Walk down McLean Avenue in Woodlawn and you will hear Irish accents, find familiar pub names, and feel a connection to the old country that no other New York neighbourhood quite matches. Here is the story of the Irish Bronx — and what to discover there today.
From the tenements of Lower Manhattan to the Nobel Prize stage — discover the governors, archbishops, Oscar winners, and mayors who shaped New York and America.
Discover the vanished neighbourhood where the Irish Famine generation built their American lives — and where to trace those roots in New York today.
Discover the forgotten neighbourhood in Lower Manhattan where Irish famine survivors built the first Irish New York — and where to find its traces today.
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