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Foreword, Maura Grace Harrington Dec 2013

Foreword, Maura Grace Harrington

Studies on the Irish-American Experience in New Jersey and New York

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Notes On The Contributors And Editors, Maura Grace Harrington Dec 2013

Notes On The Contributors And Editors, Maura Grace Harrington

Studies on the Irish-American Experience in New Jersey and New York

No abstract provided.


Irish Traditional Dance In The Greater Metropolitan Area: Ceili, Set And Step Dancing, Marta Mestrovic Deyrup Dec 2013

Irish Traditional Dance In The Greater Metropolitan Area: Ceili, Set And Step Dancing, Marta Mestrovic Deyrup

Studies on the Irish-American Experience in New Jersey and New York

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Irish Americans In Law, Brendan P. Mccarthy, Domhnall O'Cathain, Eric Fitzsimmons Dec 2013

Irish Americans In Law, Brendan P. Mccarthy, Domhnall O'Cathain, Eric Fitzsimmons

Studies on the Irish-American Experience in New Jersey and New York

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Traditional Irish Music In New Jersey And New York, Peter L. Ford, Lawrence E. Mccullough Dec 2013

Traditional Irish Music In New Jersey And New York, Peter L. Ford, Lawrence E. Mccullough

Studies on the Irish-American Experience in New Jersey and New York

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The Celtic Theatre Company: A Stronghold Of Irish Culture In New Jersey, Jim Moore, Henry Mcmillan Lague Dec 2013

The Celtic Theatre Company: A Stronghold Of Irish Culture In New Jersey, Jim Moore, Henry Mcmillan Lague

Studies on the Irish-American Experience in New Jersey and New York

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Thomas Moore’S Image Of Ireland: Real Or Commercialized, John B. Roney Nov 2013

Thomas Moore’S Image Of Ireland: Real Or Commercialized, John B. Roney

History Faculty Publications

Thomas Moore was Irish, with his father’s pedigree from the Kerry Gaeltacht, and since it mattered a great deal to most Irish of the time, he was Catholic. However, after his studies at Trinity College, he sought a life in England, married a Protestant woman and had his children baptized and raised Protestant. He became a very popular poet, singer and entertainer, and friend to many English aristocrats, including Lord Byron and Prime Minister Lord John Russell. Yet, at the same time Moore ardently defended Irish independence and Catholic freedoms. Underneath his romantic poetry lay a sometimes scathing critique of …


The Shanachie, Volume 25, Number 4, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Jan 2013

The Shanachie, Volume 25, Number 4, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

Contents:

Ethnic Heritage Center has treasure trove of school records --New Haven monument honors forgotten Fenian hero --Parliament should have listened to the Englishmen of Meriden


The Shanachie, Volume 25, Number 2, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Jan 2013

The Shanachie, Volume 25, Number 2, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

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The Shanachie, Volume 25, Number 3, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Jan 2013

The Shanachie, Volume 25, Number 3, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

Contents:

Rural Ashford’s first pastor was a jack of all trades: Priest, farmer, builder, co-op manager, band leader, lawyer, coach. etc. --Please join us to honor the Irish servants in our families --Home sought for Civil War sword of Col. Healy of the Ninth Regiment --Civil War draft registration records now available online /by Paul Keroack --Wreath-laying at monument on Nov. 10.


The Shanachie, Volume 25, Number 1, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Jan 2013

The Shanachie, Volume 25, Number 1, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

Paddy & Bridget & Wooster Square.

In the late 1820s, Irish immigrants established one of the first two ethnic neighborhoods in New Haven at Chapel and Chestnut streets near Wooster Square. This Shanachie is devoted entirely to the story of that enclave and the thriving Irish neighborhood it became throughout the rest of the 19th century.


Early New Haven Irish And Their Final Resting Places: The Old Catholic And Saint Bernard Cemeteries, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Jan 2013

Early New Haven Irish And Their Final Resting Places: The Old Catholic And Saint Bernard Cemeteries, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Monographs (CTIAHS)

The eventful history of these cemeteries and a listing of names and Irish origins of many of those buried there.

Written, compiled and edited by Ellen Bohan, Patricia Heslin, Paul Keroack, and Bernard and Rosanne Singer, with contributions by Neil Hogan, Robert O. Larkin, and Jamie Longley.


The Irish Dracula: A Melodrama In Five Acts, James Doan Jan 2013

The Irish Dracula: A Melodrama In Five Acts, James Doan

Humanities and Politics Faculty Book and Book Chapters

While working on the first volume in the project, The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013) I decided to try my hand at adapting the novel Dracula to a more literal Irish context. Set in London and Co. Sligo in 1888, it constitutes a prequel to the novel. The play, entitled The Irish Dracula: A Melodrama in Five Acts, received two initial readings: the first with the Irish Theatre of Florida in August 2012 and the second at the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) West meeting in Park City, Utah, in October 2012. …