In 1884, for example, Hugh O’Brien became the first Irish-Catholic mayor of Boston. And, notably, the grandson of Irish immigrants to Boston,Joseph P. Kennedy, rose through the ranks of theDemocratic Partyin the first half of the 20th century, becoming the first head of theSecurities and...
And in the opinion of many Americans, those British landlords were not sending their best people. These people were not like the industrious, Protestant Scotch-Irish immigrants who came to America in large numbers during the colonial era, fought in the Continental Army and tamed the frontier. Th...
The Boston Irish: A Political HistoryAccording to Thomas OConnor, Irish political dominance in Boston grew out of generations of unyielding conflict between New England Yankees and Irish Catholic immigrants. OConnor charts the course of the Irishs growing influence in Boston against the...
Irish americans by Brendan A. Rapple Overview The island of Ireland lies west of Great Britain across the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel. It is divided into two separate political entities: the independent Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland, a constituent of the United Kingdom. ...
More than 30 million Americans claim Irish ancestry. Worldwide, more than 70 million people have Irish roots. And yet, the current population of Ireland is only around five million people. Most countries don't have museums dedicated to everyone who left that country. But in Ireland's capital...
Without the Irish, the Chicago River wouldn't turn green each year on March 17, nor is it likely that you would be drinking the verdant-tinged beer at the bar either. (Irish-Americans were celebrating St. Patrick's Day in the statesas early as the 18th century.) The sphere of politics...
its practices differed greatly from those encountered in America's Irish-dominated Catholic Church. Unlike Irish Americans, most Italians possessed no great reverence for priests (who had sometimes been among the oppressors in Italy) or the institutions of the official Church, and they disliked what...
1992— This was the lone matchup in the series of Top 10 teams. Notre Dame was ranked 8th while the Eagles were ranked 9th with a 7-0-1 record. Notre Dame put the game away early, jumping all over Boston College, taking a 37-0 lead into the half. The Irish didn’t call off the...
Mayor Byrne, of Irish descent, “was very incensed…and left the party as soon as possible.” The Princess was having lunch with her social secretary, Lord Nigel Napier, in Houston, when they learned of the article in the Chicago newspaper. They were aghast. Princess Margaret was scheduled...
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