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Irish Denver / Dennis Gallagher, Thomas Jacob Noel, and James Patrick Walsh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gallagher, Dennis., Author.
- Noel, Tom Jacob., Author.
- Walsh, James Patrick., Author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish Americans--Colorado--Denver--Biography--Pictorial works.
- Irish Americans.
- Irish Americans--Colorado--Denver--History--Pictorial works.
- Irish Americans--Colorado--Denver--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
- Denver (Colo.)--Biography--Pictorial works.
- Denver (Colo.).
- Denver (Colo.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]
- Summary:
- The very first Irish in Denver came as miners, railroad workers, soldiers, and domestic servants. These workers, cogs of an expanding American industrial empire, later gave way to 20th-century politicians, priests, and business leaders who defined Irish respectability. Denver has always been a prominent stopping point for Irish patriots and cultural icons on their way to California. Former visitors include Oscar Wilde, Michael Davitt, Eamon de Valera, and Mary McAleese. Irish cultural institutions and businesses continue to flourish across Denver, which today boasts of having the second-largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the nation.
- Contents:
- Gold, guns, and gandy dancers : Hibernians in early Colorado
- Keeping the faith : the Irish Catholic Church
- Hibernians and Fenians : Irish festivals and nationalist organizations
- Wet and dry goods : Hibernian entrpreneurs
- Green collar solidarity : Irish labor leaders
- Daughters of Erin : Irish women in Colorado
- Get out the vote : Denver's Irish politicians
- Visitors from the old Sod : prominent visitors from Ireland
- Ongoing Irish traditions : onward and upward
- St. Patrick's Day parade : Denver's annual Spring ritual.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 124) and index.
- OCLC:
- 885208078
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