Describes the achievements of Irish Americans in a variety of fields.

Drawing on choice examples of the writings and artwork of more than 150 Irish-American political leaders, novelists, clergymen, filmmakers, cartoonists, journal

Virtually every aspect of American culture has been influenced by Irish immigrants and their descendants. This encyclopedia tells the full story of the Irish-Am

Old-time politics, piety, and St. Patrick’s Day parades loom large when the Irish come to the American mind. None truly represents the complex legacy or contr

Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist di