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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Little-Known Stories from Ireland's "Next Parish Over"

Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Little-Known Stories from Ireland's "Next Parish Over"

Stevens, Peter F.

Hardcover

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesRegional: New England

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1540218627
ISBN13: 9781540218629
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: Mar 28 2008
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
When it comes to Irish America, certain names spring to mind Kennedy, O Neill, and Curley testify to the proverbial footsteps of the Gael in Boston. However, few people know of Sister Mary Anthony O Connell, whose medical prowess carried her from the convent to the Civil War battlefields, earning her the nickname the Boston Irish Florence Nightingale, or of Barney McGinniskin, Boston s first Irish cop, who proudly roared at every roll call, McGinniskin from the bogs of Ireland present! Along with acclaim or notoriety, many forgotten Irish Americans garnered numerous historical firsts. In Hidden History of the Boston Irish, Peter F. Stevens offers an entertaining and compelling portrait of the Irish immigrant saga and pays homage to the overlooked, yet significant, episodes of the Boston Irish experience.

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