Download or read book The New Irish Americans written by Ray O'Hanlon and published by Roberts Rinehart Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the early 1980s, tens of thousands of Irish nationals began settling in the U.S. Mostly young and mostly illegal, these new Irish soon began agitating for legal resident status--and making their mark on older Irish communities. Writing with wit and an eye for detail, O'Hanlon captures the travails and triumphs of these "new Irish" for the first time. 16 photos.