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Since opening in 1912, Fenway Park has been a welcoming place for Irish activities. Irish leader Éamon de Valera held a monster political rally for 60,000 people in 1919, and…
More InfoJohn Boyle O’Reilly, (1844-1890), the famous Irish rebel, poet, orator and activist, lived in Boston for the last 20 years of his life, and helped transform the city. He arrived…
More InfoThe Boston Public Library in Copley Square has one of the most significant collections of Irish ma-terials in the United States. Founded in 1848 as the first, large free municipal…
More InfoAmerica’s first great portrait artist, John Singleton Copley (1737-1815) was born in Boston on July 3, 1738, the son of Irish immigrants Richard Copley from County Limerick and Mary Singleton…
More InfoMary Jane (Kip) Tiernan (1926-2011) was Boston’s most impassioned and accomplished advocate for homeless women and poor people. Born in New Haven, CT, Kip was three months old when her…
More InfoThe son of Irish immigrants, political leader David Ignatius Walsh (1872-1947) had a distinguished, ground-breaking career in politics. He became Massachusetts’ first Irish Catholic Governor in 1914 and its first…
More InfoBorn in Roxbury’s Mission Hill, Maurice Tobin (1901-53) was the son of immigrants from Clogheen, County Tipperary. Tobin had an illustrious political career, starting when he became Massachusetts’ youngest state…
More InfoIn 1972, a tragic fire at the Hotel Vendome on Commonwealth Avenue claimed the lives of nine firefighters, who were killed when a section of the burning building collapsed. They…
More InfoBorn in County Cork, Patrick A. Collins (1844-1905) emigrated to Boston in 1848 with his widowed mother and sister, after the family fled the Irish famine. In 1854 his family…
More InfoColonel John Glover of Marblehead, MA, a hero in the Revolutionary War, is memorialized on Commonwealth Avenue Mall with a larger-than-life bronze portrayal by Irish-born sculptor Martin Milmore. Glover’s Marblehead…
More InfoBorn in Queens (Laois) County, Ireland and raised in Boston’s North End, Colonel Thomas Cass (1821-1862) was a businessman, school committee member, and leader of a local Irish militia company….
More InfoIn 1877, Irish immigrant couple Paul and Julia (Coffey) Paget launched Boston’s first swan boats as a pleasant way for Bostonians to enjoy the city’s botanical park. The boats were…
More InfoPoet, novelist and short story writer Edgar Allan Poe was born on Carver Street in downtown Boston on January 19, 1809. His paternal ancestors were Scots-Irish from Dring in the…
More InfoEstablished in 1756, Central Burying Ground was Boston’s fourth burial grounds, used for foreigners, indigents, Native Americans and soldiers, including Catholics, Freemasons and British soldiers who died at Bunker Hill….
More InfoBorn in County Wexford, John Barry (1745-1803) was a naval hero in the Revolutionary War, winning the first and last battle of the war against the British. George Washington named…
More InfoOn September 17, 1877, the Soldiers & Sailors Monument was unveiled atop Flagstaff Hill, a majestic homage to Boston’s Civil War dead. The monument was the work of 34 year-old…
More InfoThe Colonel Robert Shaw Memorial, a homage to the 54th Black Infantry Regiment of Boston, was unveiled on Memorial Day, May 31, 1897. Several thousand spectators attended, including novelist William…
More InfoThe State House Art Commission oversees a significant collection of art and artifacts, pertaining to the history of Massachusetts politics. The Irish items include: Up the staircase at the Hall…
More InfoAn 8 foot 2 inch tall bronze statue of John F. Kennedy, purposeful and confident in full stride, was unveiled on the State House Front Lawn on May 30, 1990….
More InfoCreated in 1660, the Granary Burying Ground was a predominantly Puritan graveyard holding about 5,000 people buried there. Many America Revolution luminaries are there, including John Hancock, Paul Revere, Sam…
More InfoAs the 150th anniversary of Ireland’s Great Hunger (1845-49) approached in the 1990s, Boston’s Irish community joined with the city’s civic and arts leaders to build the Boston Irish Famine…
More InfoAfter first being scorned and harassed by nativist Bostonians for several generations, Irish-Americans eventually came to dominate Boston politics, starting in the late 19th century, especially the mayor’s seat at…
More InfoWithin eyesight of the Congress Street entrance to Boston City Hall, the twin statues of James Michael Curley (1874-1958) pay homage to one of Boston’s most infamous 20th century politicians….
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