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Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Little-Known Stories from Ireland's "Next Parish Over"
Contributor(s): Stevens, Peter F. (Author)

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 ISBN: 1540218627     ISBN-13: 9781540218629
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt)
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
Dewey: 974.461
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (0.89 lbs) 162 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Ireland
- Ethnic Orientation - Irish
- Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts
- Cultural Region - New England
- Locality - Boston-Worcester, Mass.
 
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Publisher Description:
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."

Contributor Bio(s): Stevens, Peter F.: - Local writer Peter F. Stevens is the news and features editor of the Boston Irish Reporter and has written two books on Irish history The Voyage of the Catalpa: A Perilous Journey and Six Irish Rebels Escape to Freedom, which was chosen as a Read Ireland Book of the Month, and The Rogue s March: John Riley and the St. Patrick s Battalion in the Mexican-American War, 1846 48.
 
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