The Irish in New Orleans
Kelley tells the colorful, entertaining, and often adventurous history of the Irish in New Orleans. From Bloody O'Reilly in the eighteenth century to the great churches and charitable organizations built by the Irish Famine immigrants in the nineteenth century to the Irish-dominated politics of...
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Kelley tells the colorful, entertaining, and often adventurous history of the Irish in New Orleans. From Bloody O'Reilly in the eighteenth century to the great churches and charitable organizations built by the Irish Famine immigrants in the nineteenth century to the Irish-dominated politics of the twentieth century, and including Irish dance, music, and sports, the author
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781935754534 (193575453X)
Publisher: University of Louisiana
Pages no: 383
Edition language: English
This is an astonishingly bad book purporting to be history. It glosses over the actual history of the Irish in NOLA in 76 pages, at least a third of which are photographs. The remainder is largely a cheerleading effort for various Irish benevolent societies; what can only be described as a centerf...
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