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Known as America’s walking city, Boston is the capital of Massachusetts, and New England’s largest city, a world-renowned center of arts and culture, education and commerce, history and heritage, culinary delights and natural beauty.

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In one of his final acts as Mayor of Boston, James Michael Curley dedicated a bronze memorial on Boston Common…

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One of Boston’s most prominent Irish-Americans was Maurice Tobin (1901-53). Born in Roxbury’s Mission Hill, he was the son of immigrants from…

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Here are the Mayors of Boston Claiming Irish Heritage:  Hugh O’Brien 1885–88 Patrick Collins 1902–05 John F. Fitzgerald 1906–07, 1910–13 James M. Curley 1914–17,…

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Photo Courtesy of Boston National Park Service Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), the famous 19th century writer of short stories and…

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David I. Walsh, the first Irish Catholic elected as Governor of Massachusetts, received the largest plurality ever for a Democratic…

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Twin Curley statues at Union Park on Congress Street, Boston James Michael Curley, the larger-than-life political figure who dominated Boston…

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Boxing champion John L. Sullivan was born on October 12, 1858, on East Concord Street in Boston’s Roxbury/South End. His…

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Check out these great organizations keeping the Irish Spirit in Boston