{"id":662,"date":"2009-03-05T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2009\/03\/05\/irish-american-heritage-month-2009\/"},"modified":"2018-07-18T21:37:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T21:37:15","slug":"irish-american-heritage-month-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2009\/03\/05\/irish-american-heritage-month-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish American Heritage Month 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

The aim of Irish American Heritage Month is to bring to the attention of all Americans the contributions made throughout America’s history by Irish immigrants and their descendants. Langsdale Library presents the following resources, among many, that showcase the rich customs and history of Irish American culture. <\/p>\n

For help locating these titles, or to locate additional resources, please stop by or contact<\/a> the Reference Desk. <\/p>\n

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<\/a>Books<\/h3>\n

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<\/em><\/a> The Irish Americans: A History <\/em>
Jay P. Dolan
New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2008
E 184 .I6 D59 A44 2008 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> Looking for Jimmy: A Search for Irish America
<\/em>Peter A. Quinn
Woodstock:Overlook Press, 2007
E 184 .I6 Q56 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States
<\/em>J.J. Lee and Marion Casey
New York: New York University Press, 2006
<\/a>E 184 .I6 M23 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> Special Sorrows: The Diasporic Imagination of Irish, Polish, and Jewish Immigrants in the United States
<\/em>Matthew F. Jacobson
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002
JV 6477 .J33 2002 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> Irish America: Coming into Clover: The Evolution of a People and a Culture
<\/em>Maureen Dezell
New York: Doubleday, 2001
E 184 .I6 D49 2001 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> Fork in the Road: A Novel
<\/em>Denis Hamill
New York: Pocket Books, 2000
PS 3558 .A4217 F67 2000 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500 – 1782
<\/em>R Hoffman
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000
F 184 .C37 H64 2000 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> My Father’s Gun: One Family, Three Badges, One Hundred Years in the NYPD<\/p>\n

<\/em>Brian V. McDonald
New York: Dutton, 1999
HV 7911 .A1 M33 1999 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> The New Irish Americans
<\/em>Ray O’Hanlon
Boulder, CO: Roberts Rinehart, 1998
E 184 .I6 O47 1998 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> Irish in America
<\/em>Michael Coffey
New York: Hyperion, 1997
E 184 .I6 I684 1997<\/p>\n

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<\/a> Cabbage and Bones: An Anthology of Irish American Women’s Fiction
<\/em>Calendonia Kearns
New York: Henry Holt, 1997
PS 647 .I74 C33 1997 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a>Films & Documentaries <\/h3>\n

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<\/a> The Irish in America: Long Journey Home<\/em> (1997)
E 184 .I6 I68 1997 VHS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> Out of Ireland <\/em> (1995)
JV 7711 .U6 O88 1995 VC <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Websites<\/h3>\n

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Presidential Proclamation of Irish American Heritage Month 2009
<\/strong>http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the_press_office\/Irish-American-Heritiage-Month-2009\/<\/a> <\/p>\n

Irish American Cultural Institute
<\/strong>http:\/\/www.iaci-usa.org\/<\/a>
The Irish American Cultural Institute is a not for profit organization committed to the exploration and appreciation of Irish culture whose mission is to provide leadership and resources to preserve, interpret, and promote Irish and Irish American culture. <\/p>\n

Irish American Heritage Center<\/strong>
http:\/\/irish-american.org\/<\/a>
The Irish American Heritage Center is one of the premiere Irish cultural organizations in the United States.<\/p>\n

Irish American Heritage Month: Facts for Features<\/strong>
Facts for Features<\/a>
Facts for Features and Special Editions consist of collections of statistics from the Census Bureau’s demographic and economic subject areas intended to commemorate anniversaries or observances or to provide background information for topics in the news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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