This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the Irish Immigration Center in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania on April 16, 2015. The interview contains Leslie Alcock's family and career history. Alcock recounts her memories of her leadership training in youth groups during her teens, which inspired her to gain her degree in social work. She describes the process of gaining a position as a social worker at the Irish Immigration Center of Philadelphia. Alcock elaborates on her work with the senior citizens of Philadelphia in her social work at the Irish Immigration Center. Alcock describes her responsibilities of planning and hosting public programming at the Irish Immigration Center for senior citizens.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the Consulate-General of Ireland in Boston, Massachusetts on December 1, 2016.  The interview focuses Anne Anderson's education and career in Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs. Anderson discusses her parents, her extended family, and her early education.  She discusses her decision to attend University College Dublin (UCD) rather than Trinity College Dublin and recounts her experience studying at UCD. She recounts her decision to join Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in 1972 and her early experiences in the DFA.  She describes the role of women in the DFA, from her early experiences as one of two women in her department to her groundbreaking role as Ireland's first female ambassador to the United States (US). She also discusses emigration from Ireland to Australia in the 2000s and the difference in perception between emigration to Australia and to the US.

Hilary Beirne was interviewed on the 26th of October, 2009 at the Glucksman Ireland House at New York University by James Herron and Linda Dowling Almeida. The topics discussed were wide and varied, starting with his background, growing up in County Roscommon, Ireland and following through his life from college days to working in Ireland in the 1970s and '80s to immigrating to the United States in the late '80s and ending with his distinguished work with the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Beirne discusses his early life, growing up with nine brothers and sisters in a large farmhouse that his father, a veterinary surgeon, purchased around the time Beirne was born. He talks about his experiences in National School, and the effects that the small learning community, corporal punishment, and religious doctrine had on his education. He went to secondary school, earning high enough marks to attend college and earn a degree in agricultural studies. He discusses his first few jobs in Ireland, where he worked on projects that redesigned the way Irish farms operate and store various crops.

He eventually left his job and immigrated to the U.S. to become a science teacher in the Bronx. It was at this time that he became involved in the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade, upon which a large portion of this interview is based. Beirne discusses the finances, the history, the operations and the future of the parade in great detail. He provides an excellent behind-the-scenes view of the production of one of the largest parades in the world. Beirne also discusses, in great detail, the various other Irish fraternal clubs of which he is a member.

As a teacher, Beirne discusses his instructing methods and how he engages the student. He also spends time discussing how he became a teacher and the reasons why. He also talks about what he thinks makes a good teacher, and the necessary traits to perform the job well.

He then returns to a broader discussion on why Irish-American heritage is important to this country, stating, "40 million Americans trace their heritage back to Ireland…" in order to show just how important the parade is.

Throughout the interview, Beirne takes breaks from discussing his life and the parade to talk about his family. He discusses his twin brother and the unique skills he possesses that his twin does not and vice versa. He discusses the odd relationship his siblings (2 brothers, 7 sisters) had with his parents, specifically, the love and strong bond they all had with their mother and poor relationship they had with their father. He also talks about the day he left Ireland and the effects his leaving had on his mother.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview is 2 hours and 28 minutes long, on 3 CDs. The interview took place on October 29, 2009, and the interviewers were James Herron and Linda Dowling Almedia.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach on September 9, 2014 at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in New York, New York. This interview covers Thomas Beirne's early life in the Woodlawn neighborhood of the Bronx, New York and in Yonkers, New York. He recounts his memories of his father's involvement in political activism for Irish Americans and the Ancient Order of the Hibernians. Describing his position in 2014 as the district president of the Ancient Order of the Hibernians, he details his involvement with the St. Patrick's Day Parade planning committee.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach on August 3, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The interview covers Robert Blancato's early life and career working for Congressman Mario Biaggi. He describes his internship with Congressman Biaggi in 1972 and how it resulted in a job as a congressional aide after graduating from college. He recounts his involvement with the founding of the Ad Hoc Congressional Committee for Irish Affairs in 1977. He describes the goal of the committee to understand the conflict in Northern Ireland and make a peace forum where all parties involved in the conflict could be represented. Blancato recalls his trip to Ireland in 1978 where he personally negotiated with Gerry Adams to create a peace forum. He describes how his interactions with the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Irish Northern Aide helped him build the Congressional Committee for Irish Affairs.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PCM660. The interview took place on January 23, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at New York University's Elmer Holmes Bobst Library in New York, New York on April 28, 2016.  The interview covers Noreen Bowden's family and her working life. Bowden discusses her family, their immigration and work experiences, and the death of her mother in 1986.  She discusses her involvement with the Irish Immigration Reform Movement and the Irish Immigration Center in Boston in the 1990s. She discusses her work for multiple online Irish news sources, including VitualIrish.com, the Irish Emigrant>'s online newspaper, and her own website, www.Globalirish.ie, which covers issues relating to Irish identity and the Irish diaspora.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House on June 30 and July 7, 2014.  The interview covers Sandy Boyer's childhood and his political activity as an adult. Boyer discusses his childhood and his parents, including their backgrounds, careers, and their membership in the Communist Party of the United States of America.  He discusses his involvement in Irish republican causes from the 1970s to the 1990s, particularly Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID), the popularity of fundraising through pub socials, and the role of Irish music in politics. He discusses the relationship between Irish and Irish American political organizations including NORAID, National H-Block / Armagh Committee, the Irish Republican Socialist Party, People's Democracy, and Sinn Fein.  He discusses multiple Irish political prisoners to whom he lent his support including Marian Price, Martin Corey, Gerry Conlon, and Gerry McGeough.

In the interview, Boylan focuses on growing up in 1940s/50s Harlem; the racial dynamics of Harlem and the Irish living in that setting; the impact of Puerto Ricans in his neighbourhood; how Irishness is passed on to next generation; 1950s migrants coming to stay with them; and his parents first trip back to Ireland.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 160 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place on February 26, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland on July 28, 2014.  The interview covers Elizabeth Brady's early life in Ireland, her working life in Ireland and the United States (US), and her family.  Brady describes her parents, her father's experiences working in the US and Ireland, and their extended families. She discusses her education, her working life, and describes the different jobs she held in Ireland and the US.  She describes her preparations for immigrating to the US, her voyage via ship in 1956, and her impressions of New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois. She describes her husband, their married life together, and their decision to move from Chicago to a farm in County Leitrim, Ireland.  She recounts her family's life on their farm and their social lives.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Áine Brazil's office at Thornton Tomasetti in New York, New York on April 28, 2016.  The interview covers Brazil's family, education, and working life in the United States. Brazil discusses her parents, including their families, education, and careers.  She discusses her education, citing her teachers and the availability of honors math at her school as critical to her professional path. She recounts her experiences at University College Galway as one of three women in a class of 63 and discusses her decision to major in structural engineering.  She discusses working London, England; entering a master's program in Imperial College in London; and her experiences as an Irish person in England in the 1980s. She describes her job responsibilities and her work on the Hudson Yards project in Manhattan in detail.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Gerry Brennan's home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts on August 16, 2016.  The interview covers Brennan's early life in Ireland and his working life in the United States (US). Brennan discusses his family, including the education and working life of his parents.  He recounts immigrating to the US in 1973, settling in Boston, and establishing a painting and renovation business with his brother. He explains that they were able to establish this business despite not having visas or Green Cards and discusses their expansion of their business in the 1980s.  He explains the way in which he gained a Green Card and the expansion of his real estate investments after this change in his resident status. He describes the bars he owned in Boston, including the Brendan Behan Pub in Jamaica Plain and the Thirsty Scholar in Cambridge, and discusses the role of these bars in the Irish and Irish American culture in the Boston area.  Brennan also discusses his real estate investments in County Kildare, Ireland and the work ethic his parents instilled in him and his siblings.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan at Maureen Brosnan's home in the Bronx, New York on September 25, 2014. The interview covers Brosnan's life in the Bronx. Brosnan describes her parents, their early lives in Ireland, and stories of their immigration to the United States (US). She recounts her father's experience in the Irish Republican Brotherhood in Ireland and his activities with other Irish republican organizations in the US in the early to mid 20th century. She discusses working in advertising agencies in New York City while attending Fordham University in the Bronx in the late 1940s. She recounts her experiences visiting Ireland throughout her life and her participation in Irish American organizations in New York City throughout her life.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Anna Browne's home in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland on July 28, 2014.  The interview covers Browne's early childhood in the United States (US) and Ireland, her education in Ireland, and her working life in the US and Ireland.  Browne discusses her family's decision to return to Ireland in 1967 and recounts the differences in life between Chicago and County Kildare where the family settled.  She discusses her education in Ireland, her interest in general science, her decision to choose computer science as her area of educational focus, and her interest in computer programming.  She recounts her time at University College Dublin in the 1980s and her decision to return to the US after her graduation in 1984. She discusses her experiences working for different technology companies in the US and Ireland and the relationship amongst Irish and Irish Americans in the technology field.  Browne describes issues she and her husband faced being working parents, and their decision for her husband to leave work and stay home with their children. She discusses her children's education in Ireland in the early 2000s. She describes her job at the time of the interview as a developer of job training material for businesses and describes the theory behind her work.

In this interview, Sgt. Burns discusses a range of topics, from his family's history in New York City to his own role in the New York community. Sgt Burns spends most of the interview discussing his heritage and his family history, which is an interest of his. He describes his attempts to trace his ancestry to Ireland through his paternal family, the Burns, which leads him to County Cork. His maternal family, the Fitzgeralds, led him to County Galway. Then he describes his family's place in New York, where they lived and worked.

Burns remembers his mother, Josephine Marie Fitzgerald, born to Eddie Fitzgerald and Anna Erika Octavia Johanson. The Fitzgeralds he has traced back to County Galway, Ireland, but his grandmother, whom the family called Grandma Svenska, was from Sweden. Burns also discusses the Burns side of the family. His great-grandfather was the first to emigrate from Ireland and he believes the family is from Cork. Neither of Sgt. Burns' grandmothers were Irish. His paternal grandmother was Mary Gale, a an immigrant, believed to be French German. Burns discusses speculation and 'Burns legend' about her emigration but he admits that very little is actually known about it. The speculation is that she was at some point in her youth orphaned and migrated to Pittsburgh. What is definite, Burns discovered, is that Mary Gale and Andrew Burns were living in the same Hell's Kitchen (a famously Irish area on Manhattan's West Side) boarding house, according to the 1900 census.

Burns discusses his paternal grandfather, Andrew Burns, at length. He recalls Pop Burns, as he called him, fondly, often calling him quite a character. He tells stories about Pop Burns' business, hauling vinegar for Fleischmann's in New York. He talks about their summers in Rockaway Beach and stories about his Pop's swimming prowess. Burns discusses Pop growing up in Hell's Kitchen and their style of dress. He also talks about Pop Burns and his friends raising pit bulls on the roof tops and his grandfather's choice to not drink, referring to him as a teetotaler.

Burns also fondly discusses his mother, Josephine Marie Fitzgerald, who grew up in the Yorkville section of Manhattan's Upper East Side. As a young woman she worked as a secretary at Bonwit Teller, an upscale New York City department store, now closed. Burns remarks about his mother's exceptionally small feet, that were the same size as all the sample shoes delivered to the department store. One of the perks of her job was taking home the sample pairs she liked. He observed that his mother always had the most stylish footwear in the neighborhood. Burns also discusses a story, that he could never verify, that his mother played the piano at Carnegie Hall for a school performance while attending Dominican Academy on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Burns speaks about his different career choices, including six years in the Army Reserves. Then he discusses his tenure with the New York Police Department (NYPD). He recalls his entry into the police academy on 20 June 1966 and being out on the street to keep the peace during riots in Harlem two weeks later on 4 July 1966. Burns spent 27 years working for the NYPD in various aspects. He remained at the 25th precinct in Harlem until 1970. Burns then became a plain clothes officer working for public morals, a division of the NYPD that deals with liquor, gambling, and prostitution violations. Burns was transferred to Glendale, Queens, for two years which he describes as the most boring part of his police career. While Burns was investigating recruits the NYPD came out with their Law Enforcement Assistance Program. Burns took advantage of the program and completed a degree in Criminal Justice at Saint John's University, resuming a college career that he quit to join the Army Reserves. During this time Burns was also studying to be a sergeant and working full time. As a sergeant with the NYPD he began working at the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information (DCPI) where Burns was the voice of the NYPD. Burns discusses how this change in his police career impacted hi life after the NYPD. Burns released official NYPD statements to the press. It was here that he became interested in the public relations business. He decided to go back to school and received his masters degree with honors from New York University in Media Ecology in 1979 or 1980. Five years later Sgt. Burns became an adjunct professor at NYU in the same program, while still working with the DCPI. Following his police career Sgt. Burns successfully opened two public relations firms. Burns also took an active role in helping his children with their careers.

Sgt. Burn's children are a main focus of the interview. He initially lived in Astoria, Queens, with his wife and young family but moved to Valley Stream, Long Island, where he raised his family. Burns eldest child, Mary, attended the Fashion Institute of Technology and lives on Long Island. His two sons Edward and Brian, whom he calls Irish twins because they were born so close to one another in the tradition of many Catholic Irish families, are both involved in the film and television industry. Edward is a writer/director/actor for various films, including the movie that began his career, The Brothers McMullen, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995. Burns talks with pride about his son's accomplishments. Brian is also a writer/producer for various programs including the hit HBO television show, Entourage. Sgt. Burns discussed at length his views on parenting and education.

Sgt Burns also discusses his involvement in a group called the First Friday Club - the name alludes to a Catholic practice of attending mass for the first Friday of nine consecutive months to receive a special blessing. This group drew New York Irish American writers, politicians and intellectuals and would meet for lunch at Eamonn Doran's. Sgt. Burns describes the lunch as a meeting of friends that sometimes lasted from noon to six or seven at night. Writers like Frank and Malachy McCourt, William Kennedy, and Terry Moran were in regular attendance. Sgt. Burns describes this group as a small gathering of 10 to 12 that grew into a much larger gathering of thirty or more with the rising celebrity of members like Frank McCourt and his son Edward.

Sergeant Edward Burns was interviewed on 14 November 2008 at the Glucksman Ireland House at New York University by Emily Mahoney and Professor Linda Dowling Almeida. Sgt. Burns' oral history interview was digitally recorded on a Marantz CD420. The interview is one hour, 57 minutes and 54 seconds long, recorded on two CDs, and has been logged in ten minute intervals.

Burns was born in Woodside, Queens, but grew up in Valley Stream, Long Island, which he affectionately calls "the burbs," referring to the area as a suburb of New York City. He discusses his experience as a young Irish Catholic and his impressions and memories of a suburban childhood. Particularly interesting are his childhood revelations of being Irish.

Burns describes the family history, as he knows it, of his mother and father. He details his mother's childhood, as the daughter of Irish immigrants, growing up without a mother and a father who worked as a sandhog and who was often absent. He believes that his father's family emigrated from Ireland during the potato famine. Burns traces the professions of his various paternal relatives, including a great-grandfather who owned a horse and carriage trucking company on the west side of Manhattan.

Burns explains the process of making The Brothers McMullen and the various challenges that he faced in shooting the film on a low budget. He tells a few stories of the more unique things he had to do to get "the shot", including sneaking into a graveyard.

Burns took The Brothers McMullen to the Sundance Film Festival in 1995. Burns' retelling of his acceptance to Sundance is particularly interesting and at the end of his story, Burns notes "Print the legend." The Brothers McMullen won the Grand Jury Prize, which is the equivalent of the Oscar for Best Picture. Burns relates his memories of winning the actual award and all the strangeness that he felt in the moments after the announcement, including a possible embrace with "Sam Jackson", the actor Samuel L. Jackson to the rest of us.

Burns also discusses the roles of the Irish in entertainment and how they are portrayed in movies and television. Remarking about the Irish content and references in The Brothers McMullen, "none of this has been in a film, so I'm going to put all of it in" almost to the point of going overboard. He also discusses prominent Irish authors whose work he enjoys. Burns explains that he has attempted to adapt a couple of Irish-American novels into films, but to date none have worked.

Burns continues to discuss the portrayal of Irish Americans on film and television. He notes that most of the Irish-American characters on film and television tend to be police officers, fire fighters or other stereotypically Irish professions. What Burns says had not been portrayed before was an Irish-American family and their everyday existence.

Burns discusses his family's drive for the next generation to leave the New York suburbs and return to Manhattan, which Burns has done. Burns' father pushed Burns and his brother to attend college and to pursue the American dream of "doing better" than the previous generation. Burns juxtaposes this ambition with the fact that none of the parents of his friends in Valley Stream had gone to college. He draws the analogy of his own social climbing to the old saying "When your grandfather came here there were signs that said 'No Irish Need Apply' and in 1963 we put JFK in the White House."

Near the conclusion of the interview, Burns defines what his perception of Irish American is and what it means to him.

Edward Burns was interviewed on October 30, 2007 at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University by Callan Stout, Linda Dowling Almeida, and Joe Ready. This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview is 1 hour and 25 minutes long, recorded on two CDs and has been broken into tracks of ten-minute segments.

This interview was conducted by Linda Dowling Almeida in Manhattan, New York on April 2, 2014. The interview covers Cornelius Byrne's family, their history of immigration from Ireland, and his experiences as a carriage driver and stable owner in New York City. He recounts his memories of attending Catholic schools in Brooklyn in the 1950s. He describes the state of carriage driving in Manhattan's Central Park in 2014 and compares it to his father's experiences as a carriage driver in New York City during World War II. He shares his concerns on Mayor Bill De Blasio's 2014 bid to restrict carriage horses to Central Park.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York on June 12, 2015.  The interview focuses Mark Cardosi's identity as an adopted child born in Sean Ross Abbey in County Tipperary, Ireland in the 1950s. Cardosi describes the situation of his birth in Ireland in 1957, his adoption by an American family in 1958, and his knowledge about these events.  He relates his knowledge about the Sean Ross Abbey, his experiences as an adopted child, and the fact that his background was something that was openly discussed in his family. He describes his parents and their backgrounds. He describes a trip to Sean Ross Abbey with his wife in the 1980s, in which they toured the facility, met some of the staff, and conducted research on the circumstances of his birth.  He discusses the movie Philomena, the discussion started by the movie in 2013 about mother and baby homes in Ireland, and his decision to engage in the discussion.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview took place on June 25, 2009, and the interviewer was Peter Quinn.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll in Chicago, Illinois on November 21, 2014.  The interview covers Liz Carroll's family and her working life as a musician. Carroll describes her parents, their early lives in Ireland, and their immigration experiences.  She describes her introduction to music and her choice of the fiddle over the accordion. She discusses the influence of music in her life and her realization that she could create her own music.  She also discusses other traditional Irish musicians in Chicago in the 1980s and 1990s including Martin Hayes, Larry Nugent, Pauline Conneely, Seamus Cooley, and Gerry Carey.

In this interview, Carroll discusses contact had been lost with eldest sister and when Martina came she met her for the first time (Track 2, at 7 mins she talks of meeting her sister for first time); her husband, who worked in St. Patrick's Cathedral for 56 years; about being delighted that the Irish do not HAVE to emigrate from Ireland; and how she found leaving home very difficult.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 80 minutes long, on 1 CD. The interview took place on February 20, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll in Boston, Massachusetts on February 11, 2015.  The interview covers Megan Carroll's family and her working life. Carroll describes her family and her education.  She relates numerous anecdotes about her experiences during college and law school between 1985 and 1992 and discusses her establishment of an arts law firm in Boston in 1993.  She discusses her involvement with the Irish International Immigrant Center and the Irish Pastoral Centre (IPC) in Boston in the 2000s and describes programs provided by the IPC.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Mike Carroll's office in New York, New York on May 4, 2016.  The interview covers Carroll's family and working life. Carroll describes his family and their immigration and work experiences.  He recounts his experiences in the real estate industry and his decision to enter law school. He discusses his work connecting since the 1990s with nationalists in Northern Ireland and in the government of the Republic of Ireland, and his work leading delegations of New York politicians to Northern Ireland in aid of the Peace Process.  He discusses the establishment of the Council for American Ireland Relations at O'Dwyer & Bernstein and its work to sponsor activities and projects that promote education and understanding of Ireland and Northern Ireland amongst elected officials in New York City.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes long, on 3 CDs. The interview took place on April 7, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 90 minutes long, on 1 CD. The interview took place on April 16, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

In this oral history Cassidy, author and scholar, traces the link between his family history his involvement in Irish Studies, and the origins of his research which culminated in How the Irish Invented Slang. In a largely chronological manner, Cassidy starts by discussing his Brooklyn roots; his parents; his education; Vietnam; his battle with drugs and twenty-three month stay at Phoenix House; friendships with comedian George Carlin and musician Kenny Rankin; and the meaning of Irish identity. After starting off with a clear New York/East Coast focus, the narrative then shifts geographically to Cassidy's life in California and most particularly in San Francisco. Topics like his writing (his screenplay, The Volunteer, was sold to Francis Ford Coppola), labor organizing, and his move into teaching are covered. Cassidy engages in a detailed discussion of language and slang, in the context of Irish American culture, with his long-time friend Peter Quinn, author of Banished Children of Eve. Cassidy provides an insider's perspective on the day JFK was assassinated as a rookie journalist in the newsroom of the New York Times. The interview concludes with Cassidy emphasizing the extent to which Irish American scholarship awaits thorough excavation, by contending that immense research potential sits like 'gold nuggets' on the ground.

Danny Cassidy was interviewed in his home in San Francisco on July 20, 2008 by Peter Quinn. This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. It is 148 minutes and 49 seconds long, on three CDs, and has been logged at five minute intervals.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 80 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place on April 29, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 90 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place on March 29, 2009, at the Washington Square Hotel, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Linda Dowling Almeida at Clinton Stables on March 25th 2014. The interview includes Conor McHugh, the manager of Clinton Stables and a former carriage driver; Christina Hanson, a carriage driver in 2014; and Eddie Hayes, the stable's farrier. McHugh describes his early memories of farm horses in Ireland, his immigration to the United States (US) in 1986, and his opinions on the legislation needed to protect the carriage trade. McHugh recounts the founding of Clinton Stables in 2003 and the history of the stable building. Hanson explains the history of carriage rides in New York City and the carriage driver licensing held by the New York City Department of Health. Hayes recounts his father's farrier business in Jersey City, New Jersey and New York City and his personal tips on horse management and horse husbandry.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in New York, New York on June 3, 2015.  The interview covers Williams Rossa Cole's family and the life of his great-grandfather Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa. Cole discusses his family, including his father, WIlliam Rossa Cole, and their ancestor O'Donovan Rossa.  He recounts stories told in his family about O'Donovan Rossa and his own relationship to this history. He discusses Rebel Rossa, a documentary about O'Donovan Rossa, which Cole was filming at the time of the interview.  He describes the impetus for Rebel Rossa, citing his learning more about O'Donovan Rossa's dynamite campaign and his work for Irish freedom, and the approaching centenary of O'Donovan Rossa's death in 2015.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 100 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in Wantagh, NY, on February 26, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

The interview with Terri Connolly Cook touches on several themes, including: being an Irish Catholic woman in corporate America; 9/11 and Irish terrorism; claddagh rings found after 9/11; Irish America and being Democrat-('we were all raised to be democrats') and the move to Republican party; Obama and the younger generation; and JFK.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PCM660. The interview is approximately 110 minutes long. The interview took place in New York on October 20, 2008, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Louise Corrigan's home in Dublin, Ireland on August 5, 2015.  The interview covers Corrigan's education and working life. Corrigan discusses her education at University College Dublin and her legal training at the Law Society of Ireland in Dublin.  She discusses her decision to study for the New York State Bar exam and her work in the New York County Defender's Office between 2008 and 2014. She describes her connections in New York with other Irish immigrants, particularly her association with Irish Network USA and a community of Irish dancers.  She explains the support she received from these communities during her time in the United States. She recounts meeting her husband in New York in 2012 and deciding to return to Ireland in 2014. She describes her legal practice advising Irish and American citizens on immigration issues and her work co-founding the Dublin chapter of Irish Network USA.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York on October 23, 2014.  The interview covers Anne O'Connor Costello's early life in Ireland and her life in the United States (US). Costello describes her family members, her childhood, and her education.  She discusses the importance of Irish sports to her, in particular hurling and camogie, and describes the schools she attended nursing school. She describes her experiences in nursing school and working as a nurse in Galway after graduation in 1979.  She discusses her first visits to Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1980s; her first impressions of the city; and her decision to immigrate to the US in 1985. She also discusses the importance of traveling frequently between Ireland and the US to her decision to settle in the US.  She discusses her and her husband's decision to move to Northern Ireland in the 1999, citing her sons's interest in Irish sports and the difference in values between Ireland and the US. She recounts their decision to settle in Belfast, the differences in the city between 1999 and the time of the interview, and her happiness with her life in Belfast.  Throughout the interview, Costello discusses the importance of camogie in her life, in both Ireland and the US.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 3 hours long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in Newark, NJ, on April 9, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

Some of the topics this interview covers include: Buffalo Irish; Crotty's grandparents, who were immigrants from Clare, his dad, a lawyer, and he is a judge; Irishness, Catholicism, Democrats; worldview of Irish Catholics when he was coming up; how all Irish Catholic communities had a similar make-up (which he noticed when he went to Notre Dame); and Ireland and poverty.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 120 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in New York City on March 10, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted  by Íde B. O'Carroll on October 28, 2016 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The interview contains Vincent Crotty's family history and his early interest in art. He describes how he traveled to the United States and started selling his artwork in Aisling Gallery in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1990. He recounts his mentor John Kilroy's advice to relearn his rendering skills at the Cambridge School of Adult Education in Cambridge,. Crotty recounts how Father Dan Finn and Father Tim Sullivan of St. Mark's Parish in Dorchester helped him with employment, housing, and his status as an undocumented immigrant.

The interview is approximately 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 40 seconds long. The interview took place on December 7, 2006, and the interviewers were Lorraine Saxton and Marion R. Casey.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is on 2 CDs. The interview took place in Tenafly, NJ, on May 6, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll on April 27, 2015 in Dedham, Massachusetts. The interview covers John Cullinane's family history and early career. He recounts his founding of the database management software company Cullinet and its early success in the software industry. He describes orchestrating the merger of the Ireland Fund and the American Ireland Foundation in 1983. Cullinane recounts connecting Irish programmers to American investors by hosting C.E.O. seminars in Boston in 1993. He describes his involvement with Barack Obama's political campaign in 2008 as the head of outreach for Irish Americans.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach in New York, New York on September 8, 2014. The interview covers Michael Cummings's family's history of immigration to the United States and his early childhood. He recounts the beginning of his Irish republican  activism in the 1970s, describing the events of Bloody Sunday in 1972 as his inspiration. He describes his involvement with having the MacBride Principles be accepted as US foreign policy in 1984 and his associations with Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID), the Irish American Unity Conference, and the Ancient Order of the Hibernians.

This interview was conducted by Neeve Kelly at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York on July 25, 2016. The interview contains Annette Cunningham's mother's immigration story and Cunningham's marketing career. She describes her duties as the communications director for North America for the Irish Government's Export Board, Córas Tráchtála. She recalls how her marketing skills helped to create an identity for Ireland as a source for high quality luxury products.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 150 minutes long, on 3 CDs. The interview took place in New York on March 18, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

Some of the themes that D'Arcy focuses on in these interviews include: class divisions in Irish post-war community and how Kathleen related in an up-scale school environment; growing up in an extremely Irish-oriented household; parents were very open and Kathleen thinks that they were unique in that way (track 4); she was in a convent, as a novitiate, for a year; McNiff school of dancing (track 5); and her work in Dublin in the early 1970s.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview took place over two sessions: February 12, 2009 and April 22, 2009. The 2/12/09 interview is approximately 2 hours long and on two CDs, and the 4/22/09 interview is approximately 70 minutes long. The interviews both took place in New York, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by at Jimmy Deenihan's home in County Kerry, Ireland on June 16, 2016.  The interview covers Deenihan's early life and working life. Deenihan discusses his family and his early ambition to be a Gaelic football player.  He discusses his football career, his career as a secondary teacher, and the injury he sustained in 1982 which led to the end of these careers. He discusses his transition to politics in 1983 and his appointment to Seanad Éireann by Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald as a member of the Fine Gael Party.  He discusses his work as the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and as Ireland's first Minister for State for the Diaspora.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Sister Lena Deevy's home in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts on December 10, 2014.  The interview covers Deevy's work as a nurse in Dublin, Ireland and her work with the Irish International Immigrant Center in Boston. Deevy describes her family and her childhood in Crettyard, County Laois, Ireland.  She recounts training as a nurse in North Wales, England in the 1950s, serving as a midwife in Dublin in the 1960s, and deciding to join the Little Sisters of the Assumption (LSA). She describes her vocation, her decision to join the LSA, and her work in the Ballymun neighborhood of Dublin.  She discusses her decision to leave Ireland for a year in 1988, her decision to pursue a master's degree in education at Harvard Graduate School of Education, and her work with the Irish immigrant community in the Boston area. She discusses her opinion of the importance of creating an inclusive organization in Boston for all immigrants and the importance of creating a safe place for Irish immigrants who may not identify with traditional Irish American organizations that existed in the late 1980s in Boston.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan on October 13, 2014 at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York. The interview contains Peter Delaney's family history and early childhood in Tipperary, County Tipperary, Ireland. He recounts his time in London, England working as a day laborer and at the National Hotel in the 1960s. He describes his experiences of anti-Irish prejudice in London and the fact that these experiences convinced him to move to Dublin in 1969. Delaney describes how he obtained a visa in 1995 to immigrate to the United States. He shares how he became a facilities manager at New York University in 2006.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library at New York University in New York, New York on November 10, 2016.  The interview covers Dan Dennehy's family, his family's experience in the Woodlawn neighborhood in the Bronx, and his participation in Irish American organizations.  Dennehy discusses his family, detailing the immigration, education, and work experiences of his parents and and the relationships among Irish and Irish American families in the Woodlawn neighborhood of the Bronx between the 1960s and the 1970s.  Dennehy discusses his family's involvement with the Ancient Order of Hibernians and his role as the Immigration Officer between 2002 and the time of the interview. He recounts the experience of his wife Siobhán and other undocumented Irish immigrants in the 1980s and the fact that this led Dennehy to become involved in Irish immigration issues, particularly through the AOH, the Irish Immigration Reform Movement, and Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform.  He also discusses his relationship to the County Cork Benevolent, Patriotic and Protective Association; his establishment of the Hudson Valley Irish Festival; and his association with the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the Emerald Isle Immigration Center in Queens, New York on March 19, 2015.  The interview covers Siobhan Dennehy's early life in Ireland and her working life in New York City. Dennehy describes her family members, the working lives of her parents, and recounts numerous anecdotes from her childhood.  She discusses her experiences at Trinity College in Dublin in the early 1980s and her decision to immigrate to the United States (US) after her graduation in 1987. She recounts jobs she held in the US before starting at the Emerald Isle Immigration Center in 2002.  She discusses her work at the Center, in particular expanding funding for programs and expanding the communities to whom they target their programs.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 80 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place on March 19, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan on August 19, 2014 at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in New York, New York. The interview covers James Diedrich's family history and his childhood Poughkeepsie, New York. He recounts the history of Metallic Lathers & Reinforcing Ironworkers, Local 46 and his family's membership in that local. He recounts stories related to him by his parents about their experiences of the racial tensions in the Bronx in the 1960s and 1970s.

This interview was conducted by  Íde B. O'Carroll in Chicago, Illinois on November 21, 2014.  The interview covers Peter Dineen's family and his working life.  Dineen describes his family and his childhood on a farm in County Cork, Ireland.  He discusses his experiences in college in Cork, his working life after graduation, and his decision to immigrate to the United States in 1993.  He recounts his decision to settle in Chicago, his early experiences in Chicago, and the establishment of his business, Hibernian Development, in 1999.  He also discusses his work with the Center for Immigration Support and relates numerous anecdotes from his time in Chicago.

Joan Dolan's first memories come from her time as a child growing up in Ireland. Her mother had moved her there from New York when she was only two and a half years old to live with her grandparents and her uncle. She had grown up on a small farm in Killarue, and she attended National School in Cavan until the age of eleven. Her parents and had come back to Ireland in order to bring her back to the United States. She has thought about her return to America at age eleven after spending nine years in Ireland. Joan only knew life on the small farm on which she lived. She felt that moving to New York was both exciting; however she has second guessed her parents' decision to bring her back to the United States. She does not have regrets about returned when she did, as affirms that she has a wonderful life here. She does; however, remember that her uncle wished that she could have stayed until she were grown up, as she brought happiness to the lives of two older people and a bachelor. She thinks perhaps she should have left as a seventeen or eighteen year old. Joan admits that is was difficult reunite with her parents since she really did not know them. She began to know her parents only after she was brought back from Ireland when she was eleven years old in April of 1948. She describes her father as a quiet man who was dedicated to his family and his work. Her mother was a talented cook who had received on the job training in her first years as an immigrant in Providence, Rhode Island.

Although she is happy with the way events of her life have turned out, Joan wonders what her life would have been like if she had stayed in Ireland. She does feel; however, that she would have had to have left Ireland in order to immigrate to the United States anyway. It just would have been a matter of time as there would have been little room for her on the farm, and there were few jobs to be found in Ireland. Since she did return at a young age; however, she had to adjust to American life. She recalls the drastic change, "From Killarue to Times Square, my goodness." She attended St. Jean Baptiste High School on the Upper East Side where she admits that it was difficult to fit in at first. The immigrant mentality focused on assimilation. Joan remembers that she did not want to project an image of Irishness in school; rather, she wished to be seen as an American. These feelings changed as she grew past her adolescence, and she wished to explore and promote her Irish culture.

When Joan was twelve years old, her parents enrolled her in Irish dancing classes in 1949 under the direction James McKenna. She describes him as a strict, yet effective instructor. She had lost interest in dancing after a year of lessons, and she decided to quit. When she was nineteen, Joan resumed Irish dancing under the direction of Peter and Cyril McNiff. She became one of their ceili dancers, and she danced competitively for four years. She describes her time she spent dancing as one of the greatest parts of her life—she danced because she enjoyed dancing, and so she could be around the friends she made in her ceili, including Andy McCann, Eva McManus, Peter McNiff, Cyril McNiff, Hannah O'Leary, Larry Reddigan, Peter Smith, Gerry Wallace, Lori Walsh, Mike Bergin Peggy Bergin, Edmund Brown, Joan Cass, Eugene Clancy, Pat Clancy, and Jimmy Erwin. She described the ceili uniforms of her team as being quite simple—green skirts, white stockings, white shirt, and a black dance jacket. She compares those more traditional outfits to many of the new styles used in Irish dancing today. She very much approves of popular productions such as Riverdance because have brought Irish dancing into the mainstream; however, the outfits—wigs, outrageous colors, and fancy embroidery—really do not embody the spirit of the dance; rather they commercialize the Irish dancing.

After Joan married Felix Dolan, she lived in the Woodlawn and Highbridge sections of the Bronx. Both areas were decidedly Irish; however once she had kids, the Dolan family moved to Golden's Bridge in Westchester County, NY. She believes that she has gravitated towards people with common interests. Even though this section of Westchester was ethnically diverse, Joan managed to find many Irish friends, including her best friend Ann McEnearny.

Joan sincerely believes that it is important that her Irish culture lives on through the generations. Joan gave her children traditional Irish names, and she afforded all of them Irish dancing lessons. Her children have now named their own children traditional Irish names, and some of them have begun Irish dance lessons. In addition to dance, Joan also believed that attending Irish events as a family promoted the preservation of Irish culture. Joan has practiced what she believes as the Dolan family has marched annually with the Gaelic League in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Today Joan continues to attend ceilis as she still retains her passion for dancing.

This oral history with Joan Dolan was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR 420. It is 120 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place on November 16, 2006, and the interviewers were Andrew Ciancimino and Marion R. Casey.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PCM660. The interview is approximately 130 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place In New York on October 26, 2008, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan in New York, New York on February 23, 2014.  The interview covers Mary Donovan's early life in Ireland, family history, and travels between Ireland and the United States (US). In her family history, Donovan includes the lives of her parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles who immigrated to the US. She describes her decision to move to the Ealing neighborhood of London, England to gain a license in registered nursing. She recounts meeting her husband in 1951 while at an Irish dance hall in Ealing. She discusses her many moves between Ireland and the US due to her husband's homesickness and how her nursing license allowed her to find employment in both countries.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan on October 5, 2015 at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York. The interview contains Sean Doyle's family history and his memories of growing up in Dublin, Ireland during World War II. He describes his memories of his father talking about his time in the Frongoch internment camp in Wales as a prisoner of war because of his involvement in the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Doyle recalls his time as a bar owner in New York City in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan in the 1960s and 1970s.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania on June 17, 2014.  The interview covers Frances Duffy's life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and her involvement in Irish American cultural and political organizations.  Duffy describes her parents, their immigration experiences, and, her father's experiences as a young child in County Donegal, Ireland. She discusses the strong Irish community her parents were part of in Philadelphia during Duffy's childhood.  She discusses her and her husband's involvement in political organizations focused on Irish republican issues, particularly between the 1970s and 1990s. She recalls the riots in Northern Ireland in 1969 as being the event which spurred her and her husband to join the Derry Society of Philadelphia and later the Philadelphia Committee for Irish Freedom and Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID).  She also discusses her family's annual trips to County Derry and her memories of the announcement about the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

Mr. Dunn discusses a range of topics, beginning with his childhood growing up in Sunnyside, Queens. After failing out of St. Teresa's Catholic School, Woodside, Queens, in the 7th grade, Dunn went on to finish the year at St. Anthony's Catholic School in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. At the age of 16 Dunn dropped out of Queens Vocational High School and began a series of part-time jobs that lasted for a year. When he was 17 Dunn enlisted in the Navy. He was stationed in Guantanamo, Cuba for four years, and was discharged at the age of 21.

Dunn discusses his time in the Navy where he completed the G.E.D. (General Equivalency Diploma). While in the service, he also prepared for the city civil service test. He took the exam for the fire service. After passing the test and returning to New York, Dunn began his career as a fireman. He quickly climbed up the ranks of the fire service, moving from rookie fireman to deputy chief, lieutenant, and captain. Dunn then returned to school with the help of the G.I. Bill, and applied to Queens College in New York. Eventually, he received his Bachelors and Master's Degrees. In 1959, at the age of 24, Dunn married his wife Patricia. He tells of the purchase of their first house in Douglaston, New York and the decoration of its backyard with stone faces and gargoyle statues acquired from torn down buildings in Harlem.

Dunn retired in 1999 after serving 42 years as a fireman. Two years later the attacks on the World Trade Center occurred. Dunn remarks upon the construction of these buildings and their collapse. He shares that much of his life post-retirement is spent writing articles and giving lectures on the topic of building construction and fire-safety.

Vincent Dunn was interviewed on 13 November 2007 at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University by Karen Shua-Haim and Linda Dowling Almeida. This oral history with Vincent Dunn was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview is 1 hour, 56 minutes long, on two CDs and had been logged at ten minute intervals.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in New York, New York on June 19, 2014.  The interview covers John Dunleavy's life in Ireland and in the United States. Dunleavy recounts his earliest memories from childhood, in particular working with his uncle who was a blacksmith and experiencing rationing during World War II.  He discusses his first experiences in the US, going to the employment agency at the Irish Institute in Manhattan his service in the US Army, and his career as a bus driver. He also discusses his involvement in New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade and Irish republican political organizations.  Throughout the interview, Dunleavy recounts numerous anecdotes from all phases of his life, including stories about people he knew and events in which he was involved.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach on February 8, 2015 in Rye, New York. The interview covers Monica Durkan's early childhood in the suburbs of Dublin, Ireland and her travels as Pan American World Airways flight attendant. She relates her many moves for her job as a flight attendant, including four years in San Francisco, California before traveling to London, England for 6 months in 1974. Durkan recalls her experiences of anti-irish sentiment after the Monaghan and Dublin bombings in 1974 while living in London. She describes meeting her husband, Frank Durkan, in 1975 in New York, his involvement with Irish American organizations, and his connections with activist Paul O'Dwyer. She describes the Irish American community's polarization over political history and the Irish Civil War causing rifts in the Irish community. She identifies the Irish Republican leanings of Irish immigrants compared to Irish Americans and how women are taking leading rolls in Irish politics.

Mr. Fanning discusses his family background, his childhood in 1950s Norwood, Massachusetts, Irish American literature and his own academic and literary pursuits. Fanning begins the interview with background about his family. His father, Charles Fanning Sr., worked in a variety of jobs before settling as a custodian in Norwood public schools. The Fannings roots are in County Monaghan, Ireland. They immigrated during the famine and became farmers in Needham, Massachusetts. Fanning's mother Frances Patricia Fanning never worked outside the home. Her mother was born in Cork because her parents, who had immigrated to Boston, had returned to Ireland to settle an estate.

Fanning describes his childhood in Norwood which he remembers as an ideal time. He explains the separation in Norwood between the Irish, the Yankees and the new immigrants; mainly the groups were divided geographically by ethnic neighborhoods but there was no animosity between the communities. Fanning also talks about his family's unique attitude towards the Yankees because in previous generations his family included intermarriages between Irish and Yankees.

After attending public schools in Norwood, Fanning explains that he then attended Harvard University despite his guidance counselor's urging to apply to Boston College. At Harvard, Fanning studied literature. When he graduated, he went to the University of California at Berkley where he pursued graduate studies in English. Fanning explains his interest shifted to teaching so he left Berkley to attend Harvard again for its graduate teaching programs. Fanning also admits while reviewing his education choices that fear of being drafted into the Viet Nam War kept him in school. In his final graduate program at the University of Pennsylvania in 1967 , Fanning explains that he discovered his true passion while pursuing American studies and explored the connection between literature and history. Fanning wrote his dissertation on the work of Finley Peter Dunne which examined the Chicago Irish. Fanning also talks about his mentors John Kelleher, professor at Harvard, and Tom Brown at the University of Massachusetts, whose advice directed him toward Dunne.

Fanning talks about his teaching career which began at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts and the competition for teaching posts at the time he was finishing his PhD. He briefly mentions his two year stint teaching at the University of Missouri St. Louis before he went to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where he founded an Irish studies program. Fanning talks about the reception of the Irish studies program which was positive in Carbondale. He also explains the extensive library of Irish literature at Carbondale which includes letters and manuscripts from Joyce and Yeats. Fanning also discusses Irish American literature at length and the future of Irish American literature.

Fanning discusses his work beyond his dissertation, which he later developed into his first book published in 1968. He explains his writing process and his upcoming projects which include a memoir and a novel about Chicago in the 1880s.

Charles Fanning was interviewed on 4 November 2009 at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University by Tara Dougherty and Linda Dowling Almeida. The interview is 1 hour, 58 minutes, and 45 seconds long, on 2 CDs.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in New York, New York on August 19, 2014.  The interview covers Brigid Brannigan Farrell's early life in Ireland and her political activity in the United States. Farrell describes her childhood on a farm in County Armagh, Ireland; the relationship between Catholic and Protestant people in her village in Armagh; and recounts her decision to immigrate to the United States in 1964.  She recounts her reasons for leaving Ireland, in particular the neglect of Catholic areas in Northern Ireland and her inability to get a good job as a Catholic. She discusses her membership in the American Congress for Irish Freedom (ACIF), her memories of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and Sandy Boyer, and the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland in the 1960s.  She discusses her involvement in the Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID), describes the beginning of the organization in New York, and recounts the many Irish American political organizations worked together in the 1970s. She also discusses the opinion of Irish Americans to the activities of the ACIF and NORAID, the experiences of her siblings who remained in Northern Ireland, and the importance of Irish music in Irish republican politics in the 1970s and 1980s.

An initial interview was conducted on May 1, 2009 by Miriam Nyhan.

A second interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan on October 4, 2014 in the Crestwood neighborhood of Yonkers, New York. The interview consists of John Feighery's descriptions of his work as Athletic Director of Sacred Heart Church in the Bronx, New York. He describes his family's history of supporting the Irish republican causes promoted by the Irish Republican Army.  He recounts a childhood memory of visiting his aunt in the Marymount Convent in Tarrytown, New York while the Federal Bureau of Investigation was monitoring the convent due to the involvement of the nuns with Phillip and Daniel Berrigan.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York in on April 18, 2015.  The interview covers William Ferris's life in Mississippi and his work as a folklorist. Ferris describes his childhood on a farm in Vicksburg, Mississippi and the importance of their Irish connections to him and his family.  Throughout the interview, he describes the importance of the farm to his family. He discusses his identity as a southerner and an Irish American, and the differences in opinions on ethnic identity amongst Irish Americans across the United States.  He discusses his relationship to the African American community in Vicksburg from his childhood through the time of the interview in 2015 and incidents between his family and the Ku Klux Klan because of their close relationship with the African American community in the 1960s.  He describes his work as a folklorist, his focus on African American music and culture, and the ways in which he approaches his work and gaining the trust of people with whom he works.

This interview was conducted by by Íde B. O'Carroll on November 11, 2016 in Yonkers, New York. The interview covers Kelly Fincham's family history, childhood, and career trajectory in journalism. Fincham discusses her family tree in Ireland and her family's immigration to England before her birth. She describes her early childhood in England and her education after her family moved to Ireland. Fincham describes her travels to Paris as an au pair in 1986. She recounts her career as a journalist in Australia, Ireland, and the United States. She elaborates on her time in Australia in 1991 as a substitute copy editor in the Australia Financial Review and the Sydney Telegraph. She recalls her move back to Dublin, Ireland and her job with the Irish Independent Newspaper from 1992 to 2002. She recounts how she spent a year in New York, New York in 2001 working with the Irish Voice.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the Irish Pastoral Center in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts on April 11, 2016.  The interview covers Father Dan Finn's family and his experiences as a priest in Boston for over 35 years. Father Finn describes his family, his childhood and early education in Ireland, and his family's immigration to the United States in 1960s.  He describes his vocation and his religious education and training at Cardinal O'Connell Seminary in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, and later St. John's Seminary in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. He describes the changes in the ethnic and cultural composition of the congregation at St. Mark's between the 1980s and the time of the interview, from largely Irish and Irish American to Vietnamese, Haitian, and Dominican.  He recounts his involvement in the immigration reform movement in Boston, starting in 1987 with his introduction to the situation of undocumented Irish immigrants with Sister Veronica Dobson and his involvement with the Irish Immigration Reform Movement. Father Finn also discusses his involvement in the Greater Boston Interfaith Organisation, his focus on building connections in the community, and his participation in the Gaelic Athletic Association.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the New York Irish Center in Queens, New York on March 20, 2015.  The interview covers Paul Finnegan's family, his early life in Ireland, and his working life in the United States (US).  Finnegan describes his family members in detail and discusses his father's working life in the US and in Ireland. He discusses his education and his decision to immigrate to the US in 1986.  He discusses working in different fields in the late 1980s and early 1990s and volunteering with Irish American organizations. He describes his experiences at the Emerald Isle Immigration Center, starting as a volunteer to executive director.  He discusses his work at the New York Irish Center, including programs he was managing at the time of the interview.

The interview focuses on themes like: being Irish in 1940s and 1950s Jersey city; Irish teenagers having romantic encounters with Italian teenagers; today's blacks and latinos as the Irish of 150 years ago; Jersey City accent; parishes of Jersey City; Catholicism and politics in Jersey City; and the death of John Kennedy.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 300 minutes long, on 3 CDs. The interview took place in New York City on February 17, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PCM660. The interview took place over two sessions: November 13 and 19, 2008. The 11/13/08 interview is approximately 115 minutes long and the 11/19/08 interview is approximately 150 minutes long, on 5 CDs. The interview took place in New York City, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

Some themes that are disscussed in the interview are: how does Irishness play out through his writing, and trying to escape his Irish American roots (track 17, 5 minutes); Irish versus Irish American; 'all these god damn people remind me of my relatives!'re: Irish on his first trip to IRL in 1958 (track 19, 5 minutes); 'I can't do it. I can't imagine how an American would think, that isn't an Irish American. It was that strong.' (track 17, 9 minutes); and Catholic versus Protestant in Jersey City (track 1).

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 3 hours and 15 minutes long, on 3 CDs. The interview took place in New York City on February 27, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the Irish Pastoral Centre in Boston, Massachusetts on March 12, 2015.  The interview covers Cora Flood's early life in Ireland and her working life in Ireland and the United States (US). Flood describes her family members.  She discusses her experiences at University College Dublin in the late 1980s and early 1990s and her struggles finding a job after graduation in 1991. She discusses her decision to immigrate to the US in 1993; her work in Boston, particularly in the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods; and one program she coordinated bringing Irish and West Indian immigrants together.  She describes her work at the Irish Pastoral Centre with Irish and Irish American senior citizens and the Centre's relationship with the Irish Cultural Centre in Canton.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 100 minutes long. The interview took place in New York City on February 2, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

Some key themes discussed in the interview are: Jewish versus Irish identity; Northern Ireland; and race and religion.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PCM660. The interview is approximately 200 minutes long, on 3 CDs. The interview took place on November 11, 2008, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach on February 17, 2015 in New City, New York. The interview includes Donal Gormley's early life in County Leitrim, Ireland and his mother's strong Irish republicanism. He recalls his eldest sister's help getting him settled in the Bronx, New York in 1967. He recounts how his military service in the Vietnam War sharpened his sympathies for the civil rights struggles in Ireland and the United States. He describes the Irish American apathy for Irish civil rights and compares it to his observation of unions in New York supporting Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID) fundraisers. He discusses his arrest and trial in 1982 on suspicion of gun running for the Irish Republican Army.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach in the Bronx, New York on January 15, 2015.  The interview covers Thomas Anthony" Gormley's childhood in Ireland and his political activity in the United States.  Gormley describes his childhood in County Leitrim and his parents. He discusses his decision to immigrate to the United States in 1962, describes the responsibility of his aunt in the Bronx who agreed to sponsor him, and recounts his first impressions of New York City.  He recounts jobs he held in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s and his service in the National Guard of the United States between 1964 and 1970. He recalls his impressions of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s, the beginning of The Troubles in the 1960s, and the establishment of Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID) in 1970.  He discusses his work as the head of the Bronx chapter of NORAID in the 1970s and describes activities of the group during that time. He also discusses playing music in a band in New York in the 1960s, working in the Mount Vernon Police Department in the 1970s and the 1980s, and his membership in various Irish American organizations.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll in Chicago, Illinois on November 21, 2014.  The interview covers Mary Johnson Gorski's family and her involvement in the Irish immigrant community in Chicago.  Gorski describes her parents and her early life in Connecticut. She describes her friendship with Maureen O'Looney, O'Looney's work with the Irish immigrant community in Chicago, and their work to establish the Chicago Irish Immigrant Support together in 1998.  She also discusses her work to establish programs for senior citizens through the Irish American Heritage Center and her opinion on the importance of community.

Fr. Grange begins by discussing how his parents met on vacation at Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York. He talks extensively about his relatives and their experiences in New York. His grandparents on his mother's side were both from Ireland, coming to the United States at an early age. His grandfather eventually became the manager of the Harvard Club of New York City, which along with his investments, allowed him to purchase a brownstone on Alexander Avenue, "the Irish Fifth Avenue," in the South Bronx. Recalling his father's side, Fr. Grange reveals that his grandmother had had three husbands prior to his grandfather. His grandfather and all of his uncles were policemen, and his aunt worked for the New York City Parks department. Fr. Grange compares his immigrant family's entry into civil service positions with the current trend of Mexican immigrants joining the ranks of city employees.

Although his mother's parents did not talk much about Ireland, Fr. Grange explains that he does not think they were involved with the insurrections against the British around the time of the Easter Rising in 1916. Coming to the U.S. at very young ages, Fr. Grange believes they were told to leave home because there was not enough food, and as a result they never went back to Ireland. Instead, his grandfather participated in the Irish American community in New York, joining the annual Feis, an Irish dance and music competition. His father was a very steady man, refusing to drink because his younger brother died from alcoholism.

Fr. Grange discusses his mother's siblings, explaining how his mother's eldest brother was thrown out of the New York Seminary. His aunt was a nun in the Sisters of Charity order. Another uncle was also temporarily thrown out of the seminary, but eventually organized a missionary group in Harlem in the 1930s, which conducted hundreds of conversions and baptisms a year for the predominantly African-American community that had migrated from the South in the 1920s. Discussing another aunt, Fr. Grange describes the abusive relationship she had with her husband. She is now the last survivor of that generation. The child born after her died early, which strongly affected Fr. Grange's grandmother. Fr. Grange mentions that later in life, his grandmother had Alzheimer's, which would cause her to sit in her rocking chair all day, waiting for her husband to return from work.

Fr. Grange moves on to talk about his father's side of the family in Rockaway Beach. He remembers going to their house and being bored because there were not many children to play with, and an episode in which they killed ducks in the backyard. Fr. Grange mostly interacted with his mother's side of the family. His parents moved around to progressively larger apartments as his family grew, near his grandmother's home on Alexander Avenue.

Fr. Grange describes going to school at St. Jerome's, where he was taught by the Ursuline nuns for the first six years, and the De La Salle Christian Brothers until secondary school. At that time, St. Jerome's was a growing parish with many vocations. He remembers that the priests had fancy cars and were very respected in the community. The only priest from Ireland in the parish left to go on a mission to Peru, where he was threatened by the terrorist group, the Shining Path , but survived to afterwards become the Chaplain of Cork University. Fr. Grange discusses another woman he knows who was killed by the Shining Path. Fr. Grange then returns to discussing his schooling, describing the brothers as very strict and penal. After graduating St. Jerome's, Fr. Grange attended Cathedral Preparatory Seminary in Flushing, Queens, explaining that the students got off on Thursdays instead of Fridays, so that they could not attend dances. Fr. Grange's twin brother, Joseph, left after the first four years of seminary school, but Fr. Grange stayed on. Before being ordained in 1966, Fr. Grange took a year off to teach English and History at Immaculata High School in Manhattan. After his ordination, Fr. Grange noticed other priests who were learning Spanish and working with the growing communities of Puerto Ricans, which influenced him to go to language school in Puerto Rico.

After returning from Puerto Rico, Fr. Grange explains that he was assigned to work at St. Columba School in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. While there, he became more involved with the Puerto Rican community. After six years, Fr. Grange was transferred to Annunciation School in Harlem, which was a primarily Dominican community. When Annunciation was given over to Spanish priests, he took the opportunity to arrange a transfer to St. Jerome's with the ambition of eventually becoming a pastor. In the 1980s, a large influx of Mexican immigrants started visiting him and attending church at St. Jerome's. Fr. Grange describes how mass attendance continued to grow over the years despite the difficulties the undocumented Mexican immigrant community faced. Fr. Grange explains that in the late nineties, St. Jerome's began to physically decay, prompting him to confront Cardinal Egan about funding for the renovation. Cardinal Egan decided to give St. Jerome's the funding to renovate the Church, but three years later, he awarded the parish to a group of Argentinean priests and transferred Fr. Grange to St. Athanasius in the Bronx. Fr. Grange discusses the tension between the St. Jerome's parish and their new priests that stems from their cultural and religious differences. Fr. Grange also mentions the problem of illegal immigrants wanting to get married, but not being able to under New York law. Fr. Grange's new parish, St. Athanasius, is a mostly Puerto Rican community. He expresses concern for the parish, as most of the parishioners are elderly and oftentimes he performs several funerals a week.

Fr. Grange explains that part of what has slowed him down recently has been an inflammatory disease called Polymyalgia Rheumatica, which causes severe pain in his back. He goes on to discuss how the changes made during Vatican II have made the Church more compassionate, but that not all religious have embraced the changes. Although there has been an increase in Spanish-speaking priests in the archdiocese, many have not fully invested in the communities they serve. Fr. Grange expresses concern about recently installed Cardinal Timothy Dolan, considering the problematic relationship former Cardinal Egan had with the priests. Fr. Grange goes on to discuss the problematic role of Pope Benedict XVI and the schism in the Church between those who agree with the Vatican II changes and those who do not. He mentions the lack of priests in the South Bronx, and the recent increase in violence.

Then Fr. Grange discusses the community's treatment of priests following the sexual abuse scandals. Fr. Grange comments on the various ways the Church has attempted to improve awareness about sexual abuse. Although there have been some leadership problems and "joy" has left the Church as an institution, Fr. Grange fundamentally believes that God is in the Church.

Then Fr. Grange goes on to describe a typical day in his life, which begins with Qigong, Tai-Chi, and meditation. Fr. Grange discusses his love for swimming and how he held the record in his age group for the 100-yard free-style for five consecutive years.

Fr. Grange explains that he rarely visits his former parish at St. Jerome's, except to perform occasional funerals or marriages. Although his family is Irish-American, Fr. Grange does not identify with them, but rather feels a stronger connection with the Mexican community. Then, turning to his former political involvement, Fr. Grange discusses his involvement with the South Bronx Churches, an ecumenical group founded to protect the rights and quality of life for residents of the South Bronx. One of their main causes was to build houses for people in need. Fr. Grange ends by relating a story about the destruction of Church property while he was protesting with South Bronx Churches against poor medical care at Lincoln Hospital, prompting him to write a letter to Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor.

Father John Grange was interviewed on 29 October 2009 at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University by Caitlin O'Brien and Linda Dowling Almeida. The interview is 1 hour, 51 minutes long, and 39 seconds long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place on October, 2009.

Some of the themes discussed in this interview include: being Irish in Vietnam; Greene's life in the Bronx for 2 years when he was approximately 12; and how the Irish-born express Irishness as opposed to Irish Americans.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 140 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place In New York City on March 27, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

Some of the key themes discussed in this interview include: her first perception of Ireland on her first trip; death of JFK (track 6); Obama for blacks what JFK was for Irish Catholics; Claire grandmother's (Delia Gilligan from Co. Westmeath) was probably an 1880s immigrant; Irish Echo newspaper; father was an alcoholic; changes in Ireland; 'I didn't realize that I had been raised in an Irish home' (track 4, 7 mins); and the insular nature of Irish New York community when she was growing up--no one left to go to school away.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview took place over 2 sessions and is approximately 2 hours long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in New York City on February 4 and February 11, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Odette Harrington's home in Ballintubbert, Athy, County Kildare, Ireland on July 5, 2014.  The interview covers Harrington's early life in Ireland and her working life in the United States (US).  Harrington discusses her parents, their immigration experiences, and their decision to return to Athy in 1962.  She recounts her education and jobs she held before immigrating to the US in 1985. She discusses living in San Francisco, California; working in elder care; and living in Chicago, Illinois and Savannah, Georgia for six months in 1987.  She discusses her move to Massachusetts in 1987 and her work as companion to an older woman in Cambridge. She describes her work with the Irish Immigration Reform Movement (IIRM) and at the Irish International Immigrant Center (IIIC), and recounts the decision to establish the IIIC in 1989.

In this oral history, Hayes focuses on several topics, including: differences between Irish-born and Irish Americans, the latter assuming that children should attend Catholic school; difference between New York and London; dealing with Irish Americans in Irish pubs in New York (e.g. 'Maggie's Place'); her son growing up American; and changes in Ireland.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 80 minutes long, on 1 CD. The interview took place in Bellerose Terrace, New York, on March 9, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

Some key themes that Hayes discusses in this history are: being Irish in the navy ; racial dynamics of the navy; and being Irish in the NYPD and working in Harlem.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 80 minutes long, on 1 CD. The interview took place in Bellerose Terrace, New York, on March 9, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is 1 hour, 22 minutes, and 11 seconds long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in San Francisco, on June 2, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 80 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in New York City on March 26, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Geoffrey Keating's office in Dublin, Ireland on June 20, 2014.  The interview covers Keating's family, his early life, and his working life. Keating describes his parents, his father's work as an Irish diplomat, and his mother's work as a medical doctor.  He recounts his early life living in various countries and his education at different schools in Ireland and England. He recounts his decision to join the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1981, his postings to Italy, Bulgaria, and the United States, and the impact of these postings on his family.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Orla Kelleher's office at the Aisling Irish Center in Yonkers, New York on April 21, 2016.  The interview covers Kelleher's family, early life in Ireland, her immigration to the United States (US), and her working life. Kelleher describes her early life in a small village in County Kerry, Ireland; her family; and her experience entering the workforce in County Cork in 1990.  She recounts her visits to the US, her decision to take an extended break from work in 2004 in the US, and her decision to remain in the US permanently. She describes the work of the Aisling Irish Center to provide support and advice to Irish immigrants and its role in the community. She also discusses her work with the Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the Joseph Kelley Law Firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 17, 2015.  The interview contains Joseph Kelley's family history and his father's involvement with the Philadelphia Council of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). He details his motivations for attending law school and his work representing labor unions in Philadelphia. He recounts the beginning of his involvement with the Commodore Barry Arts and Cultural Center in Philadelphia to rework the center's Internal Revenue Service status and his continuing presence on their Board of Directors.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the Irish Pastoral Centre in Boston, Massachusetts on March 12, 2015.  The interview covers Sister Marguerite Kelly's early life in Ireland, her life as a religious sister, and her working life in Boston, Massachusetts.  Kelly describes her family members and her childhood on a farm in County Galway, Ireland. She discusses her education, her decision to join the Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in 1955, and the reaction of her parents to her vocation.  She recounts her early experiences of religious life, her postings in Italy and the United States (US), and her missionary work in Bolivia between the late 1960s and 1980. She discusses her education at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, her experiences teaching in the Boston area in the 1980s, and her work as a missionary in Peru in the late 1980s.  She discusses her return to the Boston area in 1989, her experiences between 1989 and her introduction to the Irish Pastoral Centre in 2004, and her work at the Centre between then and the time of the interview. She describes her responsibilities at the Centre, including her involvement in the senior citizen program and her work to write the Centre's by-laws.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview took place in New York City on January 17, 2009, and the interviewers Myriam Nyhan and Marion Casey.

Sister Theresa begins the discussion with a description of her parents lives in Ballinlough, County Roscommon, Ireland. She includes information such as what life was like there in general, as well as the work involved with owning a family farm. She recalls that her parents lived on the same street but came over to America separately and for different reasons in the early 1920s.

Sister Theresa talks about her parents' occupations after arriving in America. Her mother worked as a housekeeper and was later promoted to cook. Her father's occupation as a police officer in combination with her mother's strong money management enabled the couple to buy their own home. This was the house that Sister grew up in the Brooklyn, New York neighborhood of Bushwick with her two older siblings, James and Mary Anne. When Sister was five, her older brother left to attend the seminary, St. Joseph's College in Princeton, New Jersey, eventually fulfilling his passion and becoming ordained as a Vincentian priest. Sister explains the differences between Vincentian and diocesan priests, and goes on to describe a typical day for a priest and his duties in general.

Sister Theresa attended the single-sex Catholic educational institution St. John the Baptist grammar school. She went on to attend Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School in Brookyln, also a single-sex Catholic school. Sister Theresa mentions that being around religious figures her whole life played a part in motivating her to become a nun. However, after graduating in 1952, she was not yet sure of what she wanted to do, and went on to work in the accounting department at Pfizer Incorporated. After five years, in 1957, Sister Theresa chose to join the Brooklyn Sisters of Mercy. She talks about her various assignments at different schools, ranging from her first teaching assignment in Sunnyside, Queens, to a librarian at St. Patrick's on Kent Avenue in Brooklyn, as well as her work as principal at Our Lady of Refuge in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.

It was during her assignment at St. Patrick's on Kent Avenue that Vatican II occurred. Sister Theresa describes the changes she saw in the Church, the effects the movement had on Catholic educations and the habit, as well as on the convent itself and the women within it. Sister's opinion of the reforms were mostly negative. She believes that before Vatican II the women in the convent had a strict schedule that was followed, and without that kind of structure the women felt lost; she points to this as one of the changes that provoked many women to leave. She also disliked the changes in the habit. She discusses in detail the full habit nuns used to wear before Vatican II, as well as why she enjoyed wearing it and why she still wears the modified habit today, even though it is not a requirement. However, she does mention that she enjoyed the new freedom nuns had to vacation and visit family whenever they chose, as compared to before when time away from the convent was limited. She describes her family's home in Breezy Point, Queens, and the joy it brought her to be able to go back there for vacations. Sister also discusses the effects Vatican II had on the convent, the Church and religion in general, as well as its impact on Catholic educations.

Sister Theresa also discusses her Irish identity throughout the interview. She remembers listening to the Irish radio stations with her mother, and mentions that her sister took Irish dancing classes. She describes her Irishness as being inherent, and something that has always simply been a part of her. When asked about her Irish-American identity she explains that although she does not necessarily think about it, she knows she is Irish, and describes herself as more Irish than American, but that the greatness of America is also simply a part of who she is.

Sister Theresa ends with a discussion about her current position at Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Syosset, New York, as event coordinator, where she organizes school events and fundraisers. She mentions the various events she handles yearly and the amount of money raised at some of them.

This oral history with Sister Theresa Kelly was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview is 2 hours, 28 minutes long, on 3 CDs, and has been logged at ten minute intervals. Sister Theresa Kelly was interviewed on November 8, 2007, at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University by Kristina Galati, Linda Dowling Almeida, and Joseph Ready.

The interview is approximately 1 hour, 36 minutes long. The interview took place on December 14, 2005, and the interviewers were Tess Sheridan and Linda Dowling Almeida.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 90 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in San Francisco, California, on June 3, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview is 1 hour, 14 minutes, and 41 seconds long, on 1 CD. The interview took place over two sessions in New York City, on October 16, 2009 and February 19, 2010, and the interviewer was Marion Casey.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Anne Lawless's home in Chicago, Illinois on November 21, 2014.  The interview covers Lawless's childhood, life in Ireland, and her life in the United States (US). Lawless discusses her family, her education, and her decision to  attend a boarding school. She recounts her experiences at University College Galway between 1967 and 1971, and discusses meeting her husband in 1970. She discusses the jobs her husband held, the fact that she worked in the home until her children had left home, and the fact that she enjoyed working behind the bar in their pubs in Galway.  She also discusses her and her husband's decision to immigrate to the US in 1998, her children's professions, and her opinion of Galway at the time of the interview.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Billy Lawless's home in Chicago, Illinois on November 21, 2014.  Lawless's wife, Anne Lawless, participates in the interview. The interview covers Lawless's early life in Ireland, his working life, and his political activity.  Lawless describes his parents and grandparents, and their working lives. He recounts stories from his childhood, including distributing milk with his father in Galway.  He discusses different fields in which he worked before his immigration to the United States, including farming, forestry, and hospitality. He discusses his work in immigration reform, his introduction to the topic, and his opinion on President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan at Martin Lyons's home in Prattsville, New York on August 21, 2014. The interview covers Lyons's early life in Ireland, his life in the United States (US), and his participation in Irish republican organizations. Lyons discusses his father's and uncle's experiences during the Irish Civil War as members of the Third Western Battalion of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and his experiences growing up in a family involved in Irish republican politics. He discusses his immigration to the US in 1959, his decision to settle in New York City, and his working life in the city. He discusses his introduction to the IRA in New York City and the organization of the IRA in the US. He discusses his introduction to George Harrison in New York City, the difference between the IRA in the late 1950s and in the 1970s, and the work of Lyons and others to revive the interest in Irish civil rights in the US. He discusses his work with others to establish the American Congress for Irish Freedom and the Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID) and his work as the chairman of both organizations. Throughout the interview, he recounts stories of his experiences in these and other Irish American republican organizations, and his experiences with members of these groups from the 1960s through the 1980s. He discusses his identity as Irish and Irish American, and his children's identity as Irish Americans.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll on April 16, 2015 in the Irish Immigration Center of Philadelphia in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. The interview contains Siobhan Lyons's early life and family history. She discusses her family's international moves due to her father's work for the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. She recalls her interest in Arabic due to her father's posting in Saudi Arabia. She describes her visa application process from 2004 to 2007 and its effects on her job application process in the United States. Lyons describes her work with the senior citizens of Philadelphia as the Executive Director at the Irish Immigration Center of Philadelphia.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Micheál MacGearailt's home in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland on August 13, 2015.  This interview was conducted entirely in Irish and covers MacGearailt's family, his time in the United States (US), and his appreciation for the Irish language and culture.  MacGearailt describes his family and their experiences immigrating to the US and returning to Ireland. He recounts his experiences living in Hartford, Connecticut and the connections he made there playing Gaelic football and speaking Irish with other members of the Gaelic Athletic Association.  He discusses his work as an air traffic controller at Shannon Airport in County Clare, his work as a mail carrier in Hartford, and his decision to return to his family's farm in 1975.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll in Chicago, Illinois on November 22, 2014.  The interview covers Breandán Magee's early life in Northern Ireland and his working life in the United States (US).  Magee describes his parents and his childhood in Northern Ireland. He discusses his experiences of The Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1980s, including his memories of bomb scares and his fear of his home being invaded as a child.  He discusses his education and his decision to stay in the US after completing his master's degree at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2002.  He discusses working at the Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh with the Walsh Visa Program and Wider Horizons Program in the early 2000s.  He describes his work as the Executive Director at Chicago Irish Immigrant Support (CIIS), the senior programs started at CIIS under his direction, and his work at the time of the interview as the Senior Director of Programs at Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.  He also discusses immigration policies in the US and their effect on all immigrants.

Some of the key themes that Maguire focuses on are how her attitude to where 'home' (Ireland/New York) is has changed over time and how Irish American and Irish-born gays interacted.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview took place in New York City on January 24, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

Pat Mahon discusses a range of topics from his Irish Catholic childhood in the Bronx to international Irish traditional music competitions and performance to life on Wall Street as an Irish Catholic New Yorker.

He begins the interview discussing his family life and youth in the changing and diverse neighborhoods of the Bronx in the 1960s. As the oldest son of Irish immigrants, he and his three siblings were educated in Catholic grammar schools and he and his sister both tested into prestigious public high schools. He reflects on the importance of Irish identity for his parents and how they encouraged their children to build their own ethnic identity through music. Pat learned the button accordion and trained and competed with some well-known figures in the field of traditional music including Joannie Madden, Eileen Ivers, and Brian Conway. He describes his experience as the first American to win the All-Ireland championship in 1973 at the Fleadh in Listowel, Co. Kerry.

It is clear from his discussion that music fills a central place in his life. He reflects on his short stint as a professional musician that interrupted his undergraduate education at Fordham University and how the reality of making a living sent him back to City University of New York-Lehman College for a degree in accounting. Despite a 20+ year career on Wall Street he has never abandoned his music and Mahon recalls how he pursued his passion for traditional music while stationed around the world for work, including years in Japan and England. His discussion of the traditional music world and its active participants is among the most fascinating highlights of the interview, in particular, his memories of performing with Eileen Ivers in Japan are wonderful.

Mahon also discusses the various career paths of his siblings, particularly his two brothers, who pursued seemingly "typical" Irish vocations in law enforcement. He observes that the attacks on the World Trade Center altered the parameters of their work and made their occupations anything but typical. He speaks candidly about life on Wall Street and the ethnic culture of certain corporations and jobs in the financial services sector, but admitted that he did not suffer one way or the other by being Irish. As an ex-pat for most of his adult life and career, his identity as a "Yank" created more of an identity issue for him.

He and his wife have three children who are themselves musicians but who identify themselves as European rather than Irish, American or Irish American. He reflects on how he and his wife met and the Irish background of his wife and her experience as an Irish dancer. He muses on the Riverdance craze and the boost it gave the Irish dance industry around the world, including the dance studio that his sister-in-law operates in Florida. In one anecdote he recalls how out of context it was to see young Japanese girls in "Sheila" wigs at competitions in Japan.

This oral history with Pat Mahon was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview is 1 hour, 18 minutes, and 18 seconds long, on two CDs and has been logged at ten-minute intervals. The interview took place on November 14, 2007.

This interview was conducted by Marion Casey on January 14, 2015 at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York. The interview contains Robert Mahoney's family history and early childhood. He describes the Greenwich Village neighborhood in which he grew up and his negative experiences in Catholic schools in the neighborhood.  He retells how his father taught him to value his education and understand the dignity of labor by finding him labor intensive summer jobs.

This interview is conducted by Linda Dowling Almeida on June 2nd, 2014 at Clinton Stables in New York, New York. The interview covers Stephen Malone's family immigration story and his father's farrier business between 1967 and 1995. He recounts how he advocated against the exploitation of the carriage drivers by the City of New York with the help of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He shares the differences between his commercial carriage business and his father's carriage driving business.

This interview was conducted by Linda Dowling Almeida on November 15, 2017 at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York. The interview covers Don Martin's early  life in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan and his education at Mary Help of Christians in Manhattan. He recounts his memories of his work as legal counsel for the American Broadcasting Company and his political activism for the Irish Immigration Reform Movement.

The interview is approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes long. The interview took place on November 7, 2005, and the interviewers were Kerri Farrell, Linda Dowling Almeida, Marion R. Casey.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 40 minutes long, on 1 CD. The interview took place in Tenalfy, New Jersey, on April 8, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Orla McDonagh's home in Dublin, Ireland on July 31, 2014.  The interview covers McDonagh's training as a pianist, her work as a music professor in the United States (US) and Ireland, and her experiences living in the US and Ireland.  She discusses her parents and their siblings who emigrated from Ireland. She recounts her decision to study music at a young age and her education and training as a pianist. She discusses her education at the Juilliard School in New York and her experiences in New York in the 1990s.  She describes her positions as a music professor at Indiana University Bloomington and Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and her social and working lives in Bloomington and Portland. She discusses her position at the time of the interview as a professor at the Royal Irish Academy and summer instructor at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music Piano Academy, and her feelings about both programs.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 130 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place on May 19, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Debbie McGoldrick's office at the Irish Voice in New York, New York on April 22, 2016.  The interview covers McGoldrick's family and her working life.  McGoldrick discusses her parents, their immigration experiences, and their working lives.  She discusses her relationship with Ireland and her desire to find a job related to Irish culture.  McGoldrick recounts her experiences as a reporter and editor at New York's two main Irish newspapers, the Irish Echo and the Irish Voice between the 1980s and the time of the interview.  She discusses the differences between the two newspapers, including their audiences, and the role the newspapers served for new Irish immigrants.  She discusses her weekly "Green Card" column at the Irish Voice, the support she received from James O'Malley on legal matters, and the fact that the column was a vital source of information for Irish immigrants in the 1990s.  She recounts her involvement in immigration reform organizations in the 1980s and 1990s, including the Irish Immigration Reform Movement, and the relationships between the two newspapers and this movement.  She also discusses the decline in readership for print newspapers, the future of the Irish Voice with the rise of online news sources, and the relationship between the Irish Voice and the online new source IrishCentral.

Some of the key themes in this oral history are: the McManus Club and the dynamics of democratic politics in 20th century New York; Irish involvement in politics and how this operated beside other ethnic groups; Democrats versus reformers; Tammany Hall; growing up in 1930s and '40s Hells Kitchen; Mikey Spillane (his father said that he would break his daughter's heart); how the Democrats operated alongside the Republicans; shift of politics from working-class interest to more of a pursuit of the elite; and that Irish were not numeric minority but always held the positions of power in the district.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll on April 16, 2015 at the Irish Immigration Center of Philadelphia in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. The interview contains Sean McMenamin's family history and immigration story. McMenamin discusses his active membership in the Commodore Barry Arts and Cultural Center in Philadelphia and his 34 years working as a facilities engineer for Dupont Pharmaceuticals. He details his work with Dupont to make sure the buildings and services of the Dupont Pharmaceuticals campus met the requirements of its employees.

Two of the major themes discussed in the interview are 9/11 and growing up in the North of Ireland.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PCM660. The interview is approximately 120 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on October 28, 2008, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 16, 2014.  The interview covers James McPaul's early life in Ireland, his immigration to the United States (US), and his work and political experiences.  McPaul describes his childhood, his family, and his community in County Donegal, Ireland. He recounts entering the workforce at the age of 14 and describes jobs he held in Ireland and England in the 1940s and 1950s.  He discusses the social divisions between Catholic and Protestant Irish in Donegal in the 1930s through 1950s, providing his opinion on income and other disparities between the two groups. He mentions receiving his first pay packet and explains the importance of receiving money for work.  He discusses meeting his wife in Ireland, following her to the US, and settling in Philadelphia. He discusses his involvement with Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID) in Philadelphia, its relationship to the group in New York City, and the activities of NORAID in Philadelphia during the 1970s.  He also discusses his memories of the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy and the civil rights movement in Philadelphia the 1960s.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan at Phyllis Powell's home in North Brunswick, New Jersey on November 2, 2014.  The interview covers Philomena Mellody's early life in Ireland and her experiences as a nun in Ireland and the United States (US) in the 1960s.  Mellody discusses her childhood in Ireland and describes her family and neighbors. She describes her siblings in detail and their experiences as children on a farm in County Galway.  She discusses her joining the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in 1956 and her enjoyment of her training there. She recounts traveling from Ireland to the Incarnate Word convent in San Antonio, Texas in 1958 and her first impressions of the US.  She describes her experiences as a postulate and teacher in San Antonio, her experiences after taking final vows in 1966, and her opinions of other nuns in Incarnate Word.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the Irish International Immigration Center in Boston, Massachusetts on March 11, 2015.  The interview covers Ronnie Millar's early life in Northern Ireland, his experiences of The Troubles in Northern Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s, and his working life.  Millar describes his parents and his siblings, and describes his family's identity as a mixed family, as his father was Protestant and his mother was Catholic. He recounts his family's moves between Ireland and England in the 1960s and 1970s and the lack of safety Millar felt as a child.  He recounts numerous stories about his experiences of The Troubles in Antrim, Northern Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s, including being evacuated from buildings and encountering violence during his daily life. He discusses leaving school around 1979 and entering the punk rock scene in Belfast.  He discusses the impact of his participation in the punk scene on his family, his decision to take an apprenticeship in 1982, and the fact that these events led him to reflect upon his religious faith. He discusses his decision to immigrate to the United States in 1995, his experiences of the differences between the Boston area and Belfast, and his appreciation of the opportunity to experience something different.  He describes the work of the Irish International Immigration Center and details their programs and services.

Some of the key themes discussed include: Irish working-class Catholic longshoremen and West Side identity; labour dynamics on the docks; violence on the West Side; his father, a reformer on the docks; and a discussion of On the Waterfront.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 120 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in New York City on March 21, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Margaret Molloy's office in Manhattan, New York on April 29, 2016.  The interview covers Molloy's working life. Molloy begins by describing her early life on a dairy farm in County Offaly, Ireland and her family.  She explains her decision to attend the University of Ulster and to study business and Spanish, and describes her experiences during college. She recounts her experiences in Enterprise Ireland's International Graduate Programme in 1993, her placement in New York City, and her decision to remain in the United States (US) at the end of her internship.  She recounts her experiences working with Irish and American companies in New York through the 1990s and 2000s and her work as the Global Chief Marketing Officer at Siegel+Gale at the time of the interview. She also discusses her husband's work as an economist and her experiences as a member of the Irish diaspora.

This interview was conducted at Íde B. O'Carroll in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 11, 2015.  The interview covers David Mooney's early life in Ireland and his working life in the United States (US).  Mooney describes his family and his childhood in Dublin. He recounts his decision to immigrate to the US in 1986 and describes jobs he held in California and Louisiana before settling permanently in Boston in 1988.  He describes his introduction to the Irish International Immigration Center (IIIC) in Boston, his job as an outreach coordinator at the IIIC, and programs he managed particularly for recipients of Morrison visas. He also discusses meeting his wife and his frequent visits to Ireland.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach on October 10, 2014 in Nanuet, New York. The interview covers Paschal Morahan's recollections of his childhood and his immigration to England and then the United States. He recounts attending an event at which Bernadette Devlin McAliskey spoke in the Bronx and the civil rights issues within New York City in the 1960s. He describes his time being held without bail in Fort Worth, Texas between 1972 and 1973 on suspicion of gun running for the Irish Republican Army. He shares how supportive the Irish American community was during his imprisonment.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 90 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in College Point, New York, on June 8, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Marion Casey at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York on October 27, 2017.  The interview covers Mick Mulcrone's early life in Cleveland, Ohio; his family; and his working life. Mulcrone describes his parents and grandparents, their working lives, and their immigration to the United States.  He discusses his memories of the Irish neighborhoods in Cleveland, his grandfather introducing to music, and his first visit to Ireland in 1971. He discusses jobs he held in Cleveland in the early 1970s, his desire to return to Ireland, and his move to Fairbanks, Alaska in the 1970s.  He describes Fairbanks in the 1970s and 1980s, his experience working for an unspecified laborers union, and the community of Irish and Irish Americans at the time. He also discusses meeting his wife and deciding to immigrate to Ireland.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan in Estes Park, Colorado on June 20, 2015. The interview contains Brigid Mulloy's family history and her father's career trajectory. She describes her father's ancestry and her family's immigration story. She recounts her father's work with the United States Army during World War II. Mulloy discusses her father's employment as a professor of anthropology at the University of Wyoming and his work on Easter Island.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PCM660. The interview is approximately 100 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in New York City on November 7, 2008, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 40 minutes long, on 1 CD. The interview took place in Tenafly, New Jersey, on April 8, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

Some key themes discussed in this interview include: Murphy's aunt who lived on Staten Island who had no contact with other 9 Murphy siblings who were in New York, and it was only her son who 'discovered' the family in recent years; the jump from generations of farmers to his dad (a truck salesman) to Jim, a PhD; Irish versus Irish America; a lovely anecdote of his blind cousin 'seeing' the Murphy home-place on a 1995 family reunion trip back to Ireland; talks about his grandparents being disconnected from family networks by the emigration of so many of their children; class aspirations of his aunts ('lace curtain') and his mother; how Joyce was familiar to Jim when he first read it (track 4); and the dominant role of the Church when he was coming up- he was in a seminary for 2 years.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 135 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in New York City on February 6, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

Mr. Murphy discusses a range of topics, beginning with his parents' background and his childhood in the 1960s and 1970s in Queens, New York. Murphy briefly describes his experience as a student at Our Lady of Lourdes, a Catholic grammar school in Queens. He discusses his education at Regis High School, a full scholarship Jesuit institution in Manhattan. During high school, he began an internship at WPIX (now the CW11), where he learned to write and produce news segments under such figures as Dan Doherty. Murphy explains that after high school graduation, he attended classes at Queens College, but he dropped out at the age of 19 to continue working full-time at the station.

In 1981, Murphy moved to WABC where he became the producer of the Six O'Clock Eyewitness News with news anchor Roger Grimsby, who became one of Murphy's close friends. He also met Adrienne Barr at WABC, whom he would marry in 1986. Murphy relates that after he left WABC, he moved to WCBS, Channel 2, where he worked alongside his sister Mary, a street crime reporter at the time. Murphy then discusses his move to the syndicated film criticism program Siskel & Ebert & the Movies. Murphy describes how he and his new wife juggled their personal and professional lives after his move to Chicago. He explains that in 1993, he decided to return to New York City and to broadcast journalism because he missed the newsroom.

Murphy discusses some of his experiences while working at CBS. He talks about the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and his experience working as executive producer for the Evening News in the days following the attack. He also discusses his involvement in the first network news broadcasts from Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban. Murphy also explains how he helped CBS secure an important interview with former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, during which Sharon announced a drastic policy change to break relations with former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Finally, Murphy highlights some of the bigger moments of his career, including the day he and Rather interviewed Saddam Hussein just weeks before the outbreak of the Iraq War in 2003. He describes the surreal circumstances when he met Saddam Hussein. Murphy also shares his conversation with Rather and Hussein following the interview, in which Hussein expressed his amazement with American political and media strategies. Finally, Murphy talks about returning to Iraq after the Americans began their occupation, and he describes the changing landscape of Iraq.

Murphy then explains that he left CBS in 2005, following Dan Rather's departure. He talks about taking a job at ABC's Good Morning America in 2006, where he currently serves as the senior executive producer, working with anchorwoman Diane Sawyer. Murphy describes the personalities and professional capabilities of anchors such as Rather and Sawyer.

In the course of the interview, Murphy elaborates on his personal life, discussing his Irish identity, his departure from the Church, and his family history, touching upon his father's isolated and abusive personality. He talks about visiting Ireland in the 1960s, the 1970s, and in more recent years. Murphy discusses how the economy in Ireland has transformed the country in the past few decades, and how the Celtic Tiger has affected his own family in Ireland. He reflects on the importance of his Irish identity but also on his tendency not to join Irish fraternal organizations.

The small remainder of the interview focuses on his current job at Good Morning America. Murphy discusses the nature of morning news and his program's fierce competition with the Today Show.

The Interview is 1 hour and 40 minutes long. Jim Murphy was interviewed on 19 October 2007 at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University by Sarah O'Hare and Linda Dowling Almeida.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach on September 29 and December 15, 2014 at the State University of New York Maritime College in the Bronx, New York. The interview covers Liam Murphy's early life in Irvington, New Jersey and his interest in Ireland during his childhood. Murphy recounts his father's term as mayor of Irvington in the 1940s. He discusses his membership in the Ancient Order of the Hibernians.

Sister Regina Murphy discusses many aspects of her life, beginning with her parents' immigration to America and her childhood in Riverdale, New York. She details the occupations her parents held as new arrivals in America – her mother a live-in maid and her father a clerk in a grocery store. When her parents wed her father quickly bought out a grocery store, and her mother stopped domestic work and assisted in the store.

Sister Regina Murphy reviews her childhood – she received religious education throughout her life, attending St. Margaret's School in Riverdale for primary education, New York, Sacred Heart of Mary High School, and two years at Marymount College in Tarrytown before she entered the convent. She stresses that her religious education during those formative years greatly influence her decision to enter the convent.

Sister Regina Murphy discusses her decision to enter the convent, against the wishes of her parents. Four years earlier, her older brother Tommy joined the brothers. He would leave before taking final vows, but at the time she entered the convent in 1959, he was still with the brothers. She declares that the only time she remembers her father using profanity was when she told him she wanted to enter the convent. In a similarly vehement reaction, her mother tore up her acceptance letter to the Sisters of Charity, and it was only upon further inquiry with the order that Sister Regina Murphy learned she had been accepted. Although her parents did not initially accept her vocation, Sister Regina Murphy says she felt truly called to enter the convent. She recalls that she was especially stirred at the prospect of doing missionary work.

Sr. Murphy describes her first foreign mission was to the Bahamas. She worked in education, but during her tenure, she noticed the stark difference between the lives of the native poor and the tourists who visited the Bahamas. This started her personal quest for a better understanding of social justice principles. She talks about her appointment as Mission Coordinator for the order, and how she was able to visit missions in Guatemala. She recalls meeting with a fellow sister named Barbara Ann Ford, who was influential in creating water projects in the poor villages and who participated in The Recovery of Historical Memory project organized by Bishop Juan Geraldi to collect the stories of the survivors and victims of the civil war in Guatemala. Part of the project included providing mental health service for those who were affected by the rampant violence and crime that accompanied the war. Sr. Barbara was shot and killed in 2001 under suspicious circumstance, however her work in Guatemala helped many and also influenced Sister Regina Murphy.

She describes how her experiences in the Bahamas and Guatemala along with the coming of Vatican II sparked an awakening in her. She saw the changes enacted as part of Vatican II as an energizing and necessary force in the Church. It seemed to her that religious work evolved from seeking to help individuals on a day to day basis to fixing the societal infrastructure responsible for basic injustices. These realizations propelled Sister Regina Murphy to become involved in justice, peace, and corporate responsibility projects.

When advocating for corporate responsibility, Sister Regina Murphy describes her integral role in the implementation of the McBride Principles and the enactment of the Fair Employment Act in Northern Ireland in 1988. As part of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, she traveled to Northern Ireland in the hopes of getting factories to sign onto the McBride Principles. She recalls that the ICCR was successful in obtaining the signatures of fifty companies. While Sister Regina Murphy was in one General Motors Factory in Northern Ireland, she talks about how her presence caused a temporary strike and shutdown of the factory. Although she was not dressed in a traditional habit, workers guessed that she was a Catholic nun. Seeing her discuss workplace issues with managers in the factory upset the predominately Protestant workers, inciting them to walk off the job. Despite this fervor against the McBride Principles, it was her support, along with that of the ICCR, that she says helped to pass the Fair Employment Act.

Sister Murphy talks about the current state of vocations in the Church and what she sees for the future of the convent. She describes her life today as a religious woman – what it means to her and what her Irish identity means. She ends the interview talking about her job as property manager for the order, acting as general contractor on major construction projects for the order

This oral history with Sister Regina Murphy was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview took place on 9 November 2007 at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University by Julia Ryan and Linda Dowling Almeida. The interview is 2 hours, 47 minutes long, on 2 CDs and had been logged at ten minute intervals.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Richard E. Neal's office in Springfield, Massachusetts on May 2, 2016.  The interview covers Neal's early life and his political career. Neal describes his family and his difficult home life. He discusses his entry into politics, his election as mayor of Springfield in 1984, and his election to the House of Representatives in 1988.  He discusses his involvement in peace negotiations in Northern Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s and his work with Representative Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill and Senator Edward M. Kennedy in this work. He also discusses his involvement in immigration reform in the United States, particularly on behalf of Irish immigrants and the history of the Irish in Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York on July 1, 2014.  The interview covers Cathleen O'Brien's childhood and her political activities. O'Brien discusses her childhood, the importance of Irish cultural activities in her family, and the participation of her parents and grandparents in Irish and Irish American organizations, including Clan na Gael, Friends of Irish Freedom, and Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID).  She recounts becoming aware of Irish republican issues, becoming involved in NORAID, and hosting an annual commemoration of the events of Bloody Sunday in 1972. She also discusses the 1981 hunger strike in Northern Ireland and the acquittal of George Harrison in 1982.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach on September 9, 2014 at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York. The interview covers Jack O'Brien's early life in Washington, D.C. and the significance of Irish culture in his life. He recounts how his experiences in the United States Army aided his work representing labor unions in Washington and his involvement with the Irish Republican Information Services in Dublin, Ireland.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll on April 17, 2015 at the offices of John O'Malley and Associates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The interview contains Anne O'Callaghan's family ancestry and her early education. She recounts the story of her immigration to the United States,and her work at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She describes meeting and marrying Sean O'Callaghan and having three children. Callaghan recounts her involvement with the Irish Immigration Center in Philadelphia and her work with Tom Counihan to establish  the original board of directors in 1998.

Ms. O'Callaghan discusses a variety of topics beginning with her family and childhood in Cork, Ireland and what life was like growing up on a farm. After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in English, French and Sociology at the University of County Cork, she moved to Dublin to pursue a Higher Diploma in Education at Trinity College. In Dublin she was given the chance to teach inner-city kids, a far cry from the one room school house she attended as a child. She describes returning to Cork to work for Cork Local Radio as a news presenter. Wanderlust led her to answer an ad in the newspaper for a job marketing Irish hand-crafts in San Francisco, California. Ms. O'Callaghan was handed an H-3 Visa to live in what describes as a fantasy life in the United States, an experience that was somewhat different from the lives of the people she helped later in life.

She talks about how she turned a temporary stay into a permanent move after she left California for New York to work as a flight attendant for Transamerica Airlines. Reintegrating the Irish back into her life, she became involved with Adrian Flannelly's Irish radio talk show. She describes how the growing number of undocumented Irish in the mid-1980s led Adrian Flannelly to discuss solutions with the Archdiocese of New York. The talks led to the formation of Project Irish Outreach within the Catholic Charities division of the archdiocese, under the supervision of Monsignor James Murray.

Asked to help with the project's establishment, Ms. O'Callaghan found a real purpose in helping the undocumented. She wrote a small booklet titled Immigrating USA: A Guide for Irish Immigrants to answer immigrants frequently-asked questions. Project Irish Outreach had a great impact on Ms. O'Callaghan and the Irish community and she discusses at length the work that the project was able to do through community outreach, immigration and social services, and partaking in efforts to inform people of their rights. The program became a social worker network in a number of fields.

She recalls the mobilization of the Irish American community along with various other social service and legal organizations during the 1980s, also noting the always positive attitude that Americans, especially New Yorkers, have had towards the Irish.

While discussing the way her position and role within Catholic Charities has diversified and evolved, Ms. O'Callaghan explains the transformation of Project Irish Outreach since its establishment in 1987. She expresses the many ways in which immigration and the immigrants themselves have changed over time, including the complexity of the immigration system and the choices available to immigrants and emigrants. She delves into the hurdles that the undocumented and documented have to face and the ways the immigration system and legislation can evolve to fit the needs of the immigrant population.

She closes with describing the strength of the Irish community and the people that have affected her life through her work and what her Catholic and Irish identities mean to her.

Patricia O'Callaghan was interviewed on 2 November 2007 at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University by Katie Hiebert, Linda Dowling Almeida, and Joe Ready. This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview is 1 hour, 41 minutes long, on two CDs and had been logged at ten minute intervals.

These interviews were conducted on April 3, 2014 by Miriam Nyhan and on May 1, 2014 by Siobhra Aiken.  The interviews were conducted at Micael O'Cearna's home in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Both of the interviews were conducted in Irish.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll in Amherst, Massachusetts on April 10, 2015.  The interview covers Lisa O'Donnell's family, education, and career as an artist. O'Donnell describes her family members, her education, and her interest in the arts.  She discusses her love of drawing as a child, her realization as a teenager that she could become an artist. She discusses her experiences and teachers at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) in the 2000s.  She describes relationships she developed with her instructors and other students at GMIT and her decision to immigrate to England. She discusses her influences, her working methods, and projects on which she was working at the time of the interview.  She describes pieces of her work to O'Carroll and the inspiration behind them.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 15, 2015.  The interview covers Myra O'Donoghue's early life in Ireland and her working life in the United States (US).  O'Donoghue describes her family and recounts memories from her childhood in Ireland. She discusses her interest in the sciences and her experiences in college.  She discusses spending the summer of 1988 in Boston, Massachusetts and her decision to remain in the US. She discusses her decision to apply to doctorate programs in chemistry in 1993 and describes her experiences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 1994 and 1998.  She describes the type of work she has done between 1998 to the time of the interview and recounts her experiences as a woman in the chemistry field.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Niall O'Dowd's office at the Irish Voice in New York, New York on April 21, 2016.  The interview covers O'Dowd's family, working life, and his involvement in the immigration reform movement. O'Dowd discusses his family and the education and work experiences of his parents.  He discusses his immigration to the United States; his experiences in Chicago, Illinois and San Francisco, California; and his decision to settle permanently in New York in 1985. He recounts his establishment of numerous publications focused on Irish and Irish American issues, including The Irishman, Irish-America Magazine, the Irish Voice, and IrishCentral.  O'Dowd describes the Irish Voice as the main vehicle for promoting the aims of the Irish Immigration Reform Movement in the 1980s, and its advocacy for temporary visa programs sponsored by Representatives Brian J. Donnelly, Bruce Morrison and Howard Berman.  He discusses the decline of print newspapers and the rise of online news sources, and the future of the Irish Voice and IrishCentral.  He recounts his introduction to the politics of Irish and British relations in 1981, his participation in the Northern Ireland peace process, and his involvement in the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform.

In this interview, O'Driscoll provides detailed information on her childhood in Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland, including living in rural Ireland and the effects World War II had on her family such as power outages and food rationing. She discusses the options available to her after secondary school at the time and her decision to immigrate to the United States in 1958 to further her education.

Upon arriving in New York City, O'Driscoll interviewed with the three companies in the city known for hiring large numbers of Irish: the phone company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Citibank. Within one month of her arrival, O'Driscoll began working at Citibank, a job she kept until 1964. She discusses in detail the discrimination faced by immigrants at the time, including the perception vocalized by an interviewer that the Irish were uneducated. O'Driscoll continues to speak about her early accounting jobs and her eventual hiring at JP Morgan & Co. in 1974.

In 1975, O'Driscoll enrolled at Brooklyn College and received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting in 1981. She talks about her decision to return to school and the impact it had on her career. She discusses the discrimination she dealt with as a woman working on Wall Street at the time including being passed over for promotions and eventually having to change departments because of the lack of advancement opportunities open to her.

Active in the Irish community, O'Driscoll became involved in the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), the National Association for Irish Justice 1969, the Cork Association and in 1989 its first woman president. O' Driscoll served an integral part in the formation of the Irish Immigration Reform Movement (IIRM) in 1987. She discusses in detail the grassroots efforts of the organization including interaction with legislators and the campaign to raise awareness locally and nationally on the issue and is frank in her assessment of the great obstacles facing the very small group. The IIRM was successful in their efforts in 1990 with the passing of HR-4300, the Immigration Act of 1990. O'Driscoll also speaks about her continued involvement with the Emerald Isle Immigration Center in Woodside, Queens.

O'Driscoll currently resides in Brooklyn, New York and is still a member of the Cork Association and a trustee and secretary of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center Executive Committee.

Mae O'Driscoll was interviewed at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House on 18 November 2005 by Bethany Hartzell and Linda Dowling Almeida. This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. It is 1 hour, 38 minutes, 27 seconds long, on two CDs, and has been logged at ten minute intervals.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Brian O'Dwyer's office at O'Dwyer & Bernstein in New York, New York on May 5, 2016.  The interview covers O'Dwyer's family and working life. O'Dwyer discusses his parents, their extended families, and his siblings. He discusses his experiences in New York Irish American circles and the difficulties he faced making a name for himself after the work of his father and his cousin Frank Durkin in promoting Irish republican issues in the United States.  He recounts his decision to focus on the issues of Irish immigrants, and eventually all immigrants, in New York. He discusses his early involvement in the Irish Immigration Reform Movement in the 1980s, the role of O'Dwyer & Bernstein as the first stop for newly arrived Irish immigrants, and how his involvement in both of these organizations led to the founding of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center (EIIC) in 1986.  He describes the support provided to immigrants through the EIIC. O'Dwyer discusses current immigration issues in the United States at the time of the interview, including division between Democrats and Republicans on the topic and the need for a new immigration policy in the US. He also discusses the Northern Ireland peace process in the 1990s and his views on the Catholic Church.

This interview was conducted by Marion Casey at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York on February 27, 2014. The interview covers John O'Leary's early life and family history including his mother's immigration to the United States (US) when she was 13 years old. Ellen O'Leary relates her family history and her experiences growing up in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. They both share their families's immigration stories and the professions available to them in New York City. Ellen recounts her visit with family in Dromore West, County Sligo, Ireland with her father in 1966.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at James O'Malley's office in New York, New York on March 20, 2015.  The interview covers O'Malley's early life in Ireland and his working life in the United States (US). O'Malley describes his family members and his experiences growing up in Limerick City.  He discusses his education, his decision to transfer from Trinity College in Dublin to University College Galway, and his graduate education in the US. He discusses his decision to enter New York Law School and recounts his experiences working as a paralegal while attending classes at night between 1980 and 1984.  He recounts opening his law office in Manhattan in 1985, describes the growth of the firm, and discusses his decision to focus on immigration law. He also recounts his first impressions of the US in the 1978, his opinion about the creation in Ireland of a minister for the diaspora, and the politicization of New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Some of the themes discussed in this interview include: Irishness and the police force; growing up in the Bronx in the 1940s; Irish New Yorkers and some degree of apathy towards further education; his father and being a Democrat; his parents' view of Ireland versus Hugh's view of Ireland (more positive); and the Irish enclave in East Durham, New York.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview is approximately 160 minutes long, on 3 CDs. The interview took place in New York City on January 14, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 1 hour long, on 1 CD. The interview took place in New York City on April 17, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 2 hours, 43 minutes long, on 3 CDs. The interview took place in San Francisco, California, on June 1, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll in Cambridge, Massachusetts on February 12, 2015.  The interview covers Kieran O'Sullivan's early life in Ireland and his working life in Boston. O'Sullivan describes his parents and his childhood in County Kerry.  His discusses his decisions to visit the United States (US) in 1982 and to settle in Boston. He recounts jobs he held in the Boston area in the 1980s, issues he faced as an Irish immigrant in Boston at that time, and help he was able to provide to Irish who arrived in the late 1980s.  He describes the difference in experiences of undocumented immigrants in the US before and after September 11, 2001. O'Sullivan discusses his work as an immigration counselor at the Irish Pastoral Centre in Boston and events the Centre holds at pubs in the Boston area for immigrants in the 2010s.

Some of the key themes in this interview are: her parents' break-up in 1970s Ireland and lack of overt class differences; the significance of returning to higher education in the US; why London didn't ever appeal to her; Irish nurses in the US and how they are seen in comparison with Ireland; the American Dream (track 5); and the Celtic Tiger.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 48 minutes long, on 1 CD. The interview took place in Middle Village, New York, on February 13, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll in Somerville, Massachusetts on February 13, 2015.  The interview covers Larry O'Toole's family, early life in Ireland, and his working life in the United States (US).  O'Toole describes his family and childhood in Ireland in detail. He describes his paternal grandparents who lived in Shanghai, China in the early 20th century.  He recounts stories told to him by his father about Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s, in particular his grandfather's work as a policeman with the Shanghai Municipal Police, his father's experiences of conflicts between Chinese communist and nationalist forces, and his work at a newspaper in from the age of 14.  He discusses his childhood and his education in Ireland, and his parents's decision to immigrate to the US in 1965. He discusses, in detail, the death of his father and issues he had in his personal life as a result of this. O'Toole describes in detail jobs he held prior to founding the Gentle Giant Moving Company and relates numerous anecdotes about his life in the US in the 1970s.  He describes his decision to found Gentle Giant and his opinion about the success of the business being due to the camaraderie and physical fitness of his team of movers.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan at Phyllis Powell's home in North Brunswick, New Jersey on November 2, 2014. The interview covers Powell's childhood in Ireland and her working life in Ireland and the United States (US). Powell discusses her family, her parents's working lives, and her education. She discusses her training as a nurse and midwife in England and Scotland in the 1950s and 1960s. She describes her work as a nurse in a hospital in County Galway and her decision to immigrate to the US in the early 1960s. She discusses meeting her husband and deciding to remain in the US. She recounts the fact that she and her husband always intended to return to Ireland, the reasons why they remained in the US, and the fact that they visited Ireland every year with their sons. She discusses her work to establish the Tara Association in New Jersey in 1971, her work as the first treasurer, and the work of the organization.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes long, on 3 CDs. The interview took place in San Francisco on May 31, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 130 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in West Hartford, Connecticut, on May 21, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll on April 26th 2015 in Milton, Massachusetts. The interview covers Michael Quilin's family ancestry and his early education. He recounts the way in which he and his sister Margaret became involved in importing Irish publications into the United States with Quilin and Campbell Publishers. He explains his involvement with Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in the 1990s and his advocacy for Irish American and Irish nationalist concerns.

Some of the key themes discussed in this interview are: JFK's death; the significance of music as a way of uniting people; influences of Riverdance and the Clancys and Tommy Makem; and growing up as the son of a well-known musician.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 2 hours long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place on February 7, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland on July 17, 2014.  The interview covers Anne Rath's early life and education in Ireland, her immigration to the United States in 1986, and her work as a college professor in Ireland in the 1990s and 2000s.  Rath discusses her childhood in rural Ballycanew in County Wexford, Ireland, including her parents, their childhoods and professions. She discusses her work as a teacher in Cork, deciding to receive extra training in guidance counselling, and visiting Boston, Massachusetts in the summer of 1986.  She recalls working various jobs in the summer of 1986 before working at the British Consulate. She recounts her decision to return to Ireland in 1996, the difficulties she and her family faced with adjusting to the move, and the issues she faced returning to teaching. In particular she discusses the difficulties being a working mother with young children in Ireland, the lack of social life in Ireland for Rath and her partner, and the difficulties the family faced in adjusting to the differences in life, work, and school between the US and Ireland.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the Irish International Immigration Center in Boston, Massachusetts on March 11, 2015.  The interview covers John Rattigan's family and his working life in Boston. Rattigan describes his parents and siblings, and recounts his memories of his first visit to Ireland in the 1960s.  He discusses his education and his first jobs as a lawyer in Boston before joining the Irish International Immigration Center (IIIC) in 2000. He discusses his work as an immigration counselor at the IIIC, his work at the time of the interview coordinating community legal clinics in various neighborhoods in Boston, and other initiatives of the IIIC.  He also discusses his membership in the Charitable Irish Society of Boston and Irish American newspapers to which he contributes articles on immigration.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan on November 5, 2014 at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York. The interview contains Daniel Reardon's family history and immigration story as well as his early memories of growing up in the Stuyvesant Town residential development in Manhattan. He describes his education and his reason for leaving St. Andrew-on-Hudson due to his mental health. He recounts his involvement with a theatre group starting in 1970 and his disenchantment with academia that led him to become a professional actor.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 40 minutes long. The interview took place in Tenafly, New Jersey, on April 8, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Danielle Zach at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in New York, New York on June 20, 2014.  The interview covers Matthias Reilly's early life in Ireland, his life in the United States (US), and his experiences as a member of the Fort Worth Five.  Reilly describes his childhood on a farm in Northern Ireland and recounts his memories of the social and political divisions between Catholic and Protestant people in his village.  He recounts his reasons for immigrating to the US and for settling in New York in 1962. He discusses the establishment of Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID) in the mid-1970s. He recounts the events that led to his being jailed in Fort Worth, Texas and a member of the Fort Worth Five.  He discusses the other men imprisoned with him and their legal team led by Paul O'Dwyer. He also recounts his encounters with members of the Ulster Special Constabulary in his village in the 1950s and his memories of his reaction to Bloody Sunday in 1972.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview is approximately 2 hours, 18 minutes long. The interview took place in New York City on October 9, 2009, and the interviewer was Marion Casey.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the Irish Pastoral Centre in Boston, Massachusetts on March 12, 2015.  The interview covers Kathleen Rohan's early life in Ireland and her working life in the United States (US). Rohan describes her family and her childhood in Ballinspittle in County Cork.  She discusses her experiences after graduating from high school in 1986 and immigrating to the US in 1989. She discusses her early experiences in Boston as an undocumented immigrant and the difference in the types of jobs she could acquire once she obtained a Morrison visa.  She discusses her involvement in the Gaelic Athletic Association from the 1990s through the time of the interview, her establishment of and participation in the Boston Shamrocks Ladies Gaelic Football Club, and the importance of sports to her.  She discusses her work at the Irish Pastoral Centre and the role of the Centre's programs in the Irish and Irish American communities in the Boston area.

Rooney discussed the significant role that family and tradition plays in his life. He also discussed his ties to Mayo and Newry, Co. Down, Ireland. His great grandfather, Dan Rooney, and great grandmother Margaret Devlan, emigrated from Ireland to Wales via Prince Edward Island for 10 years, and then came to Coulter, Pa (outside of Pittsburgh) in the United States.

When the Rooney's arrived in America, Jim's great grandfather, Dan Rooney, a distinct leader in the 1st Ward of Pittsburgh's North Side, opened a bar on Federal Street. The bar encapsulates the Rooney's future business style in that it led to his grandfather's introduction into professional boxing and sports as well as leading him into the position of 1st Ward Chairman on the North Side, which evolved his career into politics.

His grandfather, Art "The Chief" Rooney, was married to Kathleen McNulty in June of 1931 and had 5 children. He grew up and lived all his life in the North Side of Pittsburgh. He was an adamant sports fan and loved to gamble. He played minor league baseball from 1920-1925, and made the Olympic Boxing Team in 1920, but did not participate. He also played in many minor league football teams around Pittsburgh. Jim referred several times to his grandfather as a risk taker.

His maternal grandparents came to America from Ballaghaderreen, County Mayo, Ireland. Martin Reagan came in 1921 and sent for his wife Mary Duffy in 1923.2 of 10 kids grew up in Pittsburgh's North Side, which he refers to as the Irish Ghetto in the turn of the 19th century. Rooney grew up there, too. His mom went to University of Pittsburgh later in life to gain the education that she had always wanted. His mom viewed vernaculars as an anathema, and had a 'tough as nails' personality that he asserts to the large family that she was in care of. His maternal grandmother is still alive today at the age of 96. Jim notes that his mother and grandmother are very similar in their tough personalities. He talked about the role his mother, Patricia Reagan, and his grandmother, Mary Duffy, played in his childhood. They emphasized education and compassion, while maintaining a 'tough as nails' demeanor. However he talks about his dad being the biggest influence in his adult life. He says this is because his dads inability to engage with a child. He discussed that his mother and father had met in the first grade and grew up together.

Dan Rooney, Jim Rooney's father, was born 7-30-1932 on the North Side of Pittsburgh, PA and is the current owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team, which was passed down to him from his father Art "The Chief" Rooney in 1975. He was a member of the 1950 class at North Catholic High School and the 1955 class at Duquesne University. He is the Vice-Chairman of the American Ireland Fund, involved in The United Way of America, The American Diabetes Association, Presbyterian University Hospital, The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation and Duquesne University. He is also the benefactor of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the founder of the Newry-Pittsburgh Partnership, and is the 3rd person to ever receive the Charter of Newry. He was also inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

He talks of his St. Bernard's and Gilmour Academy Catholic School upbringing in St. Peter's parish on the North Side of Pittsburgh, PA. Jim tells how his own kids have continued on, with the tradition of Catholic Schooling. He discusses the unique blend that Catholic school brings to a child's education. He also talks of his ties to St. Peters Church near the Steelers stadium on the North Side of Pittsburgh and how everyone in his family has been baptized and married there and that he still goes to church there.

After his completion of college, he went to South Africa and worked with diabetic youth, which he says opened his eyes up to working with Ireland. In the mid 90's, right after he got out of college, he went to Belfast to support his father's efforts with the Ireland Fund. He was inspired by the immense economic growth that he witnessed from the first visit to Ireland in 1976 to his current visits in the 90's, which motivated him to remain involved with efforts in Ireland.

A year after completing Boston College, Jim traveled to South America to work with diabetic youth. After this, in the mid-90's Jim's father, Dan Rooney, asked him to take up business dealings in Belfast to support his father's work with the American Ireland Fund.

In 2001, he ran for state Senate as Democrat and lost, but has worked for many political campaigns. His wife steered him away from politics due to the stress and exposure in politics.

He talks about his five attempts at starting his own business, in which two have failed, one has been slightly successful and his current engagement is in progress. Part of his current business involved him in the creation of security robots called the 'Kuchera Robots' for the 2006 Super Bowl in Detroit as the director of First Link. The Kuchera Robot is a 30-pound robot that spins, crawls and looks through windows by remote control and takes photos; created for the use in Iraq, but used in the 2006 Super Bowl. First Link is in charge of marketing ideas, and works with Pantherlab Works to advance the technology in the ideas.

Jim Rooney was interviewed at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House on November 9th 2006 by Amanda Snatchko and Marion Casey. The interview took place before Jim was scheduled to talk about his father and the Steelers tradition later that night at the Glucksman Ireland House as well.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll in Dublin, Ireland on July 9, 2014.  This interview covers Seán Rowland's early life in Ireland and his working life in the United States (US).  Rowland discusses his family and his education in Ireland. He discusses his decision to immigrate to the US in 1986; to settle in Boston, Massachusetts; and to complete his Doctor of Education degree at Boston College in Chestnut Hill.  He discusses his work in the field of distance education, his work with Boston College to establish Boston College Ireland in Dublin, and his work to establish Hibernia College in 2000. He describes Hibernia College and his desire to create an online distance learning school for people interested in obtaining a graduate degree.  He describes his work with Boston College's Irish Institute, Developing Entrepreneurs in Boston for Ireland (DEBI), and Center for Irish Management programs.

Ryan discusses the neighborhood in which he grew up. He describes 1920's Pelham Bay in the Bronx as farmland with fruit trees and gardens. He remembers his childhood as well as his family, specifically his mother and father, immigrants from Ireland who met in New York City. He discusses his Catholic upbringing and describes his parents' reaction to his desire to be a priest; his mother's delight and his father's support.

After attending P.S. 71 for three years, Ryan attended the parish elementary school of Our Lady of Assumption after it opened in 1928, graduating in 1933. He continued his education at Cathedral College for high school and his first two years of college and then St. Joseph's Seminary for the remainder of his college education and seminary training. He reveals his father's belief that he should always pay his own way and because of his conviction, he would not allow Ryan to attend Seminary school on credit as the rest of the seminarians did.

On January 27, 1945 Gerald Ryan was ordained by Cardinal Francis Spellman (1889–1967). Twelve years after entering the seminary in a class of ninety-nine, sixteen were ordained. He discusses the changes in the Catholic Church and the seminary since his pre-Vatican II educational training, including the drop in numbers of young men with vocations.

While waiting for a position as an English teacher at Cardinal Hayes High School, Ryan was assigned to St. Anthony of Padua parish in the Bronx immediately after ordination. He discusses his adjustments to parish life in an African-American community and how he came interested in the civil rights movement. Ryan marched in Washington, DC and heard the famous "I Have a Dream" speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King in 1963, and two years later joined King and other religious leaders in Selma, Alabama to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in support of African-American voting rights. He describes the bus ride to Selma and the unknown fear of what could happen during the march. He tells the story of the angry southerners yelling at those participating in the protest and how the atmosphere changed once the crowd recognized singer Harry Belafonte in the line of marchers. Back in New York, Ryan continued to participate in demonstrations on issues affecting all poor communities such as housing and health.

Ryan served at St. Anthony's until he was assigned as pastor of St. Luke's parish in 1966. Several years later he learned that the call for a teaching position never came in 1945 because the pastor of St. Anthony's had personally requested of the Cardinal that Ryan remain in the parish to work with him. Looking back, Ryan feels that remaining at St. Anthony's instead of leaving to teach was for the best.

As pastor of St. Luke's parish, Ryan ministers to a primarily Hispanic community. He discusses the differences in participation between his current parish and the primarily Irish parish he belonged to as a child. He tells of the current parishioners' interest in participating in the liturgy and running of the parish. He speaks of the irony that as a young priest he served with three other priests in a parish and now as an older man he is the only priest in a bi-lingual parish. Ryan is currently the longest serving pastor in the diocese of New York. He spends his day running the parish with his other staff and administering to his parishioners' needs. In addition to saying the majority of the masses at St. Luke's, he works with the parish council and leads a weekly session for the troubled teens of the parish.

Ryan concludes the interview by discussing his opinions on the reasons for the lack of vocations to the priesthood and the loss of American Catholic faith. He speaks of his love for Ireland and in particular his special devotion to the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock in County Mayo.

Rev. Msgr. Gerald Ryan was interviewed at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House on 17 November 2005 by Natalie Rose and Linda Dowling Almeida. This oral history with Msgr. Gerald Ryan was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview is 99 minutes long, on two CDs and had been logged at ten-minute intervals.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 100 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in Astoria, Queens, New York, on May 14, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

Eithne begins by talking about the family backgrounds of her parents, Peter Golden and Helen Merriam, who met while performing in A Comedy of Errors with Ben Greet's Elizabethan Society of England. She recounts incidents from the family's time in the Amsterdam Avenue apartment, such as visits by Irish nationalists like the poet Joseph Campbell (1879-1944) and Eamon De Valera as well as members of the Friends of Freedom for India. Purnendu Sinha apparently was admired for his ability to "carry the nappies in from the line so elegantly." Eithne has only one clear memory of her father, when he tried to cure her earache with castor oil.

Eithne discusses her mother, Helen Merriam, in great depth, describing her as a "bohemian, a maverick," and the "black sheep of the family." She repeats a favorite anecdote from Christmas 1918 that her mother obviously relished telling the Golden children. She describes the family's move to Pasadena, California, where Helen sold books at Brentano's until Ernie O'Malley convinced the family to relocate to Taos, New Mexico in 1931.

In Taos, Eithne met various artists and local Pueblo Indians, even dancing with Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) at the home of Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1962). Alexandra Belkovitch (d. 1983), wife of painter Nicolai Fechin (1881-1955), taught her Russian lullabies that would later inspire her lifelong passion for foreign languages. Every day O'Malley tutored the Golden children and a local Mexican girl named Aurora in subjects ranging from grammar to geography; Eithne claims he called the Goldens the "stupidest children in the world" despite her fond memories of these sessions.

As a result, Eithne moved to New Jersey to live with friends while pursuing an opera career in New York City in 1938. Her beloved Aunt Pat, her father's sister, greeted her at Pennsylvania Station, she recalls. But she quickly set her musical ambitions aside. By 1940, she moved to Lisbon, Portugal to work as a Foreign Service clerk, translating for the legation during World War II, she explains.

Eithne then discusses her time exploring the local music scene in Lisbon, which was cut short when she returned home to Taos to her ailing mother who was sick with cancer. After her mother's death in 1943, Eithne moved to New York City's East Village. She describes her experience working for a local group of Basque sympathizers, and she discusses a past love interest, Antonio Irela, the Secretary of the President of the Autonomous Basque Republic, Antón de Irala Basque government delegate to the United States

Eithne also touches upon her musical pursuits, as she co-founded the New York Society of Classical Guitar in 1946, as well as the Guitar Review magazine.

In the next part of the interview, Eithne describes her experience working for the United Nations as a translator beginning in 1949. She met her future husband, Ernie Sax, at a United Nations party in 1956, and admits that she thought Sax was a snob after their first meeting and that he "looked down on us girls." But a few weeks later, when Sax was hospitalized after a car accident, she visited him in the hospital, which Eithne claims was the start of a "great love affair." Eithne and Ernie Sax married that same year.

In the small remainder of the interview, Eithne explores the idea of Irish identity, and she discusses her trip to Ireland in 1959. Eithne describes her life after her husband's death in 1969, and details her current pursuits, explaining that she takes Irish language classes and attends events at the Glucksman Ireland House. Finally, Eithne explains that she is currently writing her memoirs.

Eithne Merriam Golden Sax was interviewed on 2 November 2006 at her home on in New York City's upper east side by Elizabeth Bedell and Marion R. Casey. This oral history with Eithne Merriam Golden Sax was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. The interview is 140 minutes long, on two CDs and has been logged at ten-minute intervals.

Sexton provides detailed information primarily on his youth and family life, from 1942 to 1975. Sexton's grandfather, James J. Sexton (1875-1947), was born in County Sligo (near the border with Donegal), Ireland, the son of the village blacksmith. He came to the United States at the age of 20 and settled in Brooklyn, New York, where he worked as a blacksmith and became an active member and eventual president of the International Union of Journeymen Horseshoers. James Sexton entered local politics in 1915 as Democratic District leader in the Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn and by 1929 was serving Mayor James J. Walker as President of the New York City Board of Taxes and Assessments. Sexton gives an example of his grandfather's character and influence during the Depression while head of Brooklyn's Jefferson Democratic Club.

Sexton's father, John E. Sexton, a graduate of Manhattan College and Fordham University Law School, died in 1960 when his son was eighteen, after years battling the effects of alcoholism. He discusses the good and bad experiences he had as a child, including hardships resulting from the chronic ill health of his father. Sexton describes how his father taught him the value of helping other people by bringing home what Sexton refers to as "handymen." Rather than renting out the extra room in their house, Sexton's father would take in homeless men who were frequently recovering alcoholics and allow them to stay until they got back on their feet. Sexton acknowledges the centrality of his relationship with his father to subsequent choices he made in life, and briefly talks about his strained relationship with his uncle Jim Sexton. He attributes his knowledge of his Irish heritage to his aunt Ruth Sexton (Sr. James Marie), a Dominican nun.

While remaining closest to his mother's German family, Sexton personally identifies himself as Irish. He talks about the pastor-like persona of all the Sexton men in his family and how readily it translates to his current position as President of New York University and Dean of its Law School before that. Sexton attributes this love of people to being Irish and says this was passed down to him by his father. Although he refers throughout the interview to the NYU Law School as his "parish" and the university as his "archdiocese," Sexton does not otherwise agree with the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. He discusses his personal concept of Catholicism and his relationship with the Church, reflecting on the Jewish identity of his wife, children and grandchildren.

He describes his education and work experience, especially his time at Fordham University and St. Francis College. Following his father's death, Sexton began coaching a debate team at St. Brendan's Diocesan High School for girls where his sister was enrolled. He talks extensively about the fifteen years he spent with the debate team, the significance of the experience both for him and for the girls he coached, and describes the first reunion the team had recently. He credits one of his teachers at Brooklyn Prep, Charlie Winans, with being the inspiration behind his efforts with the St. Brendan's debaters. He recounts how his first application to Harvard Law School was rejected and how his friend, Lawrence Tribe, called in a few favors, convincing the admissions department to give his application reconsideration; nevertheless, Sexton's commitment to St. Brendan's was so great that he deferred going to law school until 1975.

Fifty-three minutes into this oral history, Edward C. Smith, general auditor and senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, arrives for a meeting and Sexton invites him to listen in on the remainder of the interview. He asks Smith if there is a demonstration outside, which is a reference to the rally organized by the United Auto Workers in support of striking NYU graduate assistants that was scheduled for noon that day outside Bobst Library. This is the second brief reference Sexton makes to the strike during this interview.

John E. Sexton was interviewed in his academic office in Vanderbilt Hall at New York University School of Law on 2 December 2005 by Shawna C. Meechan and Marion R. Casey. This oral history with John E. Sexton was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. Interview is 71 minutes, 56 seconds long, on two CDs and had been logged at ten minute intervals.

Mr. Shanley discusses a range of topics, focusing particularly on his success in the writing world, both in theater and film, as well as his Irish background and identity.

Mr. Shanley begins by discussing his childhood in the Bronx, and the difficulties he had in school because of his "differences." He describes feeling misunderstood because of his creativity, particularly by his father, who, as a survivor of the Great Depression, wanted Shanley to pursue a career with security and a pension. Shanley's difficulties in school manifested themselves as behavioral issues which resulted in hours of detention over the course of his academic career. He was asked to leave several schools before a teacher at his New Hampshire boarding school took him under his wing and ensured that he graduated.

Shanley describes his career at New York University and the way in which a five year leave from academia after high school helped his education. He explains how his two year stint in the Marine Corps in the middle of the Vietnam War provided him with the insight to negotiate institutional structures for his personal benefit, rather than battle against them. Shanley credits the discipline of the Marines for his success at NYU, from which he graduated as valedictorian of his class in 1977.

Much of Shanley's best known work focuses on individuals struggling within institutional structures, particularly Doubt, which Shanley based on his experiences in religious-based institutions. He identifies the inspiration for Doubt as emerging from his own philosophy on life -- which advocates sticking to his convictions, regardless of his certainty in their correctness -- and draws on some of his school experiences, particularly his primary school, St. Anthony's, which was run by the Sisters of Charity. His first grade teacher was the model for the character of Sister James in the play. Shanley later hired her as a consultant on the movie version of the play, which premiered in 2008.

Doubt has garnered multiple awards for Shanley, including a 2005 Tony for best play and the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Shanley was also the recipient of an Oscar for best original screenplay for the movie Moonstruck, a 1987 film that focused on the convoluted love life of an Italian American played by Cher. During the interview he focuses largely on the evolution of his career. He discusses life experience as it relates to his success, as well as persistence -- at one point, he was living below the poverty line and working a series of odd jobs, but still producing about one play a year.

Shanley talks about his two adopted sons from his first marriage who come from very diverse ethnic backgrounds. Shanley does not consider ethnicity an integral part of their upbringing, and refers to his own Irishness as being a literal part of him, rather than something that derives from his own social or cultural upbringing. He does, however, credit his Irish background for his ability to tell a story, saying that a visit to his family's farm in Ireland made him realize how like his Irish relatives he was—finally finding a niche after years of feeling "different" and "weird."

John Patrick Shanley was interviewed on 5 November 2008 at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University by Mary Catherine Williamson and Linda Dowling Almeida. This oral history with John Patrick Shanley was digitally recorded on a Marantz CDR420. Interview is 1 hr, 22 minutes long, on 2 CDs and has been logged at 10 minute intervals.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in Convent Station, New Jersey, on June 12, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

Smyth opens the interview talking about her childhood, starting with her mother's pregnancy with her and her twin sister. She discusses the experiences of growing up with ten siblings who all lived under one roof in an old farmhouse. She describes her mom cooking on a hearth fireplace and the sleeping arrangements in her house. She remembers her mother as a fantastic cook, making delicious dishes with simple resources and how her mother would make Treasa gather the wood in the morning to start the fire in the hearth. She recalls selling the vegetables they raised on the farm and milking cows and talks about wearing rubber boots, or wellies, when farming. She admits surprise when she sees people wearing them today as fashionable footwear. She remembers how her dog Scotty would help her with the daily chores and talks about watching TV shows like Eurovision, Flipper, and Skippy the Kangaroo.

She remembers her dad's passing and seeing a banshee that night, and knowing it was a sign that her dad had died. After her father's death all her siblings had to help maintain the farm. She recalls with sadness that some of her dad's customers did not pay their bills after his death and how that disturbed her because of his fairness to them while he was alive.

She talks about the importance of religion in her family. Her parents did not tolerate distractions or disruptions during their daily prayers and every Saturday her family went to confession. She recalls her first confession and how she could not think up a sin, so a nun told her to make one up.

She talks about going to school at Saint Mary's National School in Cobh and describes how the nuns were very mean to her and how in one incident a nun did not let her use the bathroom. She felt the nuns were biased against her and her siblings because they were poor and from the country and made them clean up after the rich city girls. She also recalls a funny story about having to choose between getting in trouble with her sister or a nun. She talks about being forced to learn Irish in school without much success, but that at 17 she decided to really take an interest in the language and got a scholarship to study it at summer school. She recalls her choice to continue her studies at the vocational school rather than continue with the nuns. At vocational school she started to fall in love with learning as she acquired very practical skills like accounting and wood work. She also talks about one teacher whom she admired who played camogie.

She recalls growing up playing sports and listening to games on the radio. She talks about her mom's disapproval of girls playing sports and that she had to sneak out of the house to try out for the camogie team, only to break her ankle at the tryout. On her second attempt she made the national team but managed to hide it from her mother. She remembers that her mother finally accepted her athletic pursuits later on in her life. She also talks about the importance of the sport to her even in America and how she would help other players of the game immigrate to the US.

She describes going to Gurteen Agriculture College to study farm management and how she was one of the only women at the school. She remembers not being treated well by her male peers. During her apprenticeship she performed a job that required three men to complete when she left. Smyth chats about working in pig management and her job on a pig farm supervising 10 men. She remembers how she had to work carefully with all the men to make them feel comfortable as members of a team and ultimately winning their respect and allegiance.

She talks about her first experience giving birth in Ireland, how she was kept in the dark about what was going to happen and where the baby would come from. She talks about the privacy in her household and the reluctance to share intimate information. She compares it to Ireland today and how more open the culture is and that people talk a little too much about their lives now.

Treasa describes coming to America for the first time and observing the degree of its diversity with some surprise. She discusses her early jobs as a domestic and how it was hard for her to make ends meet as a single mother. She talks about becoming a nurse and how at first she resisted the idea because she thought nurses were arrogant, but finally decided to go to night school. It took her four years to complete her degree. She talks about finding her social network by playing camogie at Gaelic Park and the importance of immigrants helping each other when they arrive through sports and other outlets. She also talks about being an undocumented alien. Treasa talks about her mom dying and how her mother waited to pass until Treasa was back in Ireland. She recalls having a vision of her father, who was dead, holding her mother's hand as her mom died. She talks about the funeral and explains how Tommy Smyth, her husband, supported her during that time. She talks about how she met Smyth, an ESPN soccer analyst, and their 12 year courtship. Treasa talks about her faith and how Mass for her is the beginning of a new week. She talks about raising her kids in the Catholic Church.

She says her children identify themselves as Americans even though every summer Treasa sent them to Ireland to stay with family and experience life on the farm with their Irish relatives. She ends the interview describing how she is an Irish person in her heart but she loves America.

This oral history with Treasa Goodwin Smyth was digitally recorded on Marantz CDR420. The interview is 2 hours and 23 minutes. The interview took place on November 6, 2009, and the interviewers were Alexia Townsend and Linda Dowling Almeida.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at the Rory Staunton Foundation for Sepsis Prevention in New York, New York on November 10, 2016.  The interview covers Ciarán Staunton's early life in Ireland, his working life, and his participation in immigration reform organizations. Staunton discusses his childhood in Ireland and his extended family.  He recounts his management of the family's farm and his decision to leave Ireland in 1980. He recounts jobs he held in bars in England, his decision to immigrate to the United States, the benefits of the indefinite validity visa he received.  He describes in detail his experiences in Boston, Massachusetts and New York, including his work experiences in Irish bars in Boston and his involvement in Irish immigration and human rights organizations, including Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID), Irish Immigration Reform Movement, and Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform.  He discusses his involvement with the Friends of Sinn Féin and the peace process in Northern Ireland in the 1990s. Staunton also discusses his son's, Rory, death from sepsis, his establishment of the Rory Staunton Foundation for Sepsis Prevention, and the work of the foundation.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PCM660. The interview is approximately 40 minutes long, on 1 CD. The interview took place in Bayville, New Jersey, on November 24, 2008, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PCM660. The interview is approximately 1 hour long, on 1 CD. The interview took place in Elmhurts, New York, on January 29, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York on August 13, 2015. The interview contains Brian Tolle's family history, education, and his design of the Irish Hunger Memorial in New York City between 2000 and 2002. He describes his anxiety of framing the historical events of the past for a contemporary audience. He recounts the way in which he wanted to create an environment where the half acre of land would let viewers interpret their own opinion about the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s. He describes his memories of witnessing the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11th, 2001.

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan on June 30, 2014 at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York. This interview contains Peter Walsh's description of his family's history as immigrants and later as Irish Americans. He recounts stories about his great-grandmother, and his father's childhood stories during the Great Depression. He describes his childhood as an Irish American in New York, his education, and his first trip to Ireland.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PMD660. The interview is approximately 50 minutes long, on 1 CD. The interview took place in Tenafly, New Jersey, on April 8, 2009, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

This interview was conducted by Íde B. O'Carroll at Eve Watson's office at Independent College in Dublin, Ireland on July 7, 2014.  The interview covers Watson's family, early life, education, and working life. Watson discusses her family and early life in Ireland.  She discusses the importance of athletics in her early life, her aptitude and interest in running, and the way in which this led to her attending Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.  She discusses her mental health before and during college, and her decision to her return to Ireland and enter therapy. She recounts her experiences in Kathmandu, Nepal between 1998 and 2001 and her decision to leave  due to mental health issues. She recounts her decision to return to Ireland in late 2001 in order to pursue a degree in psychology and her work in the psychology department at Independent College Dublin.

Some of the key themes discussed in this interview include: different generations of Irish; 9/11 and loss of life in her parish; the 2008 election of Obama and comparisons with JFK; and her mother preparing the American parcel.

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PCM660. The interview is approximately 90 minutes long, on 2 CDs. The interview took place in New York City on November 6, 2008, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.