• Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar

New York Almanack

History, Natural History & the Arts

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Adirondacks & NNY
  • Capital-Saratoga
  • Mohawk Valley
  • Hudson Valley & Catskills
  • NYC & Long Island
  • Western NY
  • History
  • Nature & Environment
  • Arts & Culture
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Food & Farms
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • Submit
  • About
  • New Books
  • Events
  • Podcasts

Irish History

The African Burial Ground, Columbia University & Manhattan’s Grave-Robbers

March 13, 2023 by Jaap Harskamp 1 Comment

US Constitution for dissemination in New York StateOn July 26, 1788, the Convention of the State of New York, meeting in Poughkeepsie, ratified the Constitution of the United States and, in doing so, was admitted to the new union as the eleventh of the original thirteen colonies joining together as the United States of America.

For New Yorkers, it had been an eventful year. [Read more…] about The African Burial Ground, Columbia University & Manhattan’s Grave-Robbers

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: African Burial Ground National Monument, Black History, Cemeteries, Columbia University, Doctor's Riot, Irish History, Legal History, liquor, Manhattan, Medical History, New Netherland, New Rochelle, New York City, Science History, Slavery, Westchester County

Ireland’s Public Record Office Virtual Reconstruction Primer

March 12, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Life, Death and Virtual Reconstruction of the Public Record Office of IrelandBeyond 2022 is working to recreate, digitally, Ireland‘s lost national treasure. This all-island and international research program combines historical research, archival discovery and technical innovation to track down copies and transcripts of original records lost in 1922.

Reuniting collections scattered around the globe, the aim of Beyond 2022 is to launch the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland — an open-access, virtual reconstruction of the Record Treasury destroyed at the Public Record Office of Ireland in the Four Courts Fire of 1922.

[Read more…] about Ireland’s Public Record Office Virtual Reconstruction Primer

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Genealogy, Irish American Heritage Museum, Irish History

The First Kennedys: Roots of an American Dynasty

February 26, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

the first kennedysPatrick and Bridget Kennedy arrived in the United States following the Great Famine — penniless and hungry. Less than a decade after their marriage in Boston, Patrick’s sudden death left Bridget to raise their children single-handedly.

Her rise from housemaid to shop owner in the face of rampant poverty and discrimination kept her family intact, allowing her only son P. J. to become the first American Kennedy elected to public office — the first of many. [Read more…] about The First Kennedys: Roots of an American Dynasty

Filed Under: Books, Events, History Tagged With: Boston, Irish History, Irish Immigrants, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Historical Society, Political History

Irish Immigrant, Medal of Honor Winner Terrence Begley Being Honored in Albany

August 17, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Terrence Begley cenotaphThe Friends of the Albany Rural Cemetery will hold a ceremony on Saturday, August 21st to dedicate a military marker for Irish immigrant Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Terrence Begley.

Begley was born in Ireland and raised in Albany. He enlisted as a private in the 7th NY Heavy Artillery regiment, an Albany regiment, on February 11th, 1864.

[Read more…] about Irish Immigrant, Medal of Honor Winner Terrence Begley Being Honored in Albany

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Albany, Albany Rural Cemetery, Cemeteries, Civil War, Grand Army of the Republic, Irish History, Irish Immigrants, Military History

Anxiety Over Jazz In Ireland Followed A Tragic Shipwreck

July 5, 2021 by Jaap Harskamp 7 Comments

The only surviving photograph of the entire ensemble taken outside Brighton Dome in August 1921 On November 11th, 1919, the first anniversary was celebrated of the Armistice that ended the First World War. For the occasion, a grand ball was held at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Top of the bill was the hugely popular Southern Syncopated Orchestra, one of the first jazz bands to visit Britain, Scotland, and Ireland. [Read more…] about Anxiety Over Jazz In Ireland Followed A Tragic Shipwreck

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Black History, Cultural History, Irish History, Jazz, Maritime History, Music, Musical History, Performing Arts

Fires of Philadelphia: A New Book On The 1844 Nativist Riots

May 27, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Fires of PhiladelphiaBook purchases made through this link support New York Almanack’s mission to report new publications relevant to New York State.

In 1844 America was in a state of deep unrest, grappling with xenophobia, racial, and ethnic tension on a national scale that feels singular to our time, but echoes the earliest anti-immigrant sentiments of the country.

In that year Philadelphia was set aflame by a group of Protestant ideologues — avowed nativists — who were seeking social and political power rallied by charisma and fear of the Irish immigrant menace. [Read more…] about Fires of Philadelphia: A New Book On The 1844 Nativist Riots

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Catholicism, Cultural History, Immigration, Irish History, Irish Immigrants, Nativism, Philadelphia, Political History, Religious History, riots

Martin Van Buren and New York’s Irish Community

May 16, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site courtesy National Park ServiceMartin Van Buren’s relationship with the Irish community in New York was rather incidental, developing in parallel to the rise of his career.

The root of what became a favorable association between the two seems to be an inadvertent outcome grounded in political events that shook Ireland and America beginning in 1798 and continued throughout Van Buren’s career/life. [Read more…] about Martin Van Buren and New York’s Irish Community

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Irish American Heritage Museum, Irish History, Irish Immigrants, Martin Van Buren, Political History

Irish Involvement in American Labor (Virtual Talk)

May 5, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Irish Involvement in American LaborThe Irish American Heritage Museum has announced “Irish Involvement in American Labor,” a program with Terry Golway, PhD, set for Friday, May 7th. [Read more…] about Irish Involvement in American Labor (Virtual Talk)

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Irish American Heritage Museum, Irish History, Labor History

The Irish Invasions of Canada (Podcast)

April 30, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lithograph of the Fenian charge, commanded by Colonel John O'Neill during the Battle of Ridgeway, near Niagara, Canada West, on June 2, 1866. In reality, the Fenians wore United States blue uniforms or Confederate uniforms, or parts of them along with civilian clothes with green arm or hat bands. Courtesy Library and Archives CanadaThis season of A New York Minute in History features a brand new format. Each episode will delve into a chapter of New York’s history through a topic introduced by one of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s historic markers, which collectively tell the story of the state’s unique and important history.

In this first episode of the new series, Devin Lander and Lauren Roberts investigate the invasions of Canada by the Fenian Brotherhood, a group of Irish Nationalists intent of freeing Ireland from British control. These invasions were launched from several locations in upstate New York. [Read more…] about The Irish Invasions of Canada (Podcast)

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Fenians, Irish History, Military History, Podcasts

1916 Rising: The Irish Revolution in America

April 19, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Irish Citizen Army, 1914.Ever after known as the Easter Rising, an armed insurrection aimed at establishing independent Irish rule took place during Easter Week, April 24-29, 1916.  Led by the Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, members of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army (mistakenly referred to in the US press as “Sinn Feiners”), the rebels occupied numerous locations in Dublin and proclaimed the establishment of the Irish Republic. British soldiers soon massed to quell the rebellion and by the end of the week, over 400 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured, the majority civilians.

Irish American involvement in the Rising was critical – in fact, without John Devoy’s influence, the Rising might never have happened. [Read more…] about 1916 Rising: The Irish Revolution in America

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Irish American Heritage Museum, Irish History, Military History

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 8
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Help Support The Almanack

Subscribe to New York Almanack

Subscribe! Follow the New York Almanack each day via E-mail, RSS, Twitter or Facebook updates.

Recent Comments

  • Arlene Steinberg on How Animals Stay Warm In Winter
  • Caroline Booth Stafford on Smugglers & The Law: Prohibition In Northern New York
  • Craig DuMond on Wild Center Hosting Adirondack Building Conference
  • Olivia Twine on Men Arrested For Drinking, Driving and Hunting
  • Brian Madigan on Atlantic Yacht Club: A Brief History
  • Olivia Twine on The Return of the Ospreys
  • Dan on Joe Gingras: A Major League Baseball Career Thwarted By War
  • Christopher on Major John Andre: Officer, Gentleman, Spy
  • Arlene Steinberg on Men Arrested For Drinking, Driving and Hunting
  • Pat Boomhower on DEC Privatizes Management Planning for Popular Areas of Adirondack, Catskill Parks

Recent New York Books

Norman Rockwell's Models
The 1947 Utica Blue Sox Book Cover
vanishing point
From the Battlefield to the Stage
field of corpses
Madison's Militia
in the adirondacks
The Extraordinary Journey of David Ingram
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley

Secondary Sidebar

Mohawk Valley Trading Company Honey Syrup Candles
preservation league