Portland Public Library

The Irish in New Orleans, Laura D. Kelley ; photographs by Carrie Lee Pierson Schwartz

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-367) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The Irish in New Orleans

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885313316

Laura D. Kelley ; photographs by Carrie Lee Pierson Schwartz

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 introduces readers to a hitherto untold story of one of America's most historical cities

How it all happened: an historic overview / Laura D. Kelley -- Churches, charities, and communities / Laura D. Kelley -- "My soul unto the hand of Almighty God ... and my body to the Earth": waking and burying the Irish of antebellum New Orleans / Terrence W. Fitzmorris -- Power, politics, and prejudice / Laura D. Kelley -- Fighting Irish: from faction fights to football / Laura D. Kelley & Perry S. Faulkner -- Irish parades and organizations / John D. Fitzmorris -- Below the sea & above the fray: the story of Finn McCool's Irish Pub / Laura D. Kelley -- The Irish influence on the New Orleans culinary landscape / Carrie Lee Pierson Schwartz -- Seven years listening, seven years practicing, & seven years playing: one woman's tale of Irish music / Betsy McGovern -- Keep calm and dance on / Laura D. Kelley -- The face of Irish New Orleans / Laura D. Kelley & Carrie Lee Pierson Schwartz