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| Acknowledgments | vii | |
| Introduction | ix | |
| Part 1 | A Cultural History of the Irish in Boston | 1 |
| Chapter 1 | Being Irish in New England (1700-1770) | 1 |
| Chapter 2 | Tories and Patriots, Pirates and Painters (1770-1800) | 15 |
| Chapter 3 | Claiming South Boston and Charlestown (1800-1840) | 29 |
| Chapter 4 | Fighting Over the Irish (The 1830s) | 39 |
| Chapter 5 | Invasion of the Fruitful Barbarians (The 1840s) | 49 |
| Chapter 6 | The Have-Nothings Meet the Know-Nothings (The 1850s) | 61 |
| Chapter 7 | The Irish Come Marching Home Again (The 1860s) | 75 |
| Chapter 8 | Poets and Patriots of the Gilded Age (1870-1900) | 89 |
| Chapter 9 | Sporting Paddy (1890-1920) | 101 |
| Chapter 10 | The World's Greatest Irish City (1900-1930) | 113 |
| Chapter 11 | Musical Stages: Symphony Hall and Hibernian Hall (1900-1940) | 125 |
| Chapter 12 | The Camelot Era (1945-1965) | 137 |
| Chapter 13 | The Irish on the Run (1965-1985) | 149 |
| Chapter 14 | The Gaelic Roots Revival (1985-2000) | 159 |
| Chapter 15 | Who's Irish? | 171 |
| Part 2 | A Visitor's Guide to Irish Boston | 179 |
| Bibliography/Notes | 205 | |
| Index | 217 | |
| About the Author | 222 |
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Tyler Tolson
reviewed Irish Boston: A Lively Look at Boston's Colorful Irish Past on March 12, 2015 Irish Boston
Engaging, dramatic prose interspersed with real life accounts of everyday heroes and villains, a must read for anyone discovering their Acadian roots. At some point, you may even cry at the pain experienced by this people and so little known.
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Add Irish Boston: A Lively Look at Boston's Colorful Irish Past, The history of the Irish in Boston is a fascinating one filled with tragedy, triumph, romance, heartbreak, and heroism. Irish Boston tells this spirited tale in vivid detail and portrays what life was like for Irish Americans who made their home in Boston, Irish Boston: A Lively Look at Boston's Colorful Irish Past to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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