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The Irish of the San Francisco Bay Area - Essays on Good Fortune

by Donald Jordan & Timothy J. O'Keefe

This book presents original essays on the distinctive experience of Irish American in the American West. It contains twenty essays and shorter contributions by many recognized scholars. Click here to read a review. You may view or download and print copies for personal use by clicking on the underlined View and Download below.

Table of  Contents & Preface  - Download


Introduction  by Timothy J. O’Keefe  - Download


Part One - Irish Identity in Literature and the Popular Press - Download slow - may take several minutes
  • A Literature of Good Fortunes by Matthew L. Jockers
  • Irish Catholic Identity and California Public Life:  Peter Yorke versus C.K. McClatchy 1890-1916 by Stephen M. Avella 
  • Vignette: The Irish Literary and Historical Society of San Francisco by Donald Jordan 


Part Two - Ethnicity and Troubled Ethnic Relations  - Download slow - may take several minutes

  • California Clash: Irish and Chinese Labor in San Francisco, 1850-1870 by Daniel J. Meissner
  • St. Peter’s Parish in San Francisco: The Rise and Eclipse of an Irish Parish 1913-1964 by Jeffrey M. Burns
  • Vignette: Michael Casey (1860-1937) by Peter Imperial 

  • Vignette: Vivian Moore Hallinan (1910-1999) and Vincent Hallinan (1896-1992) by James P. Walsh 


Part Three - Irish American Culture and Acculturation Download slow - may take several minutes

  • Old Age Pipers and New Age Punters: Irish Traditional Music and Musicians in San Francisco, 1850-2000 by Gearóid Ó'hAllmhuráin
  • Women in Irish Dance in San Francisco, 1900-1935 by Lynn Lubamersky
  • Maggie’s Boarding House: Irish-American Assimilation in San Francisco, 1910-1930 by Daniel P. Walsh 

  • Vignette: An Irishman Goes to San Francisco by Michael Corrigan 


Part Four - Education and Educators   Download  slow - may take several minutes

  • Pioneers in the Classroom: Irish-American Teachers in San Francisco in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries by Janet Nolan
  • Educating Catholic Young Men – “Principally Irish”: Men’s Catholic Colleges in the San Francisco Bay Area by Timothy J. O’Keefe
  • Vignette: Frank Quinn Remembers: Irish Oral History of the Mission District by Cecilia McDonnell 
Part Five  - San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Ireland Download slow - may take several minutes
  • Diplomatic Snapshots: The Irish Consul in San Francisco, 1933-1947 by Dermot Keogh
  • San José-Silicon Valley and Ireland by Tom McEnery
  • Vignette: San Francisco’s Robert Emmet Monument by Timothy J. O’Keefe  
Part Six - Irish-American Identity: Personal Experience and Historical Evaluation Download slow - may take several minutes
  • Fragments of Identity, Lost and Found by Kevin Starr 

  • The Evolution of the Thesis: The Irish Experience in California was different by James P. Walsh 

    • In Memoriam: Donald J. Jordan, Jr. (1945-2003) by Robert Tracy

Essay Contributors and Bibliography Download  slow - may take several minutes


Ordering Information:

Hard cover copies of the book can be ordered from Eileen Kivlehan (415) 681-2078 for a cost of $32.96, including postage.

ISBN:0-931180-00-7

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Editor Timothy O'Keefe with Marean Jordan, the wife of the late Don Jordan, co-editor

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