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Rosemary Landigan (b. New York, New York, 1935), the daughter of immigrants from County Armagh who met in New York at the Armagh Ball, was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. Her father was a publican and one of the founders of the County Armagh Pipe and Drum Band. She made her first trip to Ireland in 1936 and her second trip in 1950.

Bobby Lavery (b. Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland, 1948), is a former political prisoner at Long Kesh and elected Sinn Fein representative for North Belfast. He emigrated with his American-born wife to San Francisco, CA, in 2000. Before its demise, he worked in Development for the New College of California.

Charles A. Laverty (b. Moy, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, 1930), is a journalist and retired reserve member of the U.S. Army Special Forces. He emigrated to New York in 1948. Active in Irish Republican circles thereafter, he served as President of the New York Irish History Roundtable from 2003–2007.

Anne Lawless was born in 1949 in Galway, County Galway, Ireland.  She graduated from University College Galway in 1971. She married in 1971 and has four children.  She immigrated to the United States in 1998.

Billy Lawless was born in 1950 in Galway, County Galway, Ireland.  He married in 1971. He immigrated to the United States in 1998.

Margaret "Cis" Lawlor (b. Co. Offaly, Ireland, 1920) remembers her paternal grandparents sharing their memories of surviving the Famine when growing up in Co. Offaly. She emigrated to the United States for the first time in 1948 and then returned to Ireland in 1954. After coming back to the US in October 1954, she raised her family in Manhattan and in Elmhurst, Queens.

Tom Lawlor (b. Shanahoe, Co. Laois, Ireland, 1941) was a member of the Co. Laois association of New York. He retired from the New York Police Department and moved to Ireland.

Mary Leddy (b. Co. Cavan, Ireland, 1947) has worked in major hotels in the US and Ireland and is now theConcierge at the Harvard Club of New York.

Pat Leonard (b. Manhattan, New York, 1944), the daughter of immigrants from Co. Kerry, grew up in the Inwood section of Manhattan. She lived in the Bronx and in Boston before settling in New Jersey with her husband and children.

Peggy Leonard (b. West Babylon, New York, 1941), the daughter of immigrants from Arklow, Co. Wicklow, grew up in the Chelsea section of Manhattan. Her father was the long-time proprietor of O'Neill's Bar & Grill (now operating as Moran's) in Chelsea, a popular eating establishment for longshoremen for many decades.

George Long (b. New York, New York, 1940) is the son of Irish immigrant parents from Arklow, Co. Wicklow, and he grew up in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. He worked on the Chelsea Piers as a longshoreman in his teens, but then moved on to become Vice-President of a prominent New York City bank before his retirement. He retired with his wife, Bonny, to Belle Harbor, New York.

Joseph Long (b. New York, New York, 1952) is the son of Irish immigrant parents from Arklow, Co. Wicklow and grew up in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. He spent his career in management with United Technologies and Otis Elevator. He has a Master's Degree in Irish and Irish-American Studies from Glucksman Ireland House, New York University.

Veronica "Bunny" Long (b. Bronx, New York, 1943) is the granddaughter of Irish immigrants from Co. Tyrone. She grew up in the Bronx and married George Long.

Erin Loughran (b. Englewood, New Jersey, 1988), an All Ireland champion on the fiddle who was the 2011 New York Rose of Tralee, is the daughter of the Irish musicians Margie Mulvihill (a Bronx native) and Frank Loughran from of Co. Tyrone. She earned a B.A. in Irish Music and Dance at the University of Limerick and teaches music throughout New York and New Jersey.

Dr. James Lynch (b. Queens, New York, 1965) is the only child of postwar Cavan immigrants. He grew up in Elmhurst, Queens, surrounded by extended family on both his father's and mother's sides. Having attended Catholic schools, he attended medical school and specialized in psychiatry. He watched in horror from his Brooklyn Heights office as the Twin Towers crumbled on 9/11. He is married to an Irish-American and has two children. Dr. Lynch is often consulted in cases related to sexual abuse in Ireland.

Thomas Lynch (b. Detroit, Michigan, 1948) is an author and undertaker. He has published several books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction including Skating with Heather Grace (1987), Grimalkin and Other Poems (1994), The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade (1997) and Apparition and Late Fictions (2010). He has been running his family funeral home in Michigan since 1974.

Martin Lyons was born in 1936 in Cashel, County Galway, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1959. He was a co-founder and first chairman for the state of New York for the American Congress for Irish Freedom and a co-founder and first chairman of the Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID).

Siobhan Lyons was born in 1973 in Killowen Grange, County Down, Northern Ireland. Lyons graduated from the University of London with a bachelor's degree in Arabic. She married in 2004 and immigrated to the United States.  She moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2006 and became the program director for the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia. In 2015 she was the Executive Director at the Irish Immigration Center of Philadelphia.