Al Smith, the man who wanted to be president but helped build the Empire state building instead.
By John Joe McGinley As President Joe Biden whose ancestors hail from Ballina in Co Mayo and the Cooley Peninsula in Co …
Perceptions of Richard J. Daley: Ireland and Irish America
By Ray Esten Richard J. Daley (1902-1976), the long-time mayor Chicago, was variously described in Ireland as a proud representative of the …
‘Solid Men’ – The Irish in New York Politics, 1880-1920
How the Irish conquered political power in New York city. By Shay Dunphy. According to Lawrence McCaffrey, an authority on the Irish …