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.
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.
Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Little-Known Stories from Ireland's "Next Parish Over"
160Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Little-Known Stories from Ireland's "Next Parish Over"
160Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781596294509 |
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Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing SC |
Publication date: | 03/28/2008 |
Series: | Hidden History |
Pages: | 160 |
Sales rank: | 407,778 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.50(d) |