Bibliograph

Hidden history of the Boston Irish, little-known stories from Ireland's "next parish over", Peter Stevens

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Hidden history of the Boston Irish, little-known stories from Ireland's "next parish over", Peter Stevens

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hidden history of the Boston Irish

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Peter Stevens

Sub title

little-known stories from Ireland's "next parish over"

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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