02625nam 2200493 450 991015511380332120180718110637.01-4930-3734-X(CKB)3710000000965176(MiAaPQ)EBC4767174(EXLCZ)99371000000096517620161222h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierReal lace revisited /James P. MacGuireGuilford, Connecticut :LP,2017.©20171 online resource (313 pages)1-4930-2490-6 1-4930-2492-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface: In praise of Stephen Birmingham -- Foreword: The real first Irish family -- McDonnell & Co. : the aftermath -- The rise of the wealthy Irish Catholics -- WASPs, Jews, and the Irish -- Southward and westward -- Faith of our fathers (and mothers) -- Profile: Portsmouth Priory : the early years -- From counting houses to carryout -- Profile: Tom Monaghan and Domino's Pizza -- High (and low) society -- Profile: Watering holes : Saratoga, Southampton, Newport -- Sport -- Profile: The Maras and Rooneys : from racing to pro football -- In the public arena -- Profile: The Kennedys and the Buckleys -- Vatican II : an age of anxiety -- The 1960s : high-water mark -- Profile: Portsmouth again : from priory to abbey -- Gratitude -- Profile: Peter Flanigan and student sponsor partners -- Assimilation : leaving the ghetto -- Decay and falling away -- Epilogue: Endings and new beginnings."Here is a revisitation--part tribute, part update--of Stephen Birmingham's much-loved Real Lace. James P. MacGuire, a member of one of Birmingham's Irish families, creates his own entertaining portrait of life among the Irish rich, further detailing and filling out this engrossing portion of America's social history"--Provided by publisher.Irish AmericansBiographyUpper classUnited StatesBiographyRich peopleUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesSocial life and customsUnited StatesEthnic relationsElectronic books.Irish AmericansUpper classRich people305.89162073MacGuire James P.1247133MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910155113803321Real lace revisited2891361UNINA