. Parker & Mr. Murphy(Christian names unknown) at the Leeds Irish Centre on the First Anniversary of Opening, June 1971. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Friends get-together, Leeds Irish Centre, 1972. Johnny Durkan & friends. Left to right: Michael Gaughan (Co. Mayo), Leo Hannon (Co. Sligo) James O’Hara (Co. Sligo) & Johnny Durkan (Co. Mayo). Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Family & friends, Leeds Irish Centre, early 1980s. Margaret Sweeney, John & Brenda O’Malley, & Gene Sweeney. Courtesy of Gene Sweeney.

Family & friends, Leeds Irish Centre, c. 1990. Back Row (left to right): Bridie Lydon, Fr McGillicuddy, Mary Gallagher. Front Row (left to right): Sally & Chris Hyland & Rory Lillis. Courtesy of Bridie Lydon.

Leeds Irish Centre, late 1990s. Left to Right: Tom Culkin, Imelda O’Dwyer, Cinta Culkin and Joe O’Dwyer. Courtesy of Joe O’Dwyer

Leeds Irish Centre, early 1990s. Left to Right: Kathleen Howley, Kevin Boyle, Paddy Howley, Martin Mullen, Martin Howley, Janet Howley, Bernie Mullen & Mary Boyle. Courtesy of Kathleen Howley.

Family get-together, Leeds Irish Centre. Martha Enright, Paddy Duffy, Paddy Howley, Kathleen Howley, Mary Duffy with the Duffy children, circa mid 1980’s. Courtesy of Kathleen Howley.

Family and friends get together at the Leeds Irish Centre. Tommy Ruane, Michael Goodwin, Martin Howley, Tommy Glenn, Michael Quinn, Hughie McGlynn, John Scanlon, John O’Donnell, Kevin Boyle and Paddy Howley, circa early 1990’s. Courtesy of Kathleen Howley

Family and friends, Leeds Irish Centre, c. 1990. Howley and O'Shea family and friends. Courtesy of Kathleen Howley.

Hosty & Devanney families, Leeds Irish Centre, mid-1980s. Courtesy of Chris O’Malley.

Youth Knockout finals, Leeds Irish Centre, 1993. Based on the BBC 1970’s series, ‘It’s a Knockout’ initiated by Leeds Irish Centre and The Federation of Irish Societies to further involve young second-generation Irish and as a focus for collaboration between Irish Centres in Britain. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

’It’s a knockout’ Leeds Irish Centre team, c. 1991. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

’It’s a knockout’ Leeds Irish Centre team, c. 1991. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

Knockmore Assocation Dinner Dance, Leeds Irish Centre, late 1980s. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

Mr & Mrs Jim Kilgallon at the Knockmore Association Dinner Dance, Leeds Irish Centre, early 1980s. Courtesy of the Leeds Irish Centre.

Knockmore Association Dinner Dance, mid -1970s. Lads pictured outside Leeds Irish Centre. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Leeds Irish Centre Ladies Committee, c. 1971. Front Row (left to right): Mary Hurley (Treasurer), Mary Conlon (Chairman), Nora Conlon (Vice-Chairman), & Kathy Barden. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Leeds Irish Centre Ladies Committee, early 1970s. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

First anniversary of opening in June 1971. Mrs O’Neill & Mr T Corcoran are cousins who met for the first time that evening. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Leeds Irish Centre 25th Anniversary Dinner Dance, Leeds Irish Centre, 1995. Left to Right: Owen & Betty Clarke, Sean & Kathleen Dunleavy & Phyllis McCabe. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Left to Right: Michael & Maureen Hester, John & Teresa Reape, Kitty Thornton & Bernard Dwyer. As with to a number of other Irishmen who arrived in the city Michael Hester and John Reape established building trades related companies: this expertise came to the fore when stage building duties were required at various Leeds Branch CCÉ productions. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Back Row (left to right): Joe McDonnell & Larry Lydon. Front Row (left to right): Leeds Irish Centre 25th Anniversary celebrations, 1995. Unknown, Unknown, Maureen McDonnell & Bridie Lydon. Courtesy of Bridie Lydon.

Official opening of Leeds Irish Centre, 8th June 1970. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.

Official opening of Leeds Irish Centre, 1970. Courtesy of Leeds Irish Centre.