8. MISSION AGENTS Letter from McCoole to Cardinal Logue Women’s Job Exchange 1901 Mission Record Books 1901-1940 Immigration Ellis Island 1900 Patrick McCoole1842-1906 Patrick McCoole and Patrick McDonough In 1886, Patrick McCoole, an Irish speaker from Donegal, joined the Mission as its agent at Castle Garden and later at Ellis Island. His responsibilities were to…
9. Mission Girls: At Work Annie O’Donnell Irish Stogie-Maker 1909 Irish Depositors Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank The receipt from the New York Labor Exchange at 10 Washington Street, New York, dated November 28, 1891, records that it received from Mr. T. F. Green the sum of $2.00 as the office fee for hiring Annie O’Brien…
10. Mission Girls: At Play Monaghan’s Irish Dancing Class, 1905 TIME OFF Irish immigrant women often caught up with their friends and families on their afternoons or evenings off. They also enjoyed meeting other Irish from home at county societies or parish dances. The Irish girls were active members of their parish societies and various…
11. The Mission and The Titanic 1. SS Titanic, 1912 | White Star Line Poster 2. SS Titanic | Postcard 3. ‘New York Times,’ Headlines from front page article, April 16, 1912No account of pre-WWI trans-Atlantic Irish emigration would be complete without the story of the Irish on the Titanic. Fifty-four men, fifty-four women and…
12. Media Portrayals of Irish Immigrant Women 1. ‘The Last Reception of the Season’ 2. ‘The Irish Declaration of Independence That We All are Familiar With’ 3. ‘Another Blind for the Biddys – The Dynamiters’ New Device’ 4. ‘A Bombardment That Would Paralyze Them’ “Bridget McBruiser”Illustration “Contrasted Faces,” 1866 There were two…
