The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. VIII, 1909Various
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The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. VIII, 1909
Various
American-Irish Historical Society -- Periodicals; Ethnology -- United States -- Periodicals; Irish Americans -- Periodicals
LONERGAN, THOMAS S., 408 East One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street, New
York City, was born in Mitchelstown, Ireland, in the year 1864. He
received his early educational training from the Christian Brothers in
his native town and at St. Colman’s College, Fermoy. From early
boyhood he exhibited tokens of more than ordinary talents. He was fond
of books, particularly those on ancient and modern history, literature
and biography. He is today probably one of the best read men in
Anglo-Irish literature and Irish history in America; but he is by no
means less informed on the history, literature and politics of his
adopted country, for he is an American to the very backbone, and is
proud of his citizenship. He came to America in 1883, and lost no time
in becoming a full-fledged American citizen, immediately after which
he affiliated himself with the Democratic party. He had only been a
citizen two weeks when, during the presidential campaign of 1888, he
was placed on the list of campaign speakers by the Democratic State
Committee of New York. In the early nineties, he was an expert debater
in the leading literary societies of New York. Previous to that, he
was a member of the Young Men’s Congress of Boston. He is also a
writer and lecturer of ability. His lectures on “Christian Education,”
“The Golden Age of Ireland,” “Charles Carroll, of Carrollton,” “The
American Stage,” “General Thomas Francis Meagher,” “Irishmen in the
American Revolution,” “Jefferson and Lincoln,” “The Catholic Chapter
in American History,” “The Irish Renaissance,” “St. Brendan, America’s
First Discoverer,” “Christian Democracy,” “Wendell Phillips,”
“Socialism and Individualism” and “Newfoundland and Her People,” are
masterpieces. His eulogy on Leo XIII is a classic. Mr. Lonergan has
been with the _New York World_ for the past fifteen years, and is at
present manager of the Bronx office. He possesses not only literary
but executive abilities of a high order. During his residence in the
Bronx he has made hosts of friends and is well liked by all with whom
he comes in contact.
LOUGHLIN, PETER J., 150 Nassau Street, New York City.
LOVELL, DAVID B., M. D., 32 Pearl Street, Worcester, Mass.
LUDDY, TIMOTHY F., Waterbury, Conn.
LYNCH, EUGENE, 24 India Street, Boston, Mass.
LYNCH, JOHN E., school principal, Worcester, Mass.
LYNCH, J. H., 812 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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