…and lesbians, artists, punks – Irish immigration in the mid-19th century profoundly shaped both neighborhoods. Irish Americans and Irish immigrants played a critical role in building immigrant and artistic traditions…
Read More…and lesbians, artists, punks – Irish immigration in the mid-19th century profoundly shaped both neighborhoods. Irish Americans and Irish immigrants played a critical role in building immigrant and artistic traditions…
Read More…people who were arrested were all Irish. The newspapers, as was typical at the time, blamed typical Irish rowdiness for the violence and chastised the Irish for marring this patriotic…
Read More…200,000 Irish immigrants arrived. Class and social standing differentiated these early arrivals from later Irish immigrants driven to America by the famine. Most of the early Irish immigrants were Protestants…
Read More…the infusion of important gathering places and civic centers that the Irish brought to our shores: The Irish Pub. New York City’s drinking culture has been shaped by Irish pubs…
Read More…Village, the Church of Saint Brigid-Saint Emeric was founded by Irish New Yorkers for an expanding Irish population. Originally known as St. Brigid’s, the church was built by notable Irish-American…
Read More…Census shows that all of the occupants were Irish-born or Irish descendants. 661 Washington Street Middle-class Irish saloons filled out the growing neighborhood. Saloons and bars, which appeared on every…
Read MoreThe University Parish of St. Joseph on Sixth Avenue was erected for an Irish congregation. It seems that on St. Patrick’s Day, everyone is Irish or of Irish descent. The…
Read MoreImage via mrdennehys.com As we approach St. Patrick’s Day, we realized we’ve discussed Irish churches, Irish heritage, Irish parade riots, and have written about cool East Village bars, East Village sports…
Read More…home to a thriving community of Irish immigrants and Irish Americans. This community played a major role in shaping the development of New York City. Prominent Irish New Yorkers including…
Read More…Civil War. The Irish fought bravely alongside American soldiers and suffered gruesome losses. In Gettysburg, one soldier wrote, “Irish blood and Irish bones cover that terrible field today…We are slaughtered…
Read More…unsatisfactory to the largely Irish Catholic population of the city, the Irish got someone who they felt represented them. Archbishop John Hughes, the son of poor Irish farmers from Country…
Read More…1839 to 1842, while in this position, Hogan participated in developing the Irish Emigrant Society, which developed and provided an abundance of resources to Irish immigrants. The organization not only…
Read More…some past Village Preservation Irish Heritage and Women’s History Month programs! Irish Heritage Month Journey of Hope, The Irish in New York with Tara Ryder, Ph.D | March 14, 2018…
Read More…innumerable publishers changed the course of literary and legal history. The neighborhood was also an ethnic crossroads of sorts, and many Irish and Irish American figures made history on these…
Read More…that have made a mark here, and we’ve just added a wonderful new one to that list. Our new Irish History Tour focuses on prominent Irish immigrants and Irish Americans…
Read MoreMarch is Irish American History Month, and of course tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day. What better time to explore the rich Irish history of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and…
Read More…that program. One of the teams talked about the Irish immigrants and how they celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. So Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all our Irish (and Irish-for-the-day) friends!…
Read More…home for many young Irish folks who came to New York in the 1980s and 90s. This more recent wave of Irish immigrants were itching to immerse themselves in the…
Read More…churches over the years, we can thank our Irish ancestors for their creation. Interior of the University Parish of St. Jospeh Even before the Irish potato famine of 1845, waves…
Read MoreThe Irish Bridget: Celebrating Immigrant Heritage & History Month Who was the Irish Bridget? What relevance does her story have to the history of Irish immigration to America? Margaret Lynch-Brennan…
Read MoreMarch is Irish-American History & Heritage Month, and St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. No better time to explore and celebrate the incredibly rich Irish history and heritage…
Read MoreMarch is Irish-American History & Heritage Month, and St. Patrick’s Day is just a little over a week away. No better time to explore and celebrate the incredibly rich Irish…
Read MoreIllustrated Lecture: Journey of Hope, The Irish in New York with Tara Ryder, Ph.D Take a multimedia look at the history and culture of the Irish of New York from…
Read More…the forthcoming True Tales of Irish New York. He is a frequent contributor to IrishCentral.com where he writes on history, politics, and culture. Presented in partnership with the Merchant’s House…
Read More…the later hours), this Irish saloon is known for its delicious Irish brunch. Lunasa (126 1st Avenue) According to the contemporary Irish pub’s website, “the name translates to August in…
Read More…in Union Square, circa 1874; Library of Congress We dove into our archives for videos of past programs focusing on the rich history of the Irish immigrant and Irish American…
Read More…Kerouac, the White Horse was established as an Irish longshoremen’s bar in the 19th century, and gained fame in the late 19th and early 20th century as a center of left-wing Irish…
Read More…center of left-wing Irish political organizing and thought. In the late 19th century, 95 percent of the longshoremen working the very active Greenwich Village waterfront were Irish or of Irish descent. Much…
Read More…model was replicated in other cities across the country, including Philadelphia and New Orleans. In 1850, following the waves of Irish immigration instigated by the Irish Famine, the Irish Emigrant…
Read More…push-pull factors that led Irish, Germans, Chinese, Eastern Europeans, and Italians to emigrate. Watch the talk here. The NEW New York: 19th Century Irish Immigration and the Revolution Dermot…
Read More…a bygone community while honoring the victims of that forgotten day. Image courtesy of Amazon. Margaret Lynch-Brennan- The Irish Bridget: Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in…
Read More…Dr. Tara Rider, presenting on Irish immigration and experiences in New York. This program was held in a partnership with the Merchant’s House Museum. Irish scholar Tara Rider is also…
Read More…white, mostly Irish immigrant workers and blacks, who were often in competition for jobs. Tensions came to a head on July 13, when German-speaking artisans, native-born Protestant journeymen, and working-class…
Read More…of the Irish Potato Famine, from 1845 to 1851, brought 1.5 million Irish to the United States, a third of which settled in New York City. This past Off the…
Read MoreAs we near the end of 2014, we thought we’d look back on the several dozen exciting lectures, book talks, exhibitions, walking tours, forums, panels, and community meetings conducted by…
Read More…many recent immigrants and other poor urban dwellers. White Horse Tavern The Irish Immigrant Community made up a large portion of what is now known as the West Village. Middle-class…
Read More…drivers. Their talk will range from the Irish waterfront that inspired On the Waterfront to the churches, like St. Brigid’s, that anchored the Irish community, to famous Irish New Yorkers…
Read More…the first designed by Irish architect Patrick Charles Keely. Keely hand-carved the gothic reredos at St. Brigid’s himself, and would go on to design and build over 600 churches throughout his career….
Read More…more low-key way. Of course the Village was historically a home for many Irish immigrants beginning even before the Irish potato famine in 1845. This is most evident in the…
Read More…Street was built in 1873-1876 to accommodate a congregation made mostly of Irish and Irish-American parishioners who had outgrown their former smaller church on West 13th Street and Tenth Avenue. …
Read More…St. Brigid’s Church was constructed in 1848 by immigrants to serve the growing Irish Catholic community in the East Village during the Irish famine migrations. The church, built by shipwrights…
Read More…mauves that are true to old Irish pubs Wilfie & Nell 228 West 4th Street This rustic pub traffics in Irish comfort foods like fries with malt vinegar and sausage-wrapped…
Read More…An Irish bar in what was once a predominantly German neighborhood, it has been family-owned since it opened its doors in 1854. This lecture, given by author and historian Bill…
Read More…was only a matter of time before the disease crossed the ocean on one of the immigrant ships. Sure enough, the great influx of Irish and the arrival of cholera…
Read More…Nativity. Construction began in 1848 by Irish shipwrights for those fleeing the Great Irish Famine. The architect of the church was Patrick Keely, who hand-carved the gothic altarpieces himself. The…
Read More…Draft Riots of 1863 which erupted among Irish immigrants and African Americans over the first federal draft. Draft Riots of 1863 The 69th regiment, a.k.a. the “Irish Brigade” gained fame…
Read More…huge numbers of newcomers, increasing demand for commercial and residential space. By the 1840s, Irish immigrants fleeing an economic downturn caused by Irish industrialization and agricultural collapse flooded into New…
Read More…development that included some of the Federal and Greek Revival style row houses still with us today. By that time, major groups in the area included Irish immigrants, who started…
Read More…Henry J. West, a clerk. All three men were also volunteer firefighters.” Hugh King In 1881 Hugh King, an Irish immigrant, purchased both townhouses and converted them into a general storefront…
Read More…regardless of origin in what was initially a small parish. Over the next few decades, as Irish immigrants poured into Manhattan, the church served primarily Irish-American parishioners. The archdiocese had…
Read More…They had their markets and pushcarts all along the streets. Many families of German Christian origin lived along Avenue A. On the extreme East near the river were Irish immigrants….
Read More…of New York’s most venerable old taverns, founded sometime in the late 1850s or 1860 by an Irish immigrant. The painting appears to show the sawdust floors McSorley’s is known…
Read More…If You Want It.” Lennon also supported drug decriminalization, the Black Panthers, the Irish cause in Northern Ireland, and the budding gay rights movement by contributing a poem to The…
Read More…changed. In 1859 Edward Eaton, John Kavana, and Louis M. Sturtevant—all carpenters—were living here and volunteering as well. Hugh King In 1881 Hugh King, an Irish immigrant, purchased both townhouses…
Read More…of immigrant groups including French, Irish, and Italian, the area experienced a rise in Bohemianism and a departure of the fashinonable set, who were now moving northward towards Fifth Avenue…
Read More…only by the existence of domestic servants, many of whom were Irish immigrants. SJ Costello will explore the motivating push-pull factors that led Irish, Germans, Chinese, Eastern Europeans, and Italians…
Read More…Reverend A.D.F. Randolph, the church began to provide education and shelter to the large numbers of Irish and German immigrant and African American children who were not attending schools or…
Read More…original gritty, mysterious, nature. McSorley’s Old Ale House 15 East 7th Street, East Village McSorley’s is perhaps New York’s most famous historic bar. It was opened in 1854 by Irish…
Read More…by Irish shipwrights who worked in the East River shipyards. St. Brigid was a fifth-century nun and one of the patron saints of Ireland as well as the patron saint…
Read More…the growing Irish Catholic immigrant population that was beginning to flourish in Greenwich Village. During these years Cooper Union would give speeches on “Americanism;” while different each year, they would…
Read More…from this past year about the free flow of alcohol. So put a cold compress on your head, grab your coffee, put your feet up and enjoy! Irish Bars of…
Read More…Far West Village to Alphabet City, and housed congregations with Irish, Polish, Italian, German, Russian, Polish, Bohemian, and Jewish roots, among others. These ecclesiastical structures are more extensively catalogued in…
Read More…York and compete with them for jobs. Rivalries already existed between Irish and African-American laborers who were among the poorest of all New Yorkers. (In March of 1863, a group…
Read More…8th Street. The church was constructed from the late 1840s to 1856 by Irish immigrants and designed by notable Irish-American architect Patrick Keely. The alley was situated within the Leanderts…
Read More…the turn of the century formed the first influential non-Irish gang the Village had ever seen. The men and women of the Eastman Gang engaged in unsavory activities of all…
Read More…have been polka dotted with a hundred pubs — a hundred Irish pubs — when this part of the West Village here. This side of Sixth Avenue would have been…
Read More…music venue located on Bleecker Street from 1977 until 2012. Pat Kenny, the founder and original owner, was an Irish immigrant who moved to NYC and started the original Kenny’s as…
Read More…of different areas in Manhattan. As you can see, in 1890, Germans and Irish still dominate, with “Natives” (meaning native-born Americans) close behind. You can however see a signficiant concentration…
Read More…Village landmarking proposal St. Veronica’s was built to accommodate the growing congregation of St. Joseph’s, as the Irish population of longshoreman who worked along the docks of the Hudson River…
Read More…Fifth Avenue. 1969 photo (below) courtesy of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commmission. Isamu Noguchi, the son of an Irish-American mother and Japanese father, was one of the 20th century’s most…
Read More…the oldest extant intact Catholic church in Manhattan. It was originally founded in 1829 to accommodate the growing Catholic immigrant population in the neighborhood, particularly the Irish laborers who began…
Read More…L subway station. The Japanese and Irish-American artist Isamu Noguchi was another one of the 20th century’s most important and critically acclaimed artists, and an outspoken advocate against the internment…
Read More…Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. The parish was created in 1842 by the archdiocese to accommodate Irish immigrants pouring into the area. When the Jesuits took it over…
Read More…of New York’s “bohemia,” and was teeming with multicultural communities. Other waves of immigration had created ethnic enclaves downtown, including the German community of Kleindeutschland and the Irish neighborhood of Five Points. In…
Read More…on the eastern portion of the tax lot (c. 1875-76). It featured neo-Grec ornament including the incised detail at its window lintels. The 1900 Federal census shows families of Irish…
Read More…It was purchased in 1890 by an Irish immigrant named Thomas Cloke. Cloke’s tavern’s clientele were the sailors and longshoremen who worked on the nearby docks. Cloke sold the bar…
Read More…48 West 11th Street; Map data © 2019 Google 29. Oscar Wilde, 48 West 11th Street Irish writer Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on Oct. 16, 1854. The…
Read More…the church building was in part the result of the efforts of Father Thomas Farrell, the Irish-American pastor of nearby St. Joseph’s Church, whose 1880 will said “I believe that…
Read More…the predominantly Irish-American church, spent his tenure advocating for emancipation and the political rights of African Americans. In his will, Farrell wrote: “I believe that the white people of the…
Read More…was an Irish immigrant and a business legend, collecting one of the greatest private fortunes in the United States during the 1800s. First operating a storefront at 283 Broadway, 262…
Read More…name. Mayor James J. Walker Born on June 19, 1881, James John Walker was the son of William H. Walker, an Irish immigrant who was a builder according to New…
Read More…six residences with interior and exterior landmark designation. The Museum tells the story of the domestic life of a wealthy merchant family – the Tredwells – and their four Irish…
Read More…such as Little Ukraine, Asian-American immigration, the Italians of the South Village, a tour of Jewish History in the Greenwich Village Historic District, Irish immigration history, and the forgotten Hungarian enclave featuring the lost Goulash Row….
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…at the shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompei, Italy. It arrived about 1896, a gift of Annie Leary, an Irish-American heiress who was a benefactor to many…
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Read MoreThe child of Irish immigrants, Maria Kenny (b. October 25, 1963) grew up in the Bronx and Greenwich Village. Her father, Pat, was owner of the Village music club Kenny’s…
Read More…days as a rowhouse neighborhood, to a tenement district home to Germans, the Irish, Jews, Italians, Eastern Europeans, and most recently Latinos, the East Village has a rich cultural and…
Read More…was inhabited by whites and blacks, Irish, German, and native born, upper, middle, and lower classes that produced complex social and professional relations both within and outside the black community….
Read More…is the City’s only family home to have survived intact – inside and out – from the 19th century. Home to a prosperous merchant family and their Irish servants for…
Read More…have survived intact – inside and out – from the 19th century. Home to a prosperous merchant family and their Irish servants for almost 100 years and open as a…
Read More…Smith (1873-1944) 49-51 Fifth Avenue While serving as president of the consortium, Smith made an effort to connect to his Irish roots by setting the groundbreaking for the new towering…
Read More…an upper-middle-class, politically engaged and artistically inclined family that lived in Central London. Lansbury’s mother was Irish actress Moyna Macgill, and her father was English politician Edgar Lansbury. To escape…
Read More…Eliza, their eight children, and four Irish servants. The family lived in the house continuously for almost 100 years. Youngest child of the Tredwell family, Gertrude Tredwell. Photo courtesy of…
Read More…antiquarian and out-of-print books on food, beverages, etiquette, entertaining, and housekeeping. The shelves are wonderfully organized: books on various ethnic cuisine such as French, African, Jewish, Latin, Chinese, and Irish;…
Read More…Though the date of Finn’s birth is still debated, his “Irish wit” was widely recognized. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in 1913. Joins us at his former home for…
Read More…including Italian, Irish, and Eastern European communities, settled in the area, adding layers of diversity to its cultural fabric. Grove Court now L: photo of Grove Court taken by Jessie…
Read More…Hampshire in 1890 to an Irish Catholic family. She learned her politics at a young age from her parents, who were working class and favored the ideas put forth by…
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