The New York Irish - Tapa dura

"A handsome, weighty tome that boasts contributions from the cream of Irish history specialists." -- Irish Echo

"A landmark work for Irish-American scholarship." -- Irish Literary Supplement

"This reading should be compulsory... [for those] who would like to view New York City's history from a different but most significant angle." -- New-York Genealogical and Biographical Record

"This Bayor and Meagher collection repays slow, careful reading, from beginning to end, notes and all. The notes and references are excellent." -- Irish Studies Review

When Ellis Island opened in 1892, nearly four million Irish men and women had already made the journey to America. By the 1990s, Ireland had sent another million or more. New York has been both port of entry and home to the Irish for three centuries. During that time, America's premier city has undergone massive changes, and the Irish--one of the country's oldest ethnic groups--have played a vital part in its history.

The New York Irish tackles subjects like the medicalization of anti-immigrant prejudice; entrepreneurship in business; the impact of music and language on ethnic social life; the effect of nationalist movements on local politics; the dynamics of Irish relations with African-Americans, Chinese, and Dominicans; the battle for freedom of religious expression; and the problem of illegal immigration. It offers a fresh perspective on an immigrant people's encounter with the famed metropolis.

A joint project of the Irish Institute and the New York Irish History Roundtable