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5 Points was a slum full of Irish Criminals. My ancesters by pass New York, and none of them ever set foot in Ellis Island. They worked building the Pennsylvania Canals in the 1840's. They voted Republican, and called themselvies America. Although, one section of my family died in the Great Hunger. That entire family would have been wiped out, if it wasn't for a maternal grandfather. The Maternal Grandfather could only afford passage to America for one child, my Greatgrandfather. That Greatgrandfather was the cornerstone of my family, and built a business. Ironicly in his old age, he starved himself to death from survivor's remorse. My family was Republican, and move out of the city slum into the country.

Yet again, the "fresh" Irish of Irish Central disrepect the legacy of the old Irish. Where's Fordham University - established in 1841 as St. John’s College by the Right Rev. John Hughes, an Irish immgrant. The 69th Regiment Armory, home of the original Fighting Irish. The Bronx Zoo, which was created when Fordham sold the land to the city on the condition that the land be used for a zoo. Fordham made a similar contribution to the Botanical Gardens. West Point, the intellectual hub of America's frist silicon valley (based on iron), led by Dennis Hart Mahan.

There is a mass grave and high cross on Staten Island for those who died in sight of land but perished on coffin ships in the harbor. Wouldn't want to forget that.

Rory Dolans, in Yonkers, the center of Irish conviviality and community for the entire NYC ares.

Wow. You guys REALLY need a proofreader. Sheesh!