Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Armies of the Streets: The New York City Draft Riots of 1863 (University Press of Kentucky, 1974). Darby, Paul. "Gaelic games, ethnic identity and Irish nationalism in New York City c. 1880–1917." Sport in Society 10.3 (2007): 347-367. Dolan, Jay P. The Immigrant Church: New York's Irish and German Catholics, 1815-1865 (1975) online
An 1871 cartoon by Thomas Nast, protesting at the political power held by Irish Catholics in New York City; the "crocodiles" are Catholic bishops.. The Orange Riots took place in Manhattan, New York City, in 1870 and 1871, and they involved violent conflict between Irish Protestants who were members of the Orange Order and hence called "Orangemen", and Irish Catholics, along with the New York ...
New York City, New York: 0 2 2: 17-year-old Vincent Rodriguez wounded two students at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School in Manhattan with a semi-automatic pistol. He retaliated against the individuals who had harassed his girlfriend. In February 2003, Rodriguez was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of assault and attempted assault. [17]
Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll (born Uinseann Ó Colla, July 20, 1908 – February 8, 1932) was an Irish-American mob hitman in the 1920s and early 1930s in New York City. Coll gained notoriety for the alleged accidental killing of a young child during a mob kidnap attempt.
Brooklyn, New York City: April 15, 1984: 10: Shooting of Eleanor Bumpurs: The Bronx, New York City: October 29, 1984: 1: Botched eviction. NYPD officer acquitted 1984 New York City Subway shooting: Manhattan, New York City: December 22, 1984: 0 "Subway vigilante" attack Death of Edmund Perry: Manhattan, New York City: June 12, 1985: 1: NYPD ...
Cillian Murphy plays Irish coal merchant Bill Furlong in "Small Things Like These," which is based on a novel that explores dark secrets held by the Irish Catholic Church.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
19 May 1922: In revenge for the burning of a Protestant-owned mill, a mob of Ulster Special Constables and loyalists attacked and burned many Catholic homes and businesses in Desertmartin, Northern Ireland. Special Constables took four Catholic men from their homes nearby, lined them up by the roadside and summarily executed them. [2]