| The centennial of The Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago marks a moment of high history
in the story of the growth and development of the Irish
in the City of Chicago. This amazing century, spanning
the years from 1901 to 2001, stands as a golden era of
Chicago life. The political, commercial and religious
character of the city was galvanized by the arrival of
teeming numbers of immigrants whose commitment to hard
work and New World achievements made Chicago a twentieth
century wonder. And no one made themselves more at home
in the wonder of Chicago than the Irish whose voice and
hope shaped its neighborhoods, whose faith fashioned
its parishes, whose sweat built its streets and railroads
and whose muscle began it all in the building of the
Illinois and Michigan Canal.
This informative and engaging book provides an invaluable
glimpse into the early days of The Irish Fellowship
Club and demonstrates how Irish-Americans throughout
Chicago, and The Irish Fellowship Club members in particular,
stood shoulder to shoulder on the front lines of Chicago’s
battle for world prominence. Author Thomas O’Gorman
proves that the ascendancy of Chicago to the world
political stage is inextricable from the Irish-American
experience and that, in many ways, the Irish-American
experience is inextricable from Ireland’s struggle
for independence from British rule.
The book contains hundreds of historical photographs
and includes a list of all 100 Club Presidents.
158 pp.
$25.00
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