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F. Scott Fitzgerald
American writer (1896–1940)
Grace Kelly
American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)
Eugene O'Neill
American playwright (1888–1953)
Springfield
county seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
Boston Celtics
NBA team based in Boston
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)
Milton
town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Dennis Lehane
novelist
Clare
town in Iowa
1960 United States presidential election
44th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
Kennedy family
The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics, public service, entertainment, and business. In 1884, 35 years after the family's arrival from County Wexford, Ireland, Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office, serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895. At least one Kennedy family member was serving in federal elective office in every year from 1947, when P. J. Kennedy's grandson John F. Kennedy became a member of Congress from Massachusetts, until 2011, when Patrick J. Kennedy II retired as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island.
Tammany Hall
New York political organization
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
1911 factory fire in New York City
New York City draft riots
1863 civil unrest over American Civil War conscription
Wrigley Company
American company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois
Irish Americans
ethnic group; Americans of Irish birth or descent
John Philip Holland
Irish-American marine engineer (1841–1914)
Beaver Island
island in Lake Michigan in Charlevoix County, Michigan, United States
Molly Maguires
19th century secret society in Ireland
Southern Comfort
American liqueur made from neutral spirits with fruit, spice and whiskey flavorings.
Saint Patrick's Battalion
battalion
Fenian raids
military mobility in between 1866-1870
Fenian Brotherhood
Irish republican organization
South Boston
neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts
police van
vehicle used by police to carry prisoners
John Barry
United States admiral (1745-1803)
Edmund Aloysius Walsh
American Jesuit and founder of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service (1885–1956)
Vinegar Hill
neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, USA
Irish slaves myth
false conflation of Irish indentured servitude and African chattel slavery
Fenian Ram
submarine designed for use by the Fenian Brotherhood
Tyrone Township
township in Le Sueur County, Minnesota
Black Irish
Irish people with dark hair
Irish American Athletic Club
organization
Fenian Rising
1867 rebellion against British rule in Ireland
Dorr Rebellion
attempt to force broader democracy in the U.S. state of Rhode Island
NORAID
NORAID, officially the Irish Northern Aid Committee, is an Irish American membership organization founded after the start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in 1969. The organization states its mission is to aid in the creation of a United Ireland in the spirit of the 1916 Easter Proclamation and to support the Northern Ireland Peace process.
Southwark
colonial era municipality in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Havertown
unincorporated community in Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States; suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
typhus epidemic of 1847
disease outbreak in North America
Northeast Philadelphia
section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Molly Childers
Irish writer
Philadelphia nativist riots
1844 riots in Philadelphia and elsewhere
Irish nationality law
History and regulations of Irish citizenship