A
warm thanks to the conference committee of ACIS-West for their unanimous
acceptance of my proposal for inclusion in the 33rd annual
meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies-Western Regional, held in
October 2017 in Spokane, Washington.
The
theme of the conference was “Ireland, Irish America, and Work.” Vice-consul
John Callaghan, of the Consulate
General of Ireland in San Francisco,
spoke of the need for Irish Studies programs to both explore our culture
and to “help other cultures know who we are.”
My
paper, “Pennsylvania’s ‘Molly Maguires’: Fact vs. Fiction,” can be viewed in
the essay collection posted here. It describes the efforts of Pennsylvania’s
Hibernians hanged as “Molly Maguires.” Men of faith condemned to death in
illegal trials, they used legal channels to advocate on behalf of the
oppressed.
Anne
Flaherty
