Sonny Glynn, an Irish construction worker photographed in "Lunch atop a Skyscraper" as seen in MEN AT LUNCH, a film by Sean O Cualain. We had originally intended for the film to investigate the claim of the O’Shaughnessy and Glynn families, but we found out that no records of the construction survived, that no information on the men, or the photographer existed. Within a few days, we had spoken to Pat and his cousin Patrick O’Shaughnessy, who both claimed that their fathers are two of the men having lunch. We saw the famous photo on the wall and a note from Pat Glynn, the son of a local emigrant who claimed his father and uncle-in-law were on the beam.īy the time we had left the pub, owner Michael Whelan had given us Pat’s number, so it was simply a chance discovery. My brother (Eamonn – the documentary’s producer) and I were researching another documentary in 2009 when we went into Whelan’s pub in Galway, Ireland on our lunch break. Sean, when and how did you first see the photo? MyHeritage was delighted to be able to interview (via email) Seán Ó Cualáin – director of the documentary Men at Lunch – on his project. This iconic 1932 photo of construction workers having lunch on the 69th floor of the Rockefeller Center is the subject of MEN AT LUNCH, a film by Sean O Cualain.
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