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The Passion of John Kehoe and the Myth of the “Molly Maguires”
By Anne Flaherty, Hibernian Press, Saint Leonard, MD, 2023. Paperback, 550 pages. $35.00. Includes bibliography, index, and glossary of terms.
In The Passion of John Kehoe and The Myth of the “Molly Maguires,” John Kehoe’s descendant, Anne Flaherty, overturns all widely accepted historical accounts of this turbulent period in Pennsylvania’s nineteenth-century anthracite coalfields. The haunting eloquence of the Irish Catholic men falsely accused as “Mollies” carries their tragic story. The charter of their benevolent order, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, was based on the tenet “Love guides the whole design.” The words of these Irishmen underscore how fallacious chronicling has silenced them for almost a century and a half.
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