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The Shanachie, Volume 27, Number 1, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society
The Shanachie, Volume 27, Number 1, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society
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This issue is titled "A Treasure Trove of Connecticut Irish History from the 1870s ." A rich vein of grassroots historical information about Connecticut’s Irish people in the 1870s can be found in the archives of a weekly newspaper — The Irish-American — that was published in New York City from 1849 until 1915.
The Shanachie, Volume 27, Number 2, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society
The Shanachie, Volume 27, Number 2, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society
The Shanachie (CTIAHS)
Like most Connecticut communities, Wallingford has been the home of a large number of natives of Ireland and people of Irish descent. Settled in 1670, the town attracted Irish immigrants with employment opportunities in industry, transportation and domestic service. This issue of The Shanachie features the stories of just two of the many Irish of Wallingford.
The Shanachie, Volume 27, Number 3, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society
The Shanachie, Volume 27, Number 3, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society
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The Shanachie, Volume 27, Number 4, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society
The Shanachie, Volume 27, Number 4, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society
The Shanachie (CTIAHS)
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, Connecticut is a treasure-filled relic of America’s Gilded Age. The mansion was built in the 1860s and is every bit as grand as the more publicized mansions in Newport, R.I. It is also a landmark of Irish America because from the 1860s until the 1930s, Lockwood Mathews Mansion was both the workplace and the home of a large staff of servants, most of them Irish. In 2016, visitors to the museum will be treated to a rare glimpse into the lives of these Irish immigrants in an exhibit titled, “The Stairs Below: The Mansion’s Domestic …