We'll just quote Jacque:

"This is a photo of the original family who lived in my house. The O'Malleys had 10 children (8 in this photo). I guess this was taken about 1890. I read in an old newspaper article that one son, Father Thomas Andrew O'Malley, a Jesuit priest, would bless this home every time he came to visit. He was born at home, probably in the room upstairs where I am sitting right now! Two of the O'Malley girls became nuns. A good, Irish Catholic family! For those of you who do not live in Lexington, this part of the street was known as "Irish Hill" because of the number of Irish-Americans living here. If you can read the print at the top of the photo, it says that Mr. O'Malley was a farmer, coal mine owner, member of City Council and Justice of the Peace. He died the last day of 1904, at age 67, and was survived by his wife and 6 children. He was born in Ireland and came to Lexington in 1854 by boat.

"Basically this house was two large rooms on the first floor and an upstairs area that may have been separated into two rooms (it is now), but the kitchen was located in the basement level. Not a lot of room for a family of 12...how times have changed! I don't know when the kitchen and dining room were added to the back of the house, but probably much later, maybe mid-20th century.

"I think this house has a lot of good energy, so maybe all of those house blessings have helped!"