BIR History
Cardinal Richard Cushing Left
a Stamp on the Political Landscape
By Peter F. Stevens
BIR Staff
Second of three articles.
“I’m no theologian,” Cardinal Richard Cushing liked to say. His self-deprecating humor notwithstanding, Cushing had no trouble wading... Read more
"When Congressman Curley is in Boston," one of the papers wrote in 1913, "though his political influence is now supposed to be with the federal department heads, he is just as busy pulling favors at City Hall as when he was an alderman and councilor.... Read more
Irish-Born Colonel Thomas Cass
Proved That He and His Fellow Irish
Would Fight, Die To Protect the Union
In American military annals, "the Fighting Sixty-Ninth" Regiment is steeped in legend. The New York unit, comprised largely of Irish Americans,... Read more
