The first Irish arrive in New Orleans. They’re the kind ofpeople who make bad posts on LinkedIn.

We revisit Alejandro O’Reilly, who put down the 1768rebellion, and Oliver Pollock, one of the most famous Irish merchants in the Spanish period.

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The Irish in New Orleans, 1800–1860 by Earl F. Niehaus

The Irish in New Orleans by Laura D. Kelley

The Irish in the South, 1815–1877 by David T. Gleeson

“Trading Spaces: Commerce, Ethnicity, and Early Irish NewOrleans” by Kristin Condotta Lee

https://64parishes.org/entry/irish-in-new-orleans

https://64parishes.org/entry/oliver-pollock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrvAfYdQZSc


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