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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.