The Irish community is one of

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's major and important

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, and has been a significant proportion of the city's population since the waves of immigration in the late 19th century. As a result of the Great Famine in Ireland, many Irish families were forced to emigrate from the country. By 1854, between 1.5 and 2 million Irish had left their country. In the United States, most Irish became city-dwellers. With little money, many had to settle in the cities that the ships landed in. By 1850, the Irish made up a quarter of the population in

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, Buffalo, and

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. Today,

has the largest percentage of Irish-Americans of any city in the United States, while New York City has the most Irish Americans in raw numbers. During the

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years, when the Irish economy was booming, the city saw a buying spree of residences by native Irish as second homes or as investment property.

History

Irish Americans (most of whom are Irish Catholic) make up approximately 5.3% of New York City's population, composing the second largest non-Hispanic white ethnic group. Irish American Protestants first came to America in

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years (pre-1776).The largest wave of Catholic Irish immigration came after the Great Famine in 1845. Most came from some of Ireland's most populous counties, such as Cork, Galway, and Tipperary. Large numbers also originated in counties Cavan, Meath, Dublin, and Laois. In the Civil War, the massive anti-draft riots of 1863 represented a "civil war" inside the Irish Catholic community, according to Toby Joyce. The mostly Irish Catholic rioters confronted police, soldiers, and pro-war politicians who were often leaders of the Irish community. In the "early days", the 19th century, the Irish formed a predominant part of the European immigrant population of New York City, a "city of immigrants", which added to the city's diversity to this day. After they came, Irish immigrants often crowded into subdivided homes, only meant for one family, and cellars, attics, and alleys all became home for the poorest immigrants. As they accumulated wealth they moved into better housing.

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, Brooklyn, was originally developed as a resort for wealthy Manhattanites in 1879, but instead became an upscale family-oriented Italian- and Irish-American community. Another large Irish-American community is located in Woodlawn Heights,

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, but Woodlawn Heights also has a mix of different ethnic groups. Conditions were slow to improve in Manhattan's

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.Manhattan, work=primemanhattan.com, publisher=Prime Manhattan Realty, accessdate=May 4, 2009 Other sizable Irish-American communities include

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and Breezy Point, both in

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. Two big Irish communities are Marine Park and neighboring

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. The Irish have also settled "to a far lesser extent n

Maspeth Maspeth is a residential and commercial community in the borough of Queens in New York City. It was founded in the early 17th century by Dutch and English settlers. Neighborhoods sharing borders with Maspeth are Woodside to the north; Sunnyside t ...

, Woodside, and

Sunnyside, Queens Sunnyside is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It shares borders with Hunters Point and Long Island City to the west, Astoria to the north, Woodside to the east and Maspeth to the south. It contains ...

." The Irish Catholic men were successful in joining the New York City Police Department as well as the New York Fire Department. Religious women became nuns teaching in parochial schools; others became public school teachers. In the neighborhoods, the Irish organized to again control over territory, jobs, and political organizations. As the "new immigrants" from Southern and Eastern Europe arrived 1880s-1914, the Irish incorporating them into their established system. It was a process of "Americanization." The Irish dominated the Catholic Church as bishops, priests, pastors and nuns. The Church worked hard to keep Catholicism strong among the new arrivals, opening parish schools and high schools. After 1945, a large-scale movement to the suburbs was made possible by the steady upward social mobility of the Irish.

Irish colleges and universities

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Founded by Archbishop John Hughes an Irish immigrant, and built by Irish labor. Most of the

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are Irish-Americans and Irish Americans make up a sizeable amount of the student body. The University president Rev. Joseph McShane, SJ is an Irish American. * St. John's University Founded by Bishop John Laughlin an Irish immigrant aiming to educate Irish and other immigrants in a strong Catholic atmosphere. Almost every president of the University has been an Irish American, and many of the Vincentian priests that run the University are Irish as well as lay staff and professors. The University president Rev. Brian Shanley, OP is an Irish American. *

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A large amount of the student body, staff and professors are Irish American. Its athletic teams are named the Jaspers, in honor of Brother Jasper of Mary, an Irish immigrant, administrator at the school and inventor of the seventh inning stretch. The College president Brennan O'Donnell, is an Irish American.

Irish neighborhoods

Current

Woodlawn, Bronx Woodlawn Heights, also known as Woodlawn, is a predominantly Irish-American working class neighborhood at the very north end of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by McLean Avenue to the north (slightly north of New York Cit ...

* North Riverdale,

City Island, Bronx City Island is a neighborhood in the northeastern Bronx in New York City, located on an island of the same name approximately long by wide. City Island is located at the extreme western end of Long Island Sound, south of Pelham Bay and east o ...

Pelham Bay, Bronx Pelham Bay is a middle class residential neighborhood in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City. It is named for Pelham Bay Park, New York City's largest park, which lies on the neighborhood's northeastern border; and for Pelham Bay, a body o ...

Throggs Neck, Bronx Throggs Neck (also known as Throgs Neck) is a neighborhood and peninsula in the south-eastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by the East River and Long Island Sound to the south and east, Westchester Creek on ...

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

Marine Park, Brooklyn Marine Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood lies between Flatlands and Mill Basin to the east, and Gerritsen Beach, Midwood, and Sheepshead Bay to the south and west. It is mostly squared off in ar ...

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn Windsor Terrace is a small residential neighborhood in the central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by Prospect Park on the east and northeast, Park Slope at Prospect Park West, Green-Wood Cemetery, and Borough Par ...

Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn Vinegar Hill is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City on the East River Waterfront between Dumbo and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The neighborhood is locally governed by Brooklyn Community Board 2 and is policed by the New Yor ...

Broad Channel Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It occupies the southern portion of Rulers Bar Hassock (known colloquially as "Broad Channel Island"), the only inhabited island in Jamaica Bay. The ...

Breezy Point, Queens Breezy Point is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula, between Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south. The community is run by ...

Rockaway Park, Queens Rockaway Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The area is on the Rockaway Peninsula, nestled between Jamaica Bay to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The neighborhood of Rockaway Beach lies on its eastern bo ...

Rockaway Beach, Queens Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is bounded by Arverne to the east and Rockaway Park to the west. It is named for the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk, which is the la ...

Ellen Freudenheim, ''Queens: What to do, where to go (and how not to get lost) in New York's Undiscovered Borough'', pp. 15-16 (Woodside), 262-265 (Rockaways), 267-275 (Sunnyside), 277-287 (Woodside). (St. Martin's NY 2006) . *

Maspeth, Queens Maspeth is a residential and commercial community in the borough of Queens in New York City. It was founded in the early 17th century by Dutch and English settlers. Neighborhoods sharing borders with Maspeth are Woodside to the north; Sunnyside ...

* Woodside,

St. George, Staten Island St. George is a neighborhood on the northeastern tip of Staten Island in New York City, along the waterfront where the Kill Van Kull enters Upper New York Bay. It is the most densely developed neighborhood on Staten Island, and the location of th ...

West Brighton, Staten Island West New Brighton (also called West Brighton) is a neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City, situated along the central North Shore. The neighborhood is bordered by New Brighton to the east, Port Richmond to the west, the waters of the Kil ...

Randall Manor, Staten Island Randall Manor is a neighborhood on the North Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, United States. The neighborhood is bound by Bard Avenue to the West, Henderson Avenue to the North, Forest Avenue to the South, and La ...

Historic

* Five Points/

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Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

East Harlem, Manhattan East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or and historically known as Italian Harlem, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City, roughly encompassing the area north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, F ...

Mott Haven, Bronx Mott Haven is an American primarily Residential area, residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of the Bronx. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are East 149th Street to the nor ...

Inwood, Manhattan Inwood is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, at the northern tip of Manhattan Island, in the U.S. state of New York. It is bounded by the Hudson River to the west, Spuyten Duyvil Creek and Marble Hill to the north, the H ...

University Heights, Bronx University Heights is a neighborhood of the West Bronx in New York City. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are: West Fordham Road to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, West Burnside Avenue to the south and the Harle ...

Kingsbridge, Bronx Kingsbridge is a residential neighborhood in the northwest portion of the Bronx, New York City. Kingsbridge's boundaries are Manhattan College Parkway to the north, the Major Deegan Expressway or Bailey Avenue to the east, West 230th Street to t ...

* Bainbridge,

Bedford Park, Bronx Bedford Park is a residential neighborhood in the northwest Bronx, New York City, between the New York Botanical Garden and Lehman College. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: Mosholu Parkway to the north, Webster A ...

Fordham, Bronx Fordham is a neighborhood located in the western Bronx, New York City. Fordham is roughly bordered by East 196th Street to the north, Webster Avenue to the east, Burnside Avenue to the south, and Jerome Avenue to the west. The neighborhood's prima ...

Woodhaven, Queens Woodhaven is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered on the north by Park Lane South and Forest Park, on the east by Richmond Hill, on the south by Ozone Park and Atlantic Avenue, and th ...

Diana Shaman, ''If You're Thinking of Living In /Woodhaven, Queens; Diversity in a Cohesive Community'', ''New York Times'' September 20, 1998, found a
NY Times article on the diversity of Rego Park including Irish-Americans
Accessed November 8, 2007. *

Parkchester, Bronx Parkchester is a planned community and neighborhood originally developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and located in the central The Bronx, Bronx, New York City. The immediate surrounding area also takes its name from the complex. I ...

Westchester Square, Bronx Westchester Square is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the eastern section of the New York City borough of the Bronx. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: East Tremont Avenue and Silver Street, Blon ...

Notable Irish New Yorkers

Irish mayors

David Mathews David Mathews ( – July 28, 1800) was an American lawyer and politician from New York City. He was a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War and was the 43rd and last Colonial Mayor of New York City from 1776 until 1783. As New York City ...

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William Jay Gaynor William Jay Gaynor (February 2, 1849 – September 10, 1913) was an American politician from New York City, associated with the Tammany Hall political machine. He served as the 94th mayor of the City of New York from 1910 to 1913, and previously ...

* Thomas F. Gilroy,

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-born * William R. Grace,

-born * Hugh J. Grant * John F. Hylan *

John Purroy Mitchel John Purroy Mitchel (July 19, 1879 – July 6, 1918) was the 95th mayor of New York, from 1914 to 1917. At 34, he was the second-youngest mayor and he is sometimes referred to as "The Boy Mayor of New York." Mitchel is remembered for his sho ...

John P. O'Brien John Patrick O'Brien (February 1, 1873September 22, 1951) was an Irish-American politician who served as the 98th Mayor of New York City from January 1 to December 31, 1933. Life and career O'Brien was born on February 1, 1873, to Mary and Patr ...

William O'Dwyer William O'Dwyer (July 11, 1890November 24, 1964) was an Irish-American politician and diplomat who served as the 100th Mayor of New York City, holding that office from 1946 to 1950. Life and career O'Dwyer was born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ire ...

-born *

Jimmy Walker James John Walker (June 19, 1881November 18, 1946), known colloquially as Beau James, was mayor of New York City from 1926 to 1932. A flamboyant politician, he was a liberal Democrat and part of the powerful Tammany Hall machine. He was forced t ...

Robert F. Wagner Jr. Robert Ferdinand Wagner II (April 20, 1910 – February 12, 1991) was an American politician who served three terms as the mayor of New York City from 1954 through 1965. When running for his third term, he broke with the Tammany Hall leadership ...

– his mother was from Cork

Irish Bishops of the Archdiocese of New York

R. Luke Concanen Richard Luke Concanen, Dominican Order, O.P. (December 27, 1747 – June 19, 1810), was an Irish people, Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as the first bishop (Catholic Church), bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New ...

-born * John Connolly,

-born *

Terence Cooke Terence James Cooke (March 1, 1921 – October 6, 1983) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of New York from 1968 until his death, quietly battling leukemia throughout his tenure. He was named a cardin ...

Michael Corrigan Michael Augustine Corrigan (August 13, 1839May 5, 1902) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the third archbishop of New York from 1885 to 1902. Early life Michael Augustine Corrigan was born August 13, 1839, in Ne ...

Timothy Dolan Timothy Michael Dolan (born February 6, 1950) is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the tenth and current Archbishop of New York, having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. Dolan served as the president of the United S ...

Edward Egan Edward Michael Egan (April 2, 1932 – March 5, 2015) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport in Connecticut from 1988 to 2000 and as archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York i ...

* John Farley,

-born * Patrick Hayes *

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-born *

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* John Joseph O'Connor *

Francis Spellman Francis Joseph Spellman (May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) was an American bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church. From 1939 until his death in 1967, he served as the sixth Archbishop of New York; he had previously served as an auxiliary ...

Irish Bishops of the Diocese of Brooklyn

* John Loughlin,

-born *

Charles Edward McDonnell Charles Edward McDonnell (February 1, 1854 – August 8, 1921) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, Bishop of Brooklyn from 1892 until his death in 1921. Biography Charles Mc ...

Thomas Edmund Molloy Thomas Edmund Molloy (September 4, 1884 – November 26, 1956) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Brooklyn from 1921 until his death in 1956. Biography He was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, the fourth o ...

Bryan Joseph McEntegart Bryan Joseph McEntegart (January 5, 1893 – September 30, 1968) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg in Northern New York (1943–1953), rector of the Catholic University of Ameri ...

* Robert J. Brennan

Notable Irish New Yorkers

* James L. Buckley, U.S. senator, federal judge *

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, writer, editor of ''

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'' * William F. Buckley, Sr., oil baron *

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, actor, writer, director *

Joseph Brennan Joseph Brennan may refer to: Politicians * Joseph Brennan (senator) (died 1950), Irish senator *Joseph Brennan (Clann na Poblachta politician) (1889–1968), Irish TD 1948–1951 *Joseph Brennan (Fianna Fáil politician) (1912–1980), Irish gove ...

, basketball player *

Jimmy Breslin James Earle Breslin (October 17, 1928 – March 19, 2017) was an American journalist and author. Until the time of his death, he wrote a column for the New York ''Daily News'' Sunday edition.''Current Biography 1942'', pp. 648–51: "Patterson, ...

, former ''

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'' and ''

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'' writer *

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actor *

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, actor * Jimmy Burke, gangster *

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, actor *

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William Bourke Cockran William Bourke Cockran (February 28, 1854March 1, 1923), commonly known as Bourke Cockran or Burke Cochran in contemporary reports, was an Irish-American politician and orator. He served as a United States representative from the East Side of M ...

, congressman and noted Tammany Hall orator *

George M Cohan George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878November 5, 1942) was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and theatrical producer. Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudev ...

, entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer, and producer *

Mad Dog Coll Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll (born Uinseann Ó Colla, July 20, 1908 – February 8, 1932) was an Irish-American mob hitman in the 1920s and early 1930s in New York City. Coll gained notoriety for the allegedly accidental killing of a young child durin ...

, gangster *

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. actress *

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, Former

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, actress, model,

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winner *

Kevin Connors Kevin Connors is a sports television journalist for ESPN. He is among the most versatile studio hosts in sports television, handling ESPN's coverage of college basketball and college football, as well as Baseball Tonight. He is also a regular anc ...

, ESPN sportscaster *

James Coonan James Michael Coonan (born December 21, 1946), nicknamed "Jimmy C", is an Irish-American mobster and racketeer from Manhattan, New York who, from approximately 1977 to 1988, served as the boss of the Westies gang, an Irish mob group based in Hell ...

, gangster *

Gerry Cooney Gerald Arthur Cooney (born August 24, 1956) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1990, and challenged twice for world heavyweight titles in 1982 and 1987 (for the WBC and lineal title in 1982 and 1987, and for the ...

, boxer *

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, sports broadcaster, television personality *

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, actor *

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, billionaire, owner of

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* James Dolan, billionaire, owner of

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* William A. Donohue, president of the Catholic League *

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, football player *

Charles J. Dougherty Charles J. Dougherty (born June 28, 1949) is an American academic who served as the 12th president of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. An expert in the field of health care ethics, Dougherty has published two books on the subject. ...

, president of

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* Francis Patrick Duffy, priest, Lieutenant Colonel and chaplain of

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, basketball player,

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head coach * Bill Dwyer, gangster *

Mickey Featherstone Francis T. "Mickey" Featherstone (born September 2, 1948) is a former Irish American mobster and member of the Westies, an organized crime syndicate from Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan in New York City, led by James Coonan. Featherstone committed sev ...

, gangster *

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District Attorney for Kings County, New York, Kings County * Mychal F. Judge, OFM, priest and Chaplain of the Fire Department of New York * George W. Keller, architect * Raymond W. Kelly, New York Police Department Commissioner * Caroline Kennedy, author, attorney, daughter of President John F. Kennedy * John F. Kennedy, Jr., son of John F. Kennedy, magazine editor * George Kennedy, actor * Jack McCarthy (television), Jack McCarthy, WPIX broadcaster and kids show host. * Steven McDonald, NYPD Detective, public speaker, peace maker * Owney Madden, gangster * Michael Malloy, also known as Mike the Durable and Iron Mike, known for being "unkilliable" * Dennis Hart Mahan, professor of military theory and engineering at West Point * Alfred Thayer Mahan, influential naval historian * Wellington Mara, owner of New York Giants, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame * Frank McCourt, author, winner of Pulitzer Prize for literature * Brian McDonough Radio and Television personality, physician, author * John McEnroe, tennis player, winner of seven Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments * Patrick McEnroe, tennis player * Roderick McMahon, boxing and sports promoter * Vincent J. McMahon owner of World Wrestling Entertainment, sports promoter * Mary Tyler Moore, actress * Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator * Joe Mullen, hockey player * Richard Mulligan, actor * Chris Mullin (basketball), Chris Mullin, basketball player, member of 1992 United States men's national basketball team, Dream Team * Conan O'Brien, late night talk show host *

, mayor of New York City * Jerry O'Connell, actor * Carroll O'Connor, actor * Charles O'Conor (American politician), Charles O'Conor, United States Attorney, former presidential candidate * Rosie O'Donnell, actress, comedian * Ryan O'Neal, actor * Tatum O'Neal, actress * James Aloysius O'Gorman one-term United States Senator from New York, Justice of the New York District Court, Justice of the New York Supreme Court * Walter O'Malley, owner of Brooklyn Dodgers, infamous for moving them to Los Angeles * Bill O'Reilly (commentator), Bill O'Reilly, news commentator * Regis Philbin, television personality * Colin Quinn, comedian * Richard Riordan, former mayor of Los Angeles * Al Smith, governor of New York, 1928 Democratic Party presidential candidate * John Sweeney (labor leader), John Sweeney, president of the AFL–CIO * Gene Tunney, boxer *

, mayor of New York City *Thomas J. Manton, U.S. Congress

Irish gangs

* 19th Street Gang * Forty Thieves (New York gang), 40 Thieves * Dead Rabbits * Gopher Gang * Grady Gang * Kerryonians * Slobbery Jim * The Westies * Whyos

Entertainment about Irish in New York City

Music

Fairytale of New York by Irish band The Pogues refers to the NYPD choir singing Galway Bay. This is traditional because the force traditionally was largely made up of Irish Americans.

Notable movies

* ''The Last Dance (1930 film), The Last Dance'', 1930 * ''Me and My Gal'', 1932 * ''Mannequin (1937 film), Mannequin'', 1937 * ''Angels with Dirty Faces'', 1938 * ''The Flying Irishman'', 1939 * ''Waterfront (1939 film), Waterfront'', 1939 * ''Little Nellie Kelly'', 1940 * ''East Side Kids (film), East Side Kids'', 1940 * ''The Fighting 69th'', 1940 * ''Going My Way'', 1944 * ''The Kid from Brooklyn'', 1946 * ''My Wild Irish Rose (1947 film), My Wild Irish Rose'', 1947 * ''The Lady from Shanghai'', 1947 * ''The Luck of the Irish (1948 film), The Luck of the Irish'', 1948 * ''On the Waterfront'', 1954 * ''Beau James'', 1957 * ''

'', 1961 * ''Madigan'', 1968 * ''Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx'', 1970 * ''State of Grace (1990 film), State of Grace'', 1990 * ''Q&A (film), Q & A'', 1990 * ''Goodfellas'', 1990 * ''

'', 1992 * ''The Brothers McMullen'', 1995 * ''The Devil's Own'', 1997 * ''Angela's Ashes (film), Angela's Ashes'', 1999 * ''Gangs of New York'', 2002 * ''In America (film), In America'', 2002 * ''25th Hour'', 2003 * ''Daredevil (film), Daredevil'', 2003 * ''Emerald City (2006 film), Emerald City'', 2006 * ''Michael Clayton (film), Michael Clayton'', 2007 * ''Brooklyn (film), Brooklyn'', 2015 * ''Run All Night (film), Run All Night'', 2015

Television

* ''Blue Bloods (TV series), Blue Bloods'', 2010 * ''The Black Donnellys'', 2007 * ''CSI: NY'', 2004 * ''Daredevil (TV series), Daredevil'', 2015 * ''Rescue Me (U.S. TV series), Rescue Me'', 2004 * ''Grounded for Life'', 2001 * ''The Job (2001 TV series), The Job'', 2001 * ''The Beat (TV series), The Beat'', 2000 * ''The King of Queens'', 1999 * ''Trinity (1998 TV series), Trinity'', 1998 * ''Brooklyn South'', 1997 * ''Ryan's Hope'', 1975 * ''Going My Way (TV series), Going My Way'', 1962 * ''All in the Family'', 1971 * ''Archie Bunker's Place'', 1979 * ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', 1993

History

Irish colleges and universities

Irish neighborhoods

Current

Historic

Notable Irish New Yorkers

Irish mayors

Irish Bishops of the Archdiocese of New York

Irish Bishops of the Diocese of Brooklyn

Notable Irish New Yorkers

Irish gangs

Entertainment about Irish in New York City

Music

Notable movies

Television

Bibliography

References

Further reading

External links