On this day, August 15, in 1882, the Daniel O’Connell monument, Dublin, was unveiled after being completed by John Henry Foley and his assistant Thomas Brock. Do you know the meaning behind one of the city’s most iconic monuments?
From Stately Church to Status SymbolOn March 10, 1861, a throng gathered on Harrison Avenue to dedicate a new church for Boston’s growing population of Irish-Catholics and German-Catholics. Bishop John B. Fitzpatrick, the Irish immigrant and philanthropist Andrew Carney, and the chief architect, Tipperary-born Patrick C.