Hidden History of the Boston Irish

Hidden History of the Boston Irish

Little-Known Stories from Ireland's "Next Parish Over"

By Peter F. Stevens

$21.99

Publication Date: 28th March 2008

Peter F. Stevens offers an entertaining and compelling portrait of the Irish immigrant saga and pays homage to the overlooked episodes of the Boston Irish experience.


When it comes to Irish America, certain names spring to mind - Kennedy, O'Neill, and Curley testify to the proverbial footsteps of the Gael in Boston. However, few people know of Sister Mary Anthony O'Connell, whose medical prowess carried her from the convent to the Civil War battlefields, earning her the nickname the Boston Irish Florence Nightingale, or of Barney McGinniskin, Boston's first Irish cop, who ... Read More

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    Peter F. Stevens offers an entertaining and compelling portrait of the Irish immigrant saga and pays homage to the overlooked episodes of the Boston Irish experience.


    When it comes to Irish America, certain names spring to mind - Kennedy, O'Neill, and Curley testify to the proverbial footsteps of the Gael in Boston. However, few people know of Sister Mary Anthony O'Connell, whose medical prowess carried her from the convent to the Civil War battlefields, earning her the nickname the Boston Irish Florence Nightingale, or of Barney McGinniskin, Boston's first Irish cop, who ... Read More
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    Peter F. Stevens offers an entertaining and compelling portrait of the Irish immigrant saga and pays homage to the overlooked episodes of the Boston Irish experience.


    When it comes to Irish America, certain names spring to mind - Kennedy, O'Neill, and Curley testify to the proverbial footsteps of the Gael in Boston. However, few people know of Sister Mary Anthony O'Connell, whose medical prowess carried her from the convent to the Civil War battlefields, earning her the nickname the Boston Irish Florence Nightingale, or of Barney McGinniskin, Boston's first Irish cop, who proudly roared at every roll call, McGinniskin from the bogs of Ireland - present! Along with acclaim or notoriety, many forgotten Irish Americans garnered numerous historical firsts.

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    • Pages: 160
    • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
    • Imprint: The History Press
    • Series: Hidden History
    • Publication Date: 28th March 2008
    • State: Massachusetts
    • ISBN: 9781596294509
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
      PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
      POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration
    Author Bio
    Peter Stevens, author of Hidden History of the Boston Irish, is an author, editor, and award-winning full-time freelance writer and journalist He is a contributing editor and writes the feature column “It Happened in Dorchester” for the Dorchester Reporter and has contributed numerous articles to newspapers throughout New England. He is currently the News & Features Editor of the Boston Irish Reporter, contributing editor of the Dorchester Reporter, and regular contributor to Golf Magazine, Yankee Magazine, The New York Times Syndicate, American Heritage, American History, VFW, Early American Homes, True West, Old West, Grit, Hudson Valley, Cape Cod Life, Maryland, Virginia Cavalcade, Military History, Great Battles, America's Civil War, British Heritage, and The World of Hibernia.

    Peter F. Stevens offers an entertaining and compelling portrait of the Irish immigrant saga and pays homage to the overlooked episodes of the Boston Irish experience.


    When it comes to Irish America, certain names spring to mind - Kennedy, O'Neill, and Curley testify to the proverbial footsteps of the Gael in Boston. However, few people know of Sister Mary Anthony O'Connell, whose medical prowess carried her from the convent to the Civil War battlefields, earning her the nickname the Boston Irish Florence Nightingale, or of Barney McGinniskin, Boston's first Irish cop, who proudly roared at every roll call, McGinniskin from the bogs of Ireland - present! Along with acclaim or notoriety, many forgotten Irish Americans garnered numerous historical firsts.

    • Pages: 160
    • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
    • Imprint: The History Press
    • Series: Hidden History
    • Publication Date: 28th March 2008
    • State: Massachusetts
    • ISBN: 9781596294509
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
      PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
      POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration
    Peter Stevens, author of Hidden History of the Boston Irish, is an author, editor, and award-winning full-time freelance writer and journalist He is a contributing editor and writes the feature column “It Happened in Dorchester” for the Dorchester Reporter and has contributed numerous articles to newspapers throughout New England. He is currently the News & Features Editor of the Boston Irish Reporter, contributing editor of the Dorchester Reporter, and regular contributor to Golf Magazine, Yankee Magazine, The New York Times Syndicate, American Heritage, American History, VFW, Early American Homes, True West, Old West, Grit, Hudson Valley, Cape Cod Life, Maryland, Virginia Cavalcade, Military History, Great Battles, America's Civil War, British Heritage, and The World of Hibernia.

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