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Irish Philadelphia

Author : Marita Krivda Poxon

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 130 pages

File Size : 20,65 MB

Release : 2013-01-28

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0738597708

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Philadelphia has been a magnet for the Irish since the 17th century. The Irish distinguished themselves in the Revolutionary War with dozens of heroes, such as Wexford-born sailor Commodore John Barry. When refugees from Ireland s Great Famine poured into Philadelphia after 1845, the city changed forever. The famine generation of Irish immigrants used their religious and cultural traditions to promote their own advancement by constructing a network of schools, Catholic churches, fraternal clubs, and cultural organizations. In Irish Philadelphia, images of their accomplishments and advancements are featured along with vibrant, personal stories of Irish residents. Prominent Irish Philadelphians highlighted include Bishop Francis Kenrick, Martin Maloney, Joseph McGarrity, Henry McIlhenny, Grace Kelly, Jack Kelly, Patrick Stanton, John McShain, and Fr. John McNamee."



The Philadelphia Irish

Author : Michael L. Mullan

Publisher : Rutgers University Press

Page : 247 pages

File Size : 25,85 MB

Release : 2021-07-16

Category : History

ISBN : 197881545X

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Outlines of a Gaelic public sphere -- Inserting the Gaelic in the public sphere -- Irish Philadelphia in and out of the Gaelic sphere -- Transatlantic origins of the Irish American Voluntary Association -- A microanalysis of Irish American civic life : Ireland's Donegal and Cavan emerge in Philadelphia -- The forging of a collective consciousness : militant Irish nationalism and civic life in Gaelic Philadelphia -- Sport, culture and nation amont the Irish of Philadelphia -- A Gaelic public sphere : its rise and fall.



The Irish in Philadelphia

Author : Dennis Clark

Publisher : Temple University Press

Page : 270 pages

File Size : 24,24 MB

Release : 1982

Category : History

ISBN : 9780877222279

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Reveals a number of significant and interesting insights into Irish immigrant history in America



The Philadelphia Nativist Riots

Author : Kenneth W. Milano

Publisher : American Heritage

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 49,24 MB

Release : 2013

Category : History

ISBN : 9781626190191

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Discover a remarkably intimate and compelling view of the riots with stories of individuals on both sides of the conflict that rocked Kensington. The outskirts of Philadelphia seethed with tension in the spring of 1844. By May 6, the situation between the newly arrived Irish Catholics and members of the anti-immigrant Nativist Party took an explosively violent turn. When the Irish asked to have their children excused from reading the Protestant version of the Bible in local public schools, the nativists held a protest. The Irish pushed back. For three days, riots scorched the streets of Kensington. Though the immigrants first had the upper hand, the nativists soon put the community to the torch. Those who fled were shot. Two Catholic churches burned to the ground, along with several blocks of houses, stores, a nunnery and a Catholic school. Local historian Kenneth W. Milano traces this tumultuous history from the preceding hostilities through the bloody skirmishes and finally to the aftermath of arrests and trials.



Ireland, Philadelphia and the Re-invention of America, 1760-1800

Author : Maurice Joseph Bric

Publisher : Four Courts PressLtd

Page : 363 pages

File Size : 33,77 MB

Release : 2008

Category : History

ISBN : 9781846820892

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Ireland, Philadelphia and the Re-invention of America is a new study of the relationships across the Irish Atlantic at a vital period in the histories of Ireland and America. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Maurice Bric analyses the controversial years between 1760 and 1800. Most of Ireland admired America from afar. Many also decided that it represented a better place to settle and chose to make their lives there. They were greeted in America with mixed emotions, not the least of which were concerns that after the Revolution they might de-stabilise the new republic. Yet the Irish accounted for the highest and most visible stream of immigrants into America and became a catalyst for how the post-revolutionary republic accommodated its new citizens. They also challenged America after 1776 as well as the ways in which the â??American characterâ? was being discussed at the time. This became even more obvious during the 1790s,òthe decade of the United Irishmen, when temporary exiles such as Wolfe Tone and Archibald Hamilton Rowan linked the nationâ??s capital at Philadelphia with radicalism in Ireland. This book analyses that story and re-imagines the Irish Atlantic as Ireland drifted towards the Union and America towards a steadier state.



The Irish Americans

Author : Jay P. Dolan

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 355 pages

File Size : 14,50 MB

Release : 2010-02-15

Category : History

ISBN : 1608190102

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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.



Receiving Erin's Children

Author : J. Matthew Gallman

Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press

Page : 326 pages

File Size : 12,77 MB

Release : 2003-06-19

Category : History

ISBN : 0807860719

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Between 1845 and 1855, 2 million Irish men and women fled their famine-ravaged homeland, many to settle in large British and American cities that were already wrestling with a complex array of urban problems. In this innovative work of comparative urban history, Matthew Gallman looks at how two cities, Philadelphia and Liverpool, met the challenges raised by the influx of immigrants. Gallman examines how citizens and policymakers in Philadelphia and Liverpool dealt with such issues as poverty, disease, poor sanitation, crime, sectarian conflict, and juvenile delinquency. By considering how two cities of comparable population and dimensions responded to similar challenges, he sheds new light on familiar questions about distinctive national characteristics--without resorting to claims of "American exceptionalism." In this critical era of urban development, English and American cities often evolved in analogous ways, Gallman notes. But certain crucial differences--in location, material conditions, governmental structures, and voluntaristic traditions, for example--inspired varying approaches to urban problem solving on either side of the Atlantic.





How the Irish Became White

Author : Noel Ignatiev

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 21,12 MB

Release : 2012-11-12

Category : History

ISBN : 1135070695

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'...from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called ‘path breaking,’ ‘seminal,’ ‘essential,’ a ‘must read.’ How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachussetts, Amherst The Irish came to America in the eighteenth century, fleeing a homeland under foreign occupation and a caste system that regarded them as the lowest form of humanity. In the new country – a land of opportunity – they found a very different form of social hierarchy, one that was based on the color of a person’s skin. Noel Ignatiev’s 1995 book – the first published work of one of America’s leading and most controversial historians – tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors; how the new Irish immigrants achieved acceptance among an initially hostile population only by proving that they could be more brutal in their oppression of African Americans than the nativists. This is the story of How the Irish Became White.



Prevalent Insanity

Author : Patrick Gallagher

Publisher :

Page : 386 pages

File Size : 29,29 MB

Release : 2020-10-20

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The serious and comic novel, Prevalent Insanity, set in the early 1980's, presents the quest of a Philadelphia area professor to recover family heirloom photographs. Photographs supposedly capturing downtown San Francisco two days before it 1906 destruction. Material perfectly aligned with his field of American Civilization.The journey of the protagonist, Kevin O'Donnell, lures him from the east to the west coast and striking locations such as St.Joseph, Missouri and Sante Fe, New Mexico. Often travelling with O'Donnell is his new girlfriend, Mercedes. She also experiences the challenges of a major flood and deep scuba diving as a partner in his quest.Searching for his familial and personal objectives brings Kevin greater enlightenment about the major threats that mankind must negotiate--threats larger than the earthquake that was the opening whistle for this story. Mankind survives but it is a close run thing.About the Author. Patrick Gallagher writes in both literary and business formats. He is the creator and principal author of Von Brockman at Bridgid's (with Mark Breakman) a play in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. He has published over two-dozen articles in the fields of risk management and healthcare management. He earned aB. A.in English from the University of Pennsylvania. His Ph.D. degree was awarded by Temple University.