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| Author | : Jay P. Dolan |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 355 |
| Release | : 2010-02-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1608190102 |
Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist discrimination, the rise of Irish political power, and on to the historic moment when John F. Kennedy was elected to the highest office in the land.
| Author | : J.J. Lee |
| Publisher | : NYU Press |
| Total Pages | : 751 |
| Release | : 2007-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0814752187 |
Explores the history of the Irish in America, offering an overview of Irish history, immigration to the United States, and the transition of the Irish from the working class to all levels of society.
| Author | : Timothy Walch |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2019-03-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1439666296 |
Iowa offered freedom and prosperity to the Irish fleeing famine and poverty. They became the second-largest immigrant group to come to the state, and they acquired influence well beyond their numbers. The first hospitals, schools and asylums in the area were established by Irish nuns. Irish laborers laid the tracks and ran the trains that transported crops to market. Kate Shelley became a national heroine when she saved a passenger train from plunging off a bridge. The Sullivan family became the symbol of sacrifice when they lost their five sons in World War II. Author Timothy Walch details these stories and more on the history and influence of the Irish in the Heartland.
| Author | : Edward T. O'Donnell |
| Publisher | : Gramercy |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Ireland |
| ISBN | : 9780517227541 |
Complete yet concise, and beautifully documented with more than 100 historic photos, there is no better tribute to Irish-American history, a cultural cornerstone of our nation. High school & older.
| Author | : Monica Dougherty |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780738582887 |
In 1976 a small group of Irish Americans was looking for a permanent place to celebrate and share their heritage and culture. After many fundraisers and Irish Family Days, they purchased an abandoned, graffiti-covered building on the northwest side of Chicago. Over the past 25 years, a crew of passionate volunteers has transformed the derelict structure into a premier institution. Through dance, music, festivals, language, history, and art, the Irish American Heritage Center delivers on its mission as a nonprofit organization enhancing the life of every member and of the community. But for the vision of those original dreamers and the blood, sweat, and tears of the thousands of volunteers, it would not exist.
| Author | : Damian Shiels |
| Publisher | : The History Press |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 2016-10-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0750980877 |
On the eve of the American Civil War, 1.6 million Irish-born people were living in the United States. The majority had emigrated to the major industrialised cities of the North; New York alone was home to more than 200,000 Irish, one in four of the total population. As a result, thousands of Irish emigrants fought for the Union between 1861 and 1865. The research for this book has its origins in the widows and dependent pension records of that conflict, which often included not only letters and private correspondence between family members, but unparalleled accounts of their lives in both Ireland and America. The treasure trove of material made available comes, however, at a cost. In every instance, the file only exists due to the death of a soldier or sailor. From that as its starting point, coloured by sadness, the author has crafted the stories of thirty-five Irish families whose lives were emblematic of the nature of the Irish nineteenth-century emigrant experience.
| Author | : John Breslin |
| Publisher | : Merrion Press |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2023-10-12 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1785374729 |
Often imitated but never equalled, the Old Ireland in Colour books are beloved by Irish readers at home and abroad, and in this, the third book of the series, the authors have uncovered yet more photographic gems and breathed new life into them in glorious colour. All of Irish life is here – from evictions in Connemara to the mosgt elegant drawing rooms in Dublin. Famous faces from politics and the arts appear alongside humble labourers and farmers and impish children from all kinjds of backgrounds light up this book’s glorious pages. With endless surprising details to pore over in every picture, and captivating and illuminating text, Old Ireland in Colour 3 is a winning addition to this spectacular series of bestsellng books.
| Author | : David M. Brownstone |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780816016303 |
Explores the history, culture, and contributions of Irish-Americans from colonial times to the present day.
| Author | : Michael Padden |
| Publisher | : Plume Books |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
In a lively question-and-answer format, the book covers everything from the Irishman who discovered America to contemporary Irish-Americans making their mark.
| Author | : Maureen Dezell |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2002-03-05 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 038549596X |
Old-time politics, piety, and St. Patrick’s Day parades loom large when the Irish come to the American mind. None truly represents the complex legacy or contributions of the nation’s oldest ethnic group, who rank among the most highly educated and affluent Americans today. In Irish America, Maureen Dezell takes a new and invigorating look at Americans of Irish Catholic ancestry—who they are, and how they got that way. A welcome antidote to so many standard-issue, sentimental representations of the Irish in the United States, Irish America focuses on popular culture as well as politics; the Irish in the Midwest and West as well as the East; the “new Irish” immigrants; the complicated role of the Church today; and the unheralded heritage of Irish American women. Deftly weaving history, reporting, and the observations of more than 100 men and women of Irish descent on both sides of the Atlantic, Dezell presents an insightful and highly readable portrait of a people and a culture.
