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Tracing the Irish at War: From Stono Ferry to New Orleans: Part 3
Added by Robert A Mosher on April 5, 2015 at 5:30pm — No Comments
Knowledge Quiz: The Irish in New Orleans
Added by The Wild Geese on March 5, 2015 at 4:22am — No Comments
Transcript: Discussing the Irish In New Orleans with Dr. Laura Kelley
The following is a transcript of the LIVE members' chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Saturday, February 21, 2015 with Dr. Laura Kelley. Some editing has been applied for clarity.
The Wild Geese: Hello and “fáilte” to Dr. Laura Kelley who joins us live from New Orleans,…
ContinueAdded by The Wild Geese on February 23, 2015 at 8:04am — No Comments
It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans: Make Way for the Irish
by Dr. Laura Kelley
The Irish of New Orleans today can be found in many places, some familiar and others less so. Pauline Patterson’s much loved pub, …
ContinueAdded by The Wild Geese on February 21, 2015 at 2:30am — 3 Comments
Recipes From Finn McCool's Pub, New Orleans
How can we spend all this time discussing the Irish in New Orleans without talking about food?
To fill that lack, Pauline Patterson of New Orleans' own Finn McCool’s Irish Pub has passed on…
ContinueAdded by The Wild Geese on February 20, 2015 at 4:00am — No Comments
Life in New Orleans' Irish Channel
What was life like in New Orleans' Irish Channel in the early to mid 20th-century?
The Works Project Administration (WPA) conducted a series of interviews with the people of the Channel in 1941. Many of those…
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The Fighting Irish of New Orleans
by Dr. Laura Kelley
Street-fighting man, bare-knuckles, and hard-fisted: Why do the Irish like to fight? Is there more…
ContinueAdded by The Wild Geese on February 19, 2015 at 1:00am — 2 Comments
The Civil War and the Irish in New Orleans
by Dr. Laura Kelley
At the onset of the Civil war, New Orleans was protected in part by Fort Jackson, located sixty-five miles down the Mississippi River. On April 27, 1862, confederate soldiers, a majority of whom were German and Irish immigrants mutinied…
ContinueAdded by The Wild Geese on February 18, 2015 at 3:00am — No Comments
More Stories About Margaret Haughery
Anne O'Brien who runs the Beloved Margaret Haughery of New Orleans was kind enough to share some additional tidbits about Margaret and her…
Added by The Wild Geese on February 17, 2015 at 2:00pm — No Comments
Margaret Gaffney Haughery: From Poverty to Philanthropy
By Dr. Laura Kelley
“No work was too menial, no venture too unprofitable, for her.”
Without question, among the Irish…
ContinueAdded by The Wild Geese on February 17, 2015 at 1:00am — No Comments
The Irish in Colonial Era New Orleans
By Dr. Laura Kelley
Usually, when we speak about the Irish Diaspora in the USA, New Orleans is not among the cities that first come to mind as centers of Irish population and…
ContinueAdded by The Wild Geese on February 16, 2015 at 1:00am — No Comments
The Irish in New Orleans: An Introduction
Laura D. Kelley’s Irish roots dictated the focus of her study, and Irish luck lent a hand when she met on her first day in the Crescent City a man from “da Channel”– the Irish Channel – with an unusual accent reminiscent of New York City even though he was born and raised in New…
ContinueAdded by The Wild Geese on February 15, 2015 at 1:00am — No Comments
Not Too Frigid To Hear the Story of The Irish in 'Da Big Easy'
New York -- About 20 stalwarts, including three members of The Wild Geese, trekked to American Irish Historical Society last night in near sub-zero temperatures for a presentation on "…
Added by Gerry Regan on January 8, 2015 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
The Irishman Who was the Spanish Governor of Louisiana
Who was "General O'Reilly," and how did a man with such an Irish name become the "Spanish Governor of Louisiana?"
While on a consulting assignment in August of 2000, I was bicycling through the streets of New Orleans and randomly came across a historic marker that read: "Fort St. Charles On Oct. 25, 1769, under Gen. O'Reilly, Spanish governor of…
ContinueAdded by John Edward Murphy on July 30, 2014 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments
Hitting the Road To Trace The Easter Rising
Added by The Wild Geese on August 16, 2013 at 9:30pm — No Comments
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- Knowledge Quiz: The Irish in New Orleans
- Transcript: Discussing the Irish In New Orleans with Dr. Laura Kelley
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- Recipes From Finn McCool's Pub, New Orleans
- Life in New Orleans' Irish Channel
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