Irish Immigrants in New York City, 1945-1995

Index

Index Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 40–41 abortion and birth control, 80, 86–89, 141–42 Adrian Flanelly Show, The, 102–103 AFL-CIO, 72 Aisling Irish Center, 144, 146–47 alcohol abuse, 124 American Congress for Irish Freedom, 132 American Irish Historical Society, 19–20, 115–16 American Irish Teachers Association, 113, 121 American Labor Committee for Human Rights in Northern Ireland, 71 “American wakes,” 28 Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), 36–37, 71– 72, 80–81, 87, 96, 109, 114, 122, 133, 167n.73 Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922, 36 anti-Catholicism, 20 anti-Communism, 115 anti-Semitism, 41 Archdiocese of New York: building by, 2–3, 107; and famine immigrants, 2–3; Irish dominance of, 2–3, 88, 91; and Project Irish Outreach , 79, 102–103, 105–106; and schools, 97 Asia Paci¤c Triangle, 9 Away Alone (Noble), 127 Bainbridge neighborhood, 81 Banished Children of Eve (Quinn), 110 Barkin, Ellen, 69 Barnwell, Clare, 103 bars as community centers, 48, 69, 78–79, 103, 117–18, 124–25, 183n.83 Bay Ridge neighborhood, 43 Berman Visa program, 63 Biaggi, Mario, 132 Black 47, 1, 69, 118–19, 135 Bluth, Don, 67 Boom Town Rats, 118 Bothy Band, 117 Boxer, The, 129 bracero program, 8 Brehon Society, 113 Brennan, Jerry, 28 Bronx Theater Company, 127 Bronx Women’s Group, 79, 88 Bronx Young Irish Center (Tir na n’Og), 106 Brothers McMullen, The (Burns), 1, 129–30 Browne, Noel, 84 Burns, Ed, 129–30 “Business 100, The,” 93, 130, 137 Butcher Boy (McCabe), 53 Butler, Jean, 118 Byrne, Gabriel, 69 Carey, Hugh, 133 Carmelites, the, 36, 96–97, 176n.69 Casey, Marion, 20–21, 116 Castle Garden, 2 Cathedral Club of Brooklyn, 114–15 Catholic Association, 13 Catholic Charities, New York, 71, 79, 102, 144 Catholic Church: authority of, 83–88, 99–100; building by, 2–3, 43, 91, 107; clergy in, 95– 99, 108, 175n.64, 177n.93; and identity, 57, 84–91, 140–42; Irish dominance of, 3, 14–15, 90–91; and labor, 18–19; parish structure, 88–90; political role, 84, 91–92, 113–14; schools of, 46–47, 88, 91–95, 107–109, 156n.69, 173n.26, 176n.69; services to New Irish, 79–82, 100–109; status in Ireland, 80– 81, 84–87, 141–42, 150n.19, 151n.21, 170n.124 Catholic Social Welfare Bureau, Emigrant Section , 101 ceili (dance/party), 57, 118, 124 celebrities, 126–30 cell societies, 13 Celtic Tiger, 144, 146 Chieftains, the, 117, 128 Church of the Incarnation parish, 37 Circle of Friends, 87 City Center ballroom, dances at, 123–24 Civil War, Irish, 20–21, 24, 36, 56, 59, 89, 131, 142 Civil War, U.S., 33, 110 Clan na Gael, 18, 131–32, 185n.114 Clancy Brothers, 117 Clinton, Bill, 2, 135, 186n.138 Cold War, 8 Collins, Michael, 36 Comiskey, Monica, 106–107 Commission on Emigration and Other Population Problems 1948–1954 Reports (Emigration Report), 24, 26–28, 31, 84–85, 139 Commitments, The (Doyle), 87, 129 competition among immigrant groups, 3–4, 7, 13, 40–41, 47–48 Compulsory Education Act, Ireland, 17 Consolidated Edison, 36 Corrigan, Michael, 14 Counihan, Thomas, 85 County Cork Association, 72 county organizations, 36, 72, 112–13, 123–24, 179n.12 Coyne, E. J., 85 Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer’s Assistant, A (Murphy), 26–27, 53 Crying Game, The (Jordan), 1 Cullinan, Elizabeth, 88, 173–74n.34 culture: emigration in, 67–68; in Ireland, 54–61, 87; in New York, 1, 4–5, 11, 58, 69, 113–30; societies for, 113–17 De Danaan, 117 De Valera, Eamon: anti-modernism of, 24, 29– 30; death of, 142; and emigrants, 30–31; in Manhattan, 36; and television, 55, 86 Democratic Party, 13, 15, 41, 111, 131 Devlin, Bernadette, 133 Diem, Ngo Dinh, 91 “Dilemma of the Returned Yank, The” (McCarthy), 52–53 Diocese of Brooklyn, 87 Doherty, Joe, 135 Donegal Association, 113 Donnelly, Brian, 75, 130, 164–65n.10 Donnelly Visa program, 63, 75, 76, 106, 145 Doran, Mary, 127 Doyle, Roddy, 59, 87, 126–27, 129 Doyle, Shane, 69, 113 Drinking Life, A (Hamill), 39 Dubliners (Joyce), 88 Durkin, Robert, 130 Easter Rebellion, 21, 36, 142 Economic Development report (Whitaker), 54 education: in Ireland, 31–33, 64–69, 156nn.64,67,68; in New York, 46–47, 88, 91– 95, 107–109, 156n.69, 173n.26 Emerald Isle Immigration Center (EIIC), 66, 74, 144, 147, 166n.31, 168n.81 Emerald Societies, New York Police and Fire...