About this episode

This episode discusses the arrival of the Irish in New Orleans and highlights key figures and works related to their history.

The first Irish arrive in New Orleans. They’re the kind ofpeople who make bad posts on LinkedIn. We revisit Alejandro O’Reilly, who put down the 1768rebellion, and Oliver Pollock, one of the most famous Irish merchants in the Spanish period. READ MORE The Irish in New Orleans, 1800–1860 by Earl F. Niehaus The Irish in New Orleans by Laura D. Kelley The Irish in the South, 1815–1877 by David T. Gleeson “Trading Spaces: Commerce, Ethnicity, and Early Irish NewOrleans” by Kristin Condotta Lee https://64parishes.org/entry/irish-in-new-orleans https://64parishes.org/entry/oliver-pollock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrvAfYdQZSc SOUNDS: French Quarter Bourbon walk.wav by volivieri -- https://freesound.org/s/110012/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

People in this episode

Host: Steve Keller

Topics covered

• Irish history
• New Orleans
• immigration
• merchants
• rebellion
• cultural influence

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Irish in New Orleans, 1800–1860, The Irish in New Orleans, The Irish in the South, 1815–1877, Trading Spaces: Commerce, Ethnicity, and Early Irish New Orleans

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