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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Born in 1941, Eileen Tumulty is raised by her Irish immigrant parents in Woodside, Queens, in an apartment where the mood swings between heartbreak and hilarity, depending on whether guests are over and how much alcohol has been consumed. Eileen can't help but dream of a calmer life, in a better neighborhood. When Eileen meets Ed Leary, a scientist whose bearing is nothing like those of the men she grew up with, she thinks she's found the perfect...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Their Irish ancestry was a hallmark of the Kennedys' initial political profile, as JFK leveraged his working-class roots to connect with blue-collar voters. Today, we remember this iconic American family as the vanguard of wealth, power, and style rather than as the descendants of poor immigrants. Here at last, we meet the first American Kennedys, Patrick and Bridget, who arrived as many thousands of others did following the Great Famine-penniless...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
148 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.
4) Ellis Island
Author
Publisher
Music Matters
Pub. Date
p2001
Physical Desc
1 CD : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 12 cm.)
Language
English
Description
The Irish Tenors' fourth album sees the trio of Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan, and Finbar Wright paying a sentimental musical tribute to Ellis Island, the hallowed landmark that met the majority of immigrants entering the United States at the beginning of the 20th century.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xii, 397 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--provides fresh material and analysis on the role that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestantism played in shaping British policies and on Britain's attempt to use the famine to reshape Irish society and character.
12) Irish emigration to New England through the port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1841-1849
Author
Publisher
Clearfield
Pub. Date
1997, c1996
Physical Desc
284 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
13) The Irish empire
Publisher
Winstar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000], c1999
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (250 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"From the origins of the 'scattering' of the Irish over the centuries, to the dreams of a mythical home nurtured by so many Irish migrants today, The Irish Empire is a lively exploration of the ups and downs of the Irish experience abroad -- as seen by themselves, and as they are perceived by others."--Container.
15) Cold is the dawn
Author
Publisher
Silverwood
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
429 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Hunger deepened in Ireland in 1848 as the potato crop failed again. In London, the government, alarmed by austerity in England and revolution in Europe, refused to re-open the soup kitchens in Ireland. But, worse still, they refused to halt food exports from the starving country. Emigration quickened as many were evicted, and many more fled from a wasted land. They worked the waterfronts and coal mine of America and the railways and building sites...
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