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Author_Niall O'Dowd
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- ISBN 9781510782747
- Weight: 411g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 19 Nov 2026
- Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Irish Famine forced a million Irish to flee to America, where they faced discrimination and hatred as unwanted immigrants. They sailed on coffin ships, destitute and desperate. However, the new immigrants and their offspring soon began changing America . The impact of men like Henry Ford, Billy the Kid, JFK, Eugene O'Neill and women like Mother Jones on the new country was profound. The new Irish fought Lincoln's war and helped defeat slavery, created the model for machine politics, the Catholic Church, police and fire departments labor unions, and leading literary figures like Nobel winner O'Neill impacted millions of lives.
Author Niall O'Dowd takes a hidden part of American history and reveals just what the children of the Irish Famine achieved and how different America would look were it not for their exodus to the US during the famine.
Billy the Kid, JFK, Henry Ford and Mother Jones are among America's greatest icons. Whether the Model T car, which changed transportation and industry, to politicians, union organizers, or feminists who helped shape this country, none of them would have had such an impact if not for the Irish Famine of 1845-1852.
Author Niall O'Dowd takes a hidden part of American history and reveals just what the children of the Irish Famine achieved and how different America would look were it not for their exodus to the US during the famine.
Billy the Kid, JFK, Henry Ford and Mother Jones are among America's greatest icons. Whether the Model T car, which changed transportation and industry, to politicians, union organizers, or feminists who helped shape this country, none of them would have had such an impact if not for the Irish Famine of 1845-1852.
Niall O’Dowd is the founder of four successful Irish American publications and has been honored both by the Irish government with its Distinguished Services Award and University College Dublin with an honorary doctorate for his role in the Irish peace process. He has been the subject of a PBS documentary and a book entitled Daring Diplomacy about his role in that process. Currently his story has been optioned by Oscar winning director Terry George (In the Name of the Father and Hotel Rwanda) based on a Washington Post profile of O’Dowd’s secret role as intermediary between the IRA and President Bill Clinton. He was also named in New York’s Most Influential People in 2008 and a “Person You Should Know” by CNN. He is the author of several books, including Washington and the Irish, Lincoln and the Irish, and A New Ireland.
