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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 ...
Michael McKenna (died June 4, 1875) was an Irish-American Roman Catholic prelate and first parish priest and from 1868 to 1875 of The old parish of St. Rose of Lima in the Manhattan, New York. He was connected with the Irish nationalist cause, and reputedly helped the escape of Thomas D'Arcy Etienne Hughes McGee (1825–1868).
William Jay Gaynor – New York City mayor; Charles P. Gillen – Newark mayor; Kirsten Gillibrand – US Senator, mother is of Irish descent; Thomas F. Gilroy – New York City mayor; James P. Gleason – County executive of Montgomery County, Maryland [45] Patrick Gleason – Long Island City political machine boss; Martin H. Glynn – New ...
Frank McCourt was born in New York City's Brooklyn borough, on August 19, 1930, the eldest child of Irish Catholic immigrants Malachy Gerald McCourt, Sr. (October 11, 1899 – January 11, 1985), of Toome, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, who was aligned with the IRA during the Irish War of Independence, and Angela Sheehan (January 1, 1908 – December 27, 1981) from Limerick.
Richard Luke Concanen, O.P. (December 27, 1747 – June 19, 1810) was an Irish-born Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of New York from 1808 to 1810. He was a member of the Dominicans . Biography
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Foley, Albert S. Bishop Healy: Beloved Outcaste: The Story of a Great Priest Whose Life has Become a Legend (New York: Strauss and Young, 1954), available online; Foley, Albert S. God’s Men of Color: The Colored Catholic Priests of the United States, 1854–1954 (New York: Strauss and Young, 1955), available at Googlebooks