23. From Five Points to St. Peter’s: The Irish in New York

Over the course of the 19th century, hundreds of thousands of Irish people moved to New York, leaving a lasting impact on the city. In this episode, Damian and Fin are joined by Dr. Elizabeth Stack and Danny Leavy to explore the legacy of these immigrants in the streets of NYC today. Danny and Elizabeth are historians and Irish immigrants living in New York, and they share unique insights into the city’s Irish past from the notorious Five Points to St. Peter's Church.

You can virtually follow along to the stops we feature in this episode by using our episode map- click on the arrows beside each stop to see a dropdown list of each location we visited which will be highlighted as you click on them. Find the map here: https://maphub.net/irishacw/transatlantic-podcast-s2-episode11-new-york-irish 

Resources and Sources:

In Search of Cornelius Heeney- Video with Danny Leavy & Dr Ciarán Reilly

A.T. Stewart in the Dictionary of Irish Biography

William "Boss" Tweed in Britannica

Terry Golway Book: Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics

Tyler Anbinder Book: Five Points

Tyler Anbinder Book: Plentiful Country

Jacob Riis Profile & Images via International Center for Photography

Ronald Bayor & Timothy Meagher Book: The New York Irish

Louis Eisenstein & Elliot Rosenberg Book: A Stripe of Tammany's Tiger

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