2.6: An Irish Hello

The first Irish arrive in New Orleans. They’re the kind ofpeople who make bad posts on LinkedIn. We revisit Alejandro O’Reilly, who put down the 1768rebellion, and Oliver Pollock, one of the most famous Irish merchants in the Spanish period.READ MOREThe Irish in New Orleans, 1800–1860 by Earl F. NiehausThe Irish in New Orleans by Laura D. KelleyThe Irish in the South, 1815–1877 by David T. Gleeson“Trading Spaces: Commerce, Ethnicity, and Early Irish NewOrleans” by Kristin Condotta Leehttps://64parishes.org/entry/irish-in-new-orleanshttps://64parishes.org/entry/oliver-pollockhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrvAfYdQZSc SOUNDS:French Quarter Bourbon walk.wav by volivieri -- https://freesound.org/s/110012/ -- License: Attribution 4.0