From Coffin Ships to Tammany Hall

from The Green Thread: Irish Immigrants in America · host Jellypod

This episode traces how Irish immigrants in America built their own institutions, turned neighborhood organizing into political power, and helped reshape urban machine politics. It also explores the Kennedy breakthrough, the cost of assimilation, and the tension between authentic Irish heritage and modern-day Plastic Paddy nostalgia.

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