The New York Irish History Roundtable is hosting a free walking tour of Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill this coming Saturday, December 1.
Roundtable President and local historian John Ridge will lead the tour, which will focus on the impact the Irish had in the development of these two beautiful and historic NYC neighborhoods.
The meeting point is in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall, on Court Street, near Remsen Street at 2pm.
Founded in 1984, the New York Irish History Roundtable promotes interest in and research on the 300-year history of people of Irish heritage in New York City.
For more information, check out their website here.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Seanmor | Nov 29, 2012, 11:09 AM EST
Besides Brooklyn Heights, lower Manhattan also has a few strong Irish connections: the John Street Methodist Church which stands on the grounds of the first Methodist house of worship in N.Y.C. established by Methodists from Ballyingrane (near Adare), Co Limerick in the 1760s; a plaque on the street near Bowling Green to honor Rev. Francis Makemie, the Donegal Presbyterian who is regarded as "the Father of American resbyterianism"; a plaque near the door of St. Paul's Epiccopal Church to General Richard Montgomery, a native of Swords, Dublin, who was the first general of the Continental Army to fall in the Revolutionary War.