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Arriving in the New World

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2010

May 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment

What we know from literature about what Irish Famine immigrants encountered upon their arrival in North America. If you ever spend the day at the Silver Lake golf course on the north shore of Staten Island, New York, pay attention.  It’s not that the greens are particularly speedy or that the course is unusually challenging.  What you should keep your eye out for, instead, is … [Read more...] about Arriving in the New World

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