Unintended Consequences: The story of Irish immigration to the US
Ray O’Hanlon, editor of the Irish Echo in New York writes about his subject with great passion, from legislative about-turns to the pain of the undocumented
HISTORY
Unintended Consequences: The story of Irish immigration to the US and how America’s door was closed to the Irish
By Ray O’Hanlon
Merrion Press, €19.95
When the novelist Joseph O’Connor was a student, he and some friends staged a sit-in at the Department of Health to protest against their medical cards being taken away. A Garda sergeant arrived with a simple warning.
“If any of you are arrested today, you will never get into ...