New York Irish History Roundtable

10/24/2026

Our own president, Linda Dowling Almeida, sits down with Damian Shiels and Fin Dwyer to discuss post-WWII Irish immigration to the United States in the October 19 episode of their Transatlantic podcast.
Focussing on the experiences of 1950s immigrants and the 1980s New Irish, the subject of Linda’s book, Irish Immigrants in New York City, 1945-1995, the talk is lively and wide-ranging.
Click on the link below to take a listen and explore the other wonderful Transatlantic episodes while you’re at it.

Listen to 53. Leaving Poverty Behind: The Irish in New York in the 1950 - 1980s from Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast. The story of Irish emigration to New York did not end with the great migrations of the nineteenth century. In this episode of Transatlantic Damian and Fin explore tw...

07/17/2026

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A group of Roundtable members had wonderful visit at the Grolier Club on Thursday viewing the special exhibit: Rising: the Irish Literary Revivall and the Making of a Nation..
Led by curators, Alan Klein and Alexander Neuberger we were treated to a private tour of the exhibition which includes pieces from the curators private collections and the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library.
The assembled photos, letters, transcripts, flyers and other ephemera, including the scrap book of an unidentified patriot found in an antique store, trace how
the cultural revival intersected with the political awakening of Ireland at the turn of the 20th century to shape a distinct national identity.
It's fascinating and beautifully assembled.
The exhibition closes on July 26. It's definitely worth a trip. The club is open Monday through Saturday 10-5. It is free and open to the public.
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06/08/2026

Members watch your email and regular mail for an exciting invitation to participate in a private tour of a limited exhibit called The Irish Literary Revival and the Making of a Nation at the Grolier Club in New York City on July 16.

The Grolier Club

05/14/2026

Our May 2 conversation with David Emmons about his new book, History's Erratics: Irish Catholic Dissidents and the Transformation of American Capitalism, 1870-1930, is now up on our YouTube Channel.
If you missed it or would like to view again, please go to:

Did the Irish Catholic immigrants who came to work in America in the 19th century bend to the demands of its capitalist industrial economy or did the immigra...

05/02/2026

Attention members:
You should have received your Zoom link for today's 4 p.m. session with Dave Emmons talking about his latest book:
History's Erratics: Irish Catholic Dissidents and the Transformation of American Capitalism: 1870-1930.
Join us!!

04/22/2026

This week marks the 110th anniversary of the Easter Rising at the GPO in Dublin.
We checked our archive and found this article by the granddaughter of John Kenny a prominent figure in the plans for the uprising in April of 1916.
Take a look:

In 1914 John Kenny was asked to undertake an arduous, dangerous mission for the Clan-na-Gael. A veteran of the doomed Fenian Rising of 1867, for nearly 50...

04/19/2026

Join us on May 2 at 4 pm when David Emmons talks to us about his new book:
History's Erratics: Irish Catholic Dissidents and the Transformation of American Capitalism 1870-1930.
Members will receive a Zoom invite the week before the event.
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To become a member go to:
https://www.irishnyhistory.org/join-2/

History's Erratics: Irish Catholic Dissidents and the Transformation of American Capitalism, 1870-1930 (Working Class in American History)

03/31/2026

03/27/2026

Irish Women Protest at British Consulate, New York, 1920

A group of picketers from the Celtic Players, a group co-founded by Irish-born actress, singer and lecturer Eileen Curran, protested the treatment of Cork Mayor Terence Sweeney outside the British Consulate in New York in August 1920. Curran, who had won acclaim in 1919 in the David Belasco romantic comedy "Dark Rosaleen," later marched with other Irish women activists on the docks and quickly caused a massive unauthorized strike that tied up every British ship in port. Eileen Curran continued into the late 1940s in New York as a powerful advocate for Irish nationalist and Irish language causes.