McCarty. treasurer. Helen M. Washington. recording secretary. Mollie Murphy. corresponding secretary. John A. Kenney. financial secretary. Gerald P. Lonihan. adjutant. Terrence OReilly and Mary Vesey. sergeantatarms. Dennis Lenihan. historian. Michael K. Farrell. judge of elections. Rev. Msgr. John J. Maloney. chaplain. and Michael McCormick. chief of staff. Like many other immigrants. the Irish came to America seeking opportunity and fleeing misfortune. In the 19th century. many Irish Immigrants toiled hard building the railroads that linked the coasts of our growing land. Others worked the mines and factories. And they often had to fight nativist mobs that brandished antiIrish. antiCatholic slogans.
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