No Irish Need Apply: A History of the Irish in Boston

Friday, March 81:00—2:30 PMProgram RoomIn Person at Woburn Public Library45 Pleasant St., Woburn, MA, 01801

This presentation covers Irish migration history in Boston: from 17th-century indentured servants to 1718 Scot-Irish arrivals, pre-famine Catholic immigrants' challenges and anti-Irish sentiment, including events like Pope's Day and Ursuline Convent burning. It also explores post-famine immigration, settlement, work, assimilation, and Irish influence in Boston politics, featuring figures like James Michael Curley and Honey Fitz Kennedy.

Presented by Christopher Daley.

Registration is requested, but not requied.

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