Jane Conlon Muller Oral History Collection 1990-1991

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Jane Conlon Muller Oral History Collection 1990-1991

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This collection consists of 34 interviews conducted by Jane Conlon Muller with civil rights lawyer and politician Paul O’Dwyer, Irish Northern Aid founder Michael Flannery, and Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes. The interviews were produced as part of an oral history project with the New York Irish History Roundtable and document numerous aspects of Irish American studies and the immigrant experience in America, with specific emphasis on New York. Subjects include the interviewees childhoods and family lives, their professional and political activities, and their involvement with various Irish American movements or organizations, including civil rights and hunger strikes in Northern Ireland and providing support to the families of killed or imprisoned IRA soldiers.

1.25 linear feet; in 1 manuscript box and 4 media boxes

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Irish Action Committee.

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Gaelic Athletic Association

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Clan-na-Gael

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Flannery, Michael, 1902-1994

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New York St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee.

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United Irish Counties Association.

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Hynes, Charles J.

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Irish republican army

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O'Dwyer, Paul, 1907-1998

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Paul O'Dwyer : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147572 From the description of Papers, 1932-1969, 1945-1949 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122516916 Paul O'Dwyer was born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland. Like his brother, William O'Dwyer, who was New York City Mayor from 1946 to 1950, Paul was also active in New York's local politics. Paul O'...

Mayo Men's Patriotic and Benevolent Association.

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Muller, Jane Conlon.

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The interviews in this collection were conducted in 1990 and 1991 by Jane Conlon Muller, an attorney and member of the New York Irish History Roundtable. She first interviewed O'Dwyer, who suggested that she also interview Flannery. At this time, Muller worked in the Kings County DA's office, which was the impetus for interviewing Hynes. Jane Conlon Muller, born in 1942, is the granddaughter of Irish immigrants from counties Donegal, Leitrim and Clare. She holds a bachelors degree from Queens Co...

American Congress for Irish Freedom.

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