New York Irish History

A unique journal, published annually, of articles,
essays, book reviews and family history.
ISSN-1073-8339

You may now purchase any past issue of New York Irish History right here for immediate download to your computer, using any major credit card or debit card. This is a secure encrypted transaction, so there’s no need to worry about your private financial information. Each issue costs $5.

Should you have any problems reading or downloading your journal purchase, please notify NYIHR by email.

Sample Article

If you would like to read a free sample of an article from the journal, click here to download the article “On the Irish Waterfront—Irish Labor in Chelsea and Greenwich Village, Part 1” by Joe Long, from Volume 26.

Shopping Cart

Any New York Irish History journals you want to purchase will appear immediately below when you add that volume to your shopping cart. These are PDF files and after purchase you will receive a download link via email so you can download the purchased volume.

---

---

Below is a sample of some of the contents from past issues:

Vol. 35 (2021): “The New York Irish History Archive: A Searchable Database” by Geoffrey Cobb; “The Irish Volunteers—Marching for Ireland in New York” by John T. Ridge; “Family and Fortune: The Remarkable Mackays of New York” by Michael Burke; “Michael Kerwin in New York: His Life and Times, Part II” by Edward J. O’Shaughnessy; “Buck Mulligan in the Big Apple: The New York Years of Oliver St. John Gogarty, 1939–1957” by Stephen Butler; “Thomas Crawford: Was The Sculptor of The American Capitol Really an Irish Immigrant?” by Geoffrey Cobb

Vol. 34 (2020): “Michael Kerwin in New York: His Life and Times, Part I” by Edward J. O’Shaughnessy; “New Rochelle: Her Part In The Irish War Of Independence” by James McGlashin; “Lucy Burns: Brooklyn-Born Irish American Firebrand and Suffragist” by Geoff Cobb; “The Reinventions of John Mullaly: Irishman, Inventor, Politician, & Publisher” by Kate Feighery; “The Donegal Colony in Brooklyn, Part II” by John T. Ridge

Vol. 33 (2019): “Rough Rider & Friendly Sons: Theodore Roosevelt Attends the 121st Anniversary Dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick” by Edward J. O’Shaughnessy; “Rose of Tralee: Roots Planted in New York” by Maureen Dunphy Brady; “Father Edward McGlynn: A Controversial Catholic Priest” by Geoffrey Cobb; “Launt Thompson: Struggle and Success” by Michael Burke; “The Donegal Colony in Brooklyn” by John T. Ridge

Vol. 32 (2018): “Dynamite Mike Kelly: American Hero & Irish Patriot” by James M. Molohan; “Forgotten Legacies of Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly” by Geoffrey Cobb; “America’s Errand of Mercy to Ireland 1880” by Harvey Strum; “A Transatlantic Profile of Marguerite Moore” by Elizabeth Lee Hodges; “Wrong Way Corrigan and the New York Irish” by John Ridge

Vol. 31 (2017): “Evictions! What Major O’Shaughnessy Saw!” by Ed O’Shaughnessy; “Thomas Hunter—Visionary Irish Immigrant Educator” by Geoffrey Cobb; “McSwyny’s 400: An Immigrant’s Response” by Ed O’Shaughnessy; “John P. Holland, The Christian Brothers, and The Submarine” by Brother Harry M. Dunkak, Ph.D.; “New York Irish Seaside Resorts” by John T. Ridge.

Vol. 30 (2016): “Behind Every Great Man: John Devoy and Alice Comiskey” by Mary Ann O’Neill Kane; “Father Sylvester Malone and Bigotry in Brooklyn” by Geoffrey Cobb; “The Kellys: A Family Commitment to Benevolence” by Kate Feighery; “The Murphys: Life and Luxury in a New York Irish Family” by Michael Burke; “John Quinn, William Butler Yeats, and a Moment in New York Irish Culture, 1903–1904” by Stephen Butler, Ph.D.; “Irish Landmarks in Downtown New York” by John T. Ridge.

Vol. 29 (2015): “Among Patriots: Monsignor James W. Power and the Fight for Ireland in New York” by Kate Feighery; “Aid to Ireland During the American Civil War” by Harvey Strum, Ph.D.; “McGuinness of Greenpoint” by Geoffrey Cobb; “Achieving Great Praise in the Land Where They Would Die” by James F. Joyce, S.J.; “Irish Radio Days in New York 1922–1945” by John T. Ridge

Vol. 28 (2014): “John William Mackay: Mining A Life” by Michael Burke; “‘A Weaver by Trade’: Irish Indentured Servants in Eighteenth-Century New Jersey” by Paul Ferris; “James Irwin: Irish Emigrant Agent, New York City, 1846–1858” by John H. Fahey M.D.; “Remembering the Thomas Davis Irish Players: Importers of Ireland’s National Drama, 1933–1997” by Stephen Butler, Ph.D.; “World War II and the New York Irish” by John T. Ridge

Vol. 27 (2013): “On the Waterfront: Irish Life in Chelsea & Greenwich Village, Part II” by Joseph L. Long; “With Perfect Pitch: Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore” by Jarlath MacNamara; “The Bronx Irish At Mid-Century” by Harry M. Dunkak, Ph.D., C.F.C.; “Irish County Colonies in New York City, Part III” by John T. Ridge.

Vol. 26 (2012): “On the Waterfront: Irish Life in Chelsea & Greenwich Village, Part I” by Joseph L. Long; “East in Eden: William Niblo & His Pleasure Garden” by Benjamin Feldman; “The Demographics of the 1863 New York City Draft Riots” by Kathleen Feighery; “‘Dreadful Scenes in Newark’: The 1854 Nativist Riot” by Paul Ferris;  Irish County Colonies in New York City, Part II” by John T. Ridge.

Vol. 25 (2011): “The First Irishman in New York” by Dan Milner; “Making Music in Step: The AOH Division 9 All-Accordian Band” by Hugh O’Rourke, Ph.D.; “Matilda Heron: The Best Camille” by Michael Burke; “Memories of John and Julia Keogan” by Bill Keogan; “Church Influence on Community Life in Highbridge” by Kathleen Fieghery; “Receptions of An Irish Rebel: Brendan Behan in New York City” by Stephen Butler, Ph.D.; “Irish County Colonies in New York City (Part I)” by John T. Ridge.

Vol. 24 (2010): “I Heard They Went to New York: The Migrants of Monaghan” by Terri Connolly Cook; “Irish in His Life: Donal O’Callaghan” by Alfred Isacsson, O.Carm.; “The Best Air in the City: Socioeconomics of the Irish in Highbridge” by Kathleen Feighery; “The Charles B. Quinn Collection: A Source for the Study of Irish History and Irish Culture” by Harry M. Dundalk, Ph.D., C.F.C.; “Thanks to My Ancestors (Wherever You Came From): What I Learned Doing Genealogy” by Robert J. McGrath; “Going Home—Travel to Ireland from New York” by John T. Ridge.

Vol. 23 (2009): “Organizing Transit: The Irish and the TWU” by Eileen O’Donnell Sheehan Ginn; “The Brown-Robed Army” by Alfred Isacsson, O.Carm.; “Irish Schoolmasters in Early New York City” by Harry M. Dundak, Ph.D., C.F.C;  “Michael McCarthy: The Family History of a Hero” by Gavin Reilly, O.F.M. Cap.; “New York and County Kerry, 1851–1930” by John T. Ridge.

Vol. 22 (2008): “Music in the Mountains: The Irish Catskills and Traditional Music” by Brendan Dolan; “William Randall Roberts: Merchant and Diplomat” by William Keogan; “County Associations in Irish New York, 1945–1965” by Miriam Nyhan, Ph.D.; “The Irish Shop Around the Corner: Manhattan’s Irish Import Stores” by John T. Ridge; “Irish Collective Violence and the New York Catholic Church” by Hugh O’Rourke, Ph.D.; Research Notes: “Dennis A. Spellissy in New York” by Alfred Isacsson, O.Carm.

Vol. 21 (2007): “The Fenians and the Anglo-American Naturalization Question” by William Keogan; “Recollections from St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral” by Gavin Reilly, O.F.M.Cap; “Frank McCourt’s New York: Place, Memory, and the Performance of Identity” by Aoileann Ni Eigeartaigh, Ph. D.,: “Doctor Edward McGlynn: Champion of the Irish” by Alfred Isacsson, O. Carm.; “Of Hoods and Canaries” by Pat Willard; Profiles, of Jim McCartin and Father Donald Forrester; Extracts: Memories by William Sampson.

Vol. 20 (2006): “ ‘Big Tim’ Sullivan—King of the Bowery,” by Richard F. Welch, Ph.D.; “Remembering the Past: A Story of Murder,” by Maryanne Felter, Ph.D.; “Denis O’Connor” by Alfred Isacsson. O. Carm.; Three Poems by Terence Winch; “Fitz-James O’Brien” by Michael Burke; “Patrick Keely: Prince of Church Architecture,” by Patrick J. McNierney, P.E.; “Irish Town and Local Societies in New York,” by John T. Ridge; “Extracts—Selections from Primary Sources.”

Vol 19 (2005): “The New York Irish In The 1850s: Locked In By Poverty?” by Cormac O Grada; “Liam Mellows’ New York Court Cases,” by Alfred Isacsson, O. Carm.; “Performances of Irishness at New York’s Gaelic Park,” by Sara Brady; “Life in a New York City Fireman’s Family, mid-Twentieth Century,” by Marie Walsh; “Dance Halls of Irish New York,” by John Ridge.

Vol. 18 (2004): “Competing for the Soul of Irish America: The Catholic Church and the Fenian Brotherhood of New York City,” by Timothy G. Lynch; “The Building of St. Patrick’s Cathedral,” by Patrick J. McNierney; “The Notorious Case of James Stephens,” by Hugh E. O’Rourke; “Keeping Longford Connections: The County Longford Colony in New York, Part II,” by John T. Ridge; “The Forgotten Burial Ground,” by Kevin McPartland.

Vol. 17 (2003): “A Recollection,” by John Jefferson Reilly; “The Irish World, FDR and the Great Depression,” by Brian Hanley; “The County Longford Colony in New York—Part 1,” by John T. Ridge; “Two Stories of Irish New York: ‘Lost Hearts’ and ‘A Row and a Ruction,’ by Terence Winch; “’Honest’ John Kelly: Democrat to Autocrat of Tammany Hall,” by Anne Solari; “Coming to New York: A Conversation.”

Vol. 16 (2002): “The Orange Legacy in New York” by John T. Ridge; “The John Street Methodist Church” by Sean MacCurtain; “Architect of the House of Labor: Peter James McGuire” by L.A. O’Donnell; “Early Days at the Disaster: The World Trade Center after Sept. 11” by Patrick J. McInerney; “William O’Dwyer: An Irish Mayor for All New Yorkers” by Marie Sarro; “A Picture of Nativism: Maggie’s New York” by Helen McGuire-Driver; and “Index to New York Irish History, Vol. 1–15” by Mary Nahon Galgan.

Vol. 15 (2001): “Commitment to the Profession: Being a Physician Early in the 20th Century” by John J. Young, III; “Work in Woodside: At Doherty’s Bar and Elsewhere” by Jack Doherty; “Memory Lane: The ’50s, Sewing and Politics” by Peggy Tanner; “In the Labor Movement: Gerald O’Reilly and New York City’s TWU” by Owen Loof; “The Chief: William Feehan’s Last Fire, after Four Decades on the Job” by Elizabeth Kolbert; “Employment for Women and the Irish Immigrant Girls’ Homes (Part II)” by John Ridge; “The New York Irish and the Police: Will the Tradition Continue?” by Hugh O’Rourke.

Vol. 14 (2000): “Irish Rural Culture and the Bergen Hill Riots” by Hugh O’Rourke; “The Work of Education: The Franciscan Brothers in Ireland and Brooklyn” by Emmett Corry, O.S.F.; “One of the Best and Purest Men: Jerome J. Collins and the Jeanette Tragedy” by Karen Daly; “The Irish-American Press As an Agent of Change” by Brian Cogan; “Employment for Women and the Foundation of the Irish Immigrant Girls Home” by John T. Ridge; “Courage for Any Venture” by L.A. O’Donnell.

Vol. 13 (1999): “Exiled to New York! A United Irishman’s Memories” by John Caldwell Jr.; “An Irish or Nativist Riot? The Abingdon Square Incident” by Hugh E. O’Rourke; “Through Irish Eyes: The Civil War Photography of Timothy O’Sullivan” by Brian McGinn; “Nursing Sisters in the Civil War: The New York Aspect” by James Higgins; “No America for Me! Going to New York in 1906” by Nora O’Connor Stine; “Growing Up in Woodside: The Mets at Mid-Century” an interview with B. J. Leddy; “The Roundtable in Transition—A Fifteenth-Year Retrospective” by Ann M. Shea; and “Modernity, Identity and the Returning Irish Emigrant” by Mary Corcoran.

Vol. 12 (1998) [dedicated to Paul O’Dwyer]: “Eulogy for Paul O’Dwyer” by Frank Durkan; “In Memoriam” by George Harrison; “Paul O’Dwyer, In His Own Words” Interview by Jane Muller; “Famine Relief from Brooklyn” by Harvey Strum; “Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore” by John T. Ridge; “Ethnic Cinema in Nickelodeon Era New York City” by Patrick J. Mullins; “Capital Punishment & the New York Irish” by Marion R. Casey; “On the Streets of Park Slope” by William Geoghan; “At Play in the City” by William Geoghan and Frank Naughton; “Between Yankee Stadium & Gaelic Park” by Mary Clogston; “Pete McNulty’s Cousin” and “What I Hear” by Terence Winch; “The Irish in the Rockaways” by Terrence Flynn, Sr.; “Staten Island Irish” by John T. Ridge.

Vol. 11 (1997): “The Life and Times of Muldoon, the Solid Man” by Don Meade; “A Century Before the GAA: Hurling in 18th Century New York” by Brian McGinn; “John Kenny and the Easter Rising” by Fran Crist; “A Gathering of the Clans” by Emmett Corry, O.S.F.; “Calvary Comes to Queens: The Emergence of Long Island City” by Richard F. Teevan; “The Lord Mayor of Long Island City, Paddy Gleason” by Thomas Collins; “A Calvary Gravedigger’s Story” by Joe Doyle.

Vol. 10 (1996): “The World of Mary Farrington, 1841–1932” by Elsie Reynolds; “When Williamsburg and Greenpoint Were Irish” by John Ridge; “Joseph Campbell and the School of Irish Studies at Fordham University, 1928–1932” by Thomas C. Hennessy; “A United Irish Utopia? The Movement for an Irish Immigrant Settlement in America, 1815–1818” by Frank Naughton.

Vol. 9 (1995): “The Great Hunger in New York” by John Ridge; “The Escape of Fenian Prisoners from Fremantle in 1876” by John Teahan; “Famine Survivors, 1845–1855” by NYIHR members; “Historical Treasures from the Vaults of the Emigrant Savings Bank.”

Vol. 8 (1993–94): “Patrick F. Scanlan, The Brooklyn Tablet and the New Deal” by Patrick J. McNamara; “War and Recruitment–Peasants as Patriots” by Marion A. Truslow; “The Arrival of the Fenian Exiles to New York” by Hugh E. O’Rourke; “Taking Care of Their Own: Irish Catholics, Health Care and Saint Vincent’s Hospital, 1850–1900” by Bernadette McCauley.

Vol. 7 (1992–93): “Identities in Conflict: New York Irish Catholics’ Response to the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939” by Julie K. Wood; “O’Byrne DeWitt: A Window on Irish Music Recording in America” by Meabh Ni Fhuarthain; “Crossing Highbridge” by Maureen Waters; “The De La Salle Christian Brothers in New York, 1848–1914” by Philip M. Dowd F.S.C.

Vol. 6 (1991–92): “The Orange and Green Riots” by Stephen J. Sullivan; “The Hidden Gaeltacht in Old New York: 19th Century Preaching in the Irish Language” by John Ridge; “Keeping the Tradition Alive: A History of Irish Music and Dance in New York City” by Marion R. Casey; “Johnny Patterson: The Rambler from Clare” by Harry Bradshaw.

Vol. 5 (1990–91): “The Green and the Black: Irish Nationalism and the Dilemma of Abolitionism” by John Wertheimer; “The Shanleys of Broadway” by Leo J. Shanley; “A History of the Pipes and Drums of the Emerald Society, New York City Police Department” by Robert J. Hogan; “Religion and the Rise of Mass Immigration: The Irish Community in New York City, 1815-1840” by Kevin G. Kenny.

Vol. 4 (1989): “The Shamrock of New York, the First Irish American Newspaper” by John P. O’Connor; “Archbishop Hughes and the Question of Ireland, 1829-1862” by Charles P. Connor; “Jersey City: The Irish Across the River” by John Ridge; “The Union Club Riot of Thanksgiving Day 1920” by Hugh E. O’Rourke; “The Lost Generation: The Undocumented Irish in New York City in the 1980s” by Linda Dowling Almeida.

Vol. 3 (1988): “The New York GAA: Origins to Golden Jubilee” by Joseph Milkovits; “Ethnic Boundaries and Legal Barriers: The Labor Market Experience of Undocumented Irish Workers in New York City” by Mary P. Corcoran; “New York Welcomes the John Mitchels” by Rebecca O’Conner; “County Cork in New York: A History of the County Cork Association” by Liam Dunphy; “Twentieth Century Irish Immigration to New York City: The Historical Perspective” by Marion R. Casey.

Vol. 2 (1987): “Victor Herbert: An Irishman and the New York Philharmonic” by Marion R. Casey; “Counting Board, Altar and Vista: The Bradys and Inisfada” by Richard Harmond; “The Return of Dr. Gallagher” by John Ridge; “The Irish and the Democratic Party, 1798–1884” by Anthony Gronowicz; “The Irish Brigade at the Battle of Fredricksburg” by Rev. Patrick O’Flaherty.

Vol. 1 (1986): “The Last Mayor of Long Island City: Patrick Jerome Gleason” by Joseph Brunelle; “The Gaelic Revival in 19th Century New York” by John Ridge; “The Controversial History of the TWU” by Joe Doyle; “Folk Memory of the Urban Irish” by Dennis Clark.