Images from the Post World War II era

New York Céilí Band / Unidentified photographer

Felix Dolan, piano ; Paddy Reynolds, fiddle ; Paddy O'Brien, accordion ; Chris Darcy, drums ; Andy McGann, fiddle ; Steve Quinn, accordion ; Michael Dorney, flute ; Larry Redican, fiddle ; Gerry Wallace, piccolo

Louis Quinn / Unidentified photographer

Louis Quinn, fiddle

Louis Quinn and Sean Quinn / Unidentified photographer

Louis Quinn, fiddle ; Sean Quinn fiddle

The Louis Quinn Orchestra / Unidentified photographer

Right, standing: Louis Quinn, fiddle

The Louis Quinn Orchestra / Unidentified photographer

Front row: Frank Flaherty, trumpet ; unidentified, saxophone ; unidentified, saxophone ; Louis Quinn, fiddle ; unidentified, piano. Back row: unidentified, drums

Ed Reavy and Louis Quinn / Unidentified photographer

Ed Reavy, fiddle ; Louis Quinn, fiddle

Louis Quinn and James Lad O'Beirne / Unidentified photographer

Louis Quinn ; James Lad O'Beirne

Louis Quinn and James Lad O'Beirne / Unidentified photographer

Louis Quinn ; James Lad O'Beirne

Paddy and Betty Killoran with Louis Quinn / Unidentified photographer

Paddy Killoran, fiddle ; Betty Killoran ; Louis Quinn, piano accordion

Larry Redican, Seán McGuire and Louis Quinn / Unidentified photographer

Larry Redican ; unidentified ; unidentified ; unidentified ; Seán McGuire ; Louis Quinn

Tommy McCarey, Martin Wynne and Louis Quinn / Unidentified photographer

Tommy McCarey, fiddle ; Martin Wynne, fiddle ; Louis Quinn, fiddle

Louis Quinn, Ed Reavy and James Lad O'Beirne / Unidentified photographer

Louis Quinn, fiddle ; Ed Reavy, speech ; James Lad O'Beirne, fiddle

The Quinn family band / Unidentified photographer

Back row: Kathleen Quinn ; Brian Quinn ; Louis Quinn ; Mary Lou Quinn ; Seán Quinn. Front row: unidentified ; Kevin Quinn

The Quinn family band / Unidentified photographer

Kathleen Quinn, harp ; Seán Quinn, fiddle ; Brian Quinn, piano accordion ; Louis Quinn Jnr, drums ; Mary Lou Quinn, ukelele ; Patrick Quinn, ukelele, Louis Quinn, fiddle ; Kevin Quinn, flute

The Quinns visiting Ed Reavy's house in Philadelphia / Unidentified photographer

Louis Quinn ; Ed Reavy ; Seán Quinn, fiddle ; Joe Reavy

The Quinn family band / Unidentified photographer

Back row: Seán Quinn, guitar ; Louis Quinn, fiddle ; Mary Quinn ; May Lou Quinn ; Brian Quinn, piano accordion. Midde row: Louis Quinn Jnr, drums ; Kathleen Quinn, harp. Front row: Patrick Quinn, ukelele ; Kevin Quinn, guitar

The Quinn family band / Unidentified photographer

Back row: Mary Quinn ; Seán Quinn, fiddle ; Brian Quinn, piano accordion. Front row: Kevin Quinn, guitar ; Kathleen Quinn, harp ; Louis Quinn Jnr, guitar

Hannah O'Sullivan ; Leo Rowsome ; and others / Unidentified photographer

Back row: Hannah O'Sullivan ; Leo Rowsome ; Jimmy Erwin ; Louis Quinn ; Peggy Buckley. Front row: Seán Quinn

Quinns, Redicans and McNiff dancers / Unidentified photographer

Mary Lou Quinn ; Jim Buckley, Peggy Buckley ; Larry Redican ; Jimmy Erwin ; Hannah O'Sullivan ; Catherine Erwin ; Nick Erwin ; Seán Quinn ; Geraldine Mulvihill ; Louis Quinn ; Charlie Mulvihill ; Mary Quinn ; Tom Hynes ; Tommy Mulvihill ; Sally Quinn Hynes

James Lad O'Beirne's Apartment 1 / Unidentified photographer

A gathering in James Lad O'Beirne's apartment, 3 of 3 [Back row: James Lad O'Beirne, fiddle ; Louis Quinn, fiddle ; Paddy Sweeney, fiddle ; unidentified, flute ; Jack Brennan ; unidentified ; Jim McGowan, fiddle. Front row: Joe Concannon ; Jack O'Beirne] / Unidentified photographer. New York, 1941. Image courtesy Sean Quinn

James Lad O'Beirne's Apartment 2 / Unidentified photographer

Back row: unidentified, unidentified, fiddle. Front row: unidentified ; Louis Quinn, fiddle ; Patsy Cawley, fiddle ; unidentified, fiddle ; James Lad O'Beirne, piano

Various New York and Philadephia musicians / Unidentified photographer

Unidentified ; Andy McGann, fiddle ; James Lad O'Beirne, fiddle ; unidentified, banjo ; Neil Doherty, fiddle ; Louis Quinn, fiddle ; Ed Reavy, fiddle ; Martin Kelly, piano

The Irish music and social club of greater New York / Unidentified photographer

Middle row: unidentified, fiddle ; James O'Beirne ; James Lad O'Beirne, fiddle ; Tom Busby, uilleann pipes ; Louis Quinn fiddle. Front row, 7th from left: Andy McGann, fiddle

James Lad O'Beirne's Apartment 3 / Unidentified photographer

Back row: unidentified ; unidentified ; unidentified ; unidentified ; James Lad O'Beirne ; Mary Quinn ; Louis Quinn. Front row: Jack O'Beirne ; Paddy Sweeney ; unidentified ; unidentified ; Jim McGowan ; unidentified

The Turlough O'Carolan Irish music club / Unidentified photographer

Back row, 3rd from left: Andy Conroy, flute ; Middle row, extreme right: Louis Quinn, fiddle ; Front row: Martin Wynne, fiddle ; unidentified, fiddle ; Vincent Harrison, fiddle ; unidentified, fiddle ; Paddy Reynolds, fiddle ; unidentified, fiddle, Seán Quinn, fiddle ; unidentified, fiddle ; Paddy Killoran, fiddle ; unidentified, fiddle ; James Lad O'Beirne, piano

Michael Coleman / Unidentified photographer

Michael Coleman, fiddle. Coleman had a very brief career with the Keith vaudeville circuit. Louis Quinn told Mick Moloney that he went to Chicago on the start of a tour and quit, breaking his contract. The pose suggests that his act was that of a dancing fiddler, and Quinn's account was that a vaudeville producer had seen Coleman doing this on the liner in which he emigrated to New York in 1914, and signed him to a contract.

Paddy Killoran Traditional Irish Music Club / Gunning Photo photographer

Irish Accordion, LP cover

Irish Accordion / Timmy Cronin