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“Dolan has created an excellent history of the Irish in this book describes why a lot of Americans who've a choice to select their very own cultural identification determine they desire to be Irish.”—Andrew Michael. Greeley Recommended student Jay Dolan’s breathtaking account of the Irish experience in america uses immigrants from appearance to power, from the dark days of the Truly Amazing Famine to John Y. Kennedy’s election for the presidency. Drawing on current grant and original research, The Irish Americans may be the first general history of Irish-Americans because the 1960s.