The Irish in New Orleans by Kelly, Laura
The Irish in New Orleans by Kelly, Laura

The Irish in New Orleans

Kelley tells the colorful, entertaining, and often adventurous history of the Irish in New Orleans. From Bloody...
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Author: Laura Kelly
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The Irish in New Orleans by Kelly, Laura

The Irish in New Orleans

$65.93
The Irish in New Orleans by Kelly, Laura

The Irish in New Orleans

$65.93
Author: Laura Kelly
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Kelley tells the colorful, entertaining, and often adventurous history of the Irish in New Orleans. From Bloody O'Reilly in the eighteenth century to the great churches and charitable organizations built by the Irish Famine immigrants in the nineteenth century to the Irish-dominated politics of the twentieth century, and including Irish dance, music, and sports, the author introduces readers to a hitherto untold story of one of America's most historical cities.

Author: Laura Kelly
Publisher: University of Louisiana
Published: 10/28/2014
Pages: 383
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.28lbs
Size: 9.06h x 8.49w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9781935754534


Award: Independent Publisher Book Awards - Bronze Medal Winner

About the Author
Kelly, Laura: - "Laura D. Kelley was born in New York City but spent her childhood in Mexico, her teen years in Texas, Alaska, US Virgin Islands and her twenties in Europe and California. The desire to travel the world runs through her veins courtesy of her Irish ancestors and she assumed that moving every few years to a new locale would continue ad infinitum. However, after moving to New Orleans to complete her Ph.D., she realized she had finally found a place to call home.

Her Irish roots dictated the focus of her study, and Irish luck lent a hand when she met on her first day in the Crescent City a man from "da Channel"- the Irish Channel - with an unusual accent reminiscent of New York City even though he was born and raised in New Orleans. Unbeknownst to many outsiders, Kelley included, the city had and still has a significant Irish community. Laura D. Kelley realized then and there that she had found the subject and specific focus of her research.

Since that "aha" moment twenty years ago, Kelley has developed numerous classes about the Irish as well as the culture, history and foodways of New Orleans and Southern Louisiana. In addition, she has directed several research projects with St. Alphonsus Art and Culture Center as well as Save our Cemeteries. These projects have uncovered different facets of Irish history of the city using traditional and non-traditional primary sources. She considers herself fortunate to live in a city that contains such a rich culture and such rich archival resources. A lifetime is not long enough to explore all these opportunities.

Kelley spends her time, researching, teaching, and travelling. She lives in New Orleans with her partner, art historian Thomas M. Bayer, and in typical Irish (as well as New Orleans) fashion her immediate and extended family live within walking distance. Typical of Irish chain migration practices, other members of the Kelley family have followed Laura, and by now a new generation of this clan, born in Orleans Parish, has further strengthened the roots of this Irish American family in this city."

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