Title: A tour of Irish Boston
Published: Mon, 16 Mar 2009
Description: (Boston Globe) Courtney Hollands of Boston.com celebrates the city's Irish influence with a ramble through part of the Irish Heritage Trail, followed by a hearty supper and a pint of Guinness.
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" Legend has it we have some pretty good evidence that this table over here I was aware. John Kennedy. Proposed pack two Jack London -- All people Red Cross street so. James Hurley was reported that there is reason to -- not fight. With a guy named -- here in 1910 right around the time he was first running for mayor. And it was a funny little connection with the John Fitzgerald then John Fitzgerald was the -- that time. Truly wanted him out of the race so he basically blackmailed them. He sent a letter to his home alleging that he had been having an affair. With a cocktail waitress with a certain. Is a letter was sentenced to life. And she asked him flat rates because I'm -- Natalie it was going to be made."
" Some of the about the Irish heritage trail yet the true. Third on the waterfront at the wait who -- and."
" It does that is because. In 1912. And we are the digital rights -- This is the Boston Irish famine memorial was unveiled in city in 199810. Years ago. And it's a tribute to the great hunger that occurred in the 1840s that drove so many Irish out of Ireland. Two cities like Boston. And between 1845 minutes and 49100000. Irish landed in Boston. 'cause transforming the city bus and went during that period from being -- and angles -- city to an ethnic city and as you know the Boston Irish a big role to play in the city. Ever after."
" And -- it realizes oh so it's. Not. And this. Year's. But it works of course that they think they pay their capacity for years yeah."
" These open at 6 in the morning that we wanted to call -- a thousand people lined up almost due north and down the street 530. It here they want about for an hour in the morning to reduce toast. Puppets and and -- last year we -- the commitments. They play and issue we have platforms that. This is it's Sunday in the day start to Monday. It is that people can -- 2 in the morning I think you see that side and come back in again for a click and start over here. And so it's a good."
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