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The Irish American contribution to politics spans the entire ideological spectrum. Two prominent American socialists, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, were Irish Americans. In the 1960s, Irish-American writer Michael Harrington became an influential advocate of social
1960s–1970s New York mobster and enforcer for mobster Mickey Spillane during the 1960s and 70s Eddie Diamond: No image available: 1899–1929 1921–1929 New York mobster and brother of Jack "Legs" Diamond [4] [6] Jack Diamond: 1897–1931 1921–1931 Philadelphia/New York mobster involved in bootlegging during Prohibition Arthur "Butchy" Doe ...
This is a list of notable Irish Americans, ... Known for using 1950s computer spreadsheets featuring graphs, a new idea ... (1880–1960) Quentin Tarantino ...
This is a list of notable Irish American actors. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and references showing the person is Irish American and a notable actor. The list is organized in reverse chronological order of birth decades and all of the actors' surnames are in alphabetical order.
Irish American Protestants Scotch-Irish Americans first came to America in colonial years (pre-1776).The largest wave of Catholic Irish immigration came after the Great Famine in 1845 although many Catholics immigrated during the colonial period. [5] Most came from some of Ireland's most populous counties, such as Cork, Galway, and Tipperary.
Irish American public figures were prominent on both sides of the issue, and surveys during the 1960s and 1970s found Irish Americans divided on the issue. Although many Irish Americans opposed busing, as a group they were more sympathetic to the aims of the civil rights movement than most other white ethnic groups in the country. [58]
The Charlestown Mob was an Irish mob group in Charlestown, which figured prominently in the history of Boston for much of the 20th century. [1]The gang was headed by the McLaughlin brothers (Bernie, Georgie, and Edward "Punchy" McLaughlin) and their associates brothers Stevie and Connie Hughes from Charlestown.
Irish Americans make up approximately 5.3% of New York City's population, ... The first was during the 1950s and early 1960s, 300,000 Israelis immigrated to the ...