Patrick Collins, another Irish immigrant success story, came to Boston after fleeing the famine in 1848 and became mayor in 1902, Quinlin said. He was the first Catholic congressman from ...

The vast majority of them were impoverished and settled in urban areas from Quebec to Boston ... during the Irish famine, were Catholic and faced hostility upon their arrival, Kelly said.

(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) BOSTON (AP) — Throngs of green-clad, shamrock-festooned revelers filled the streets of America’s most Irish big city on Sunday for the South Boston St. Patrick’s ...

Boston College was founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) to educate Boston’s predominantly Irish, Catholic immigrant community. It opened its doors on September 5, 1864, in a building ...

the North American branches held their convention in Boston and a New Brunswick priest, Father C.J. McLaughlin, drew a line in the sand with the Americans on the issue of Canadian Irish Catholic ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - BOSTON (AP) — Throngs of green-clad, shamrock-festooned revelers filled the streets of America’s most Irish big city on Sunday for the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade.