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The New York City Irish Immigrants

Program Type:

Lectures

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

Tom O’Reilly, Ph.D. Irish Historian, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Smithtown, will discuss the influx of Irish Immigration to New York City in the 1850s. Listen, as he outlines the progress and setbacks of this group from corrupt Tammany Hall to the election of an Irish American, as President of the United States of America.