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The First All-Irish Library in the U. S. - Wendy Kirg, Librarian

Library Hours: Thursday, Friday and Saturday 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Website: www.icccsf.org and www.irishcentersf.olg r Phone: 1415) 661-2798. E-mail: Iibrary@irishcmtersf.orgIt is advised to e-mail or call before coming as the library is sometimes unexpectedly closed.

BOOKS ON IRISH AMERICANS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL I{AR

Next year, 2011, marks the L50th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. Irish-born and the sons

and grandsons of Irish immigrants enlisted in both the Union and Confederate a:mies. The Union Army had as

many as 150,000 lrish-born soldiers-nearly four times as many as the Confederate Army--because the majorityof Irish immigrants landed in northern cities such as Boston and Ne*'York after the Famine. In comparison,approximately 40,000 men with Irish roots joined the Confederate Army, making them the largest immigrantgroup that fought far the Southern cause. A iarge number of these soldiers arrived in New Orleans after theFamine. Although the Yankee biockade of southern ports during t}re war temporarily stopped Irish immigration tothe southern states, the Confederate Army had 45 distinctly Irish campanies such as Alabama's Emerald Guardsand Virginia's Emmet Guards. Shamrocks and Irish harps decorated Union Army recruiting posters, enticingmen tc join 38 Irish regiments. The lrish Brigade, the most famous lrish corps in the Union Army, totaled 2000at the beginning of the war; 1,000 returned to New York when the war ended in 1865. Many died at the BattleGettvsburg, july 1-3, 1863. To leam more about the role Irish Americans played in this significant chapter ofAmerican history the library recommends the following books in its collection:

The lriskBrigade by Paui JonesThe lrish Brigade snd lls Campaigns by David Pcwer ConSmghamTheFighting 69tk: AHistory by Richard DemeterR*nember Fantenxy! The 69th N*r York aud Tbe lrish Brigade in the Ciai.l Wrr by Joreph G. BilbvHistory af the lrish fuz Americaby Ann Kathleen Bradley

The library seeks donadons of books on kish Americans who fought in the Confederate Atmy.

VIDEOS IN THg LIBBARY'S COLLECTION

Edge of Europe. Story of the Early Chrisdan monks lir.iag on Skeilig fuIichael, Baliinskelligs Abbey and CiiiReilig, off the Kerry Coast.

The History af kelsnd takes the viewer from ancient Ireland to the founding of the Republic.Walking lnto Eternity witk PatrickRyarz tours the Dublia of ]ames |oyce's Ulyxes.Discoaering lreland Explore Newgranga Glendalcugh, Conmacnoise, Rock of Cashel, Biarney Stone, Bunratty

Castle, Walls of Derry, Aran Island, Cliffs of Mohet Glenns of Antrim, Giant's Causeway, Ring ofkrry, and the Lakes of Killarney

Spetl of fretand.Yisitlreland of the 1948s: Dublin, Donegal Highlands, Cork, Belfast and Kylmore Abbey. Thisvideo was originally produced in the 1940s and restored.

Tke Dingte Peninsul^a a*d the Stea Head Diae. ]ourney into the historical and cultural past of the beautiful westKerry, including numerous archaeological sites.

laurney Back to lrelmd. Rambie through the Emerald Is1e, experiencing the stories behind the Books of Kells, thewild beatty of Connemara, and the magical landscapes with standing stones, monasteries and castles.

Irel"snd's Emerald Treasures. See the sites af Dublin, scenic County Wicklow, Kikenny, County Kildare, andGalway Bay.

lreland The Isle af Memories. Travel through all 32 courties.

The library recommends these videos and oihers on Donegal, Clare Kerry and Galway for those planning a tripto keland this year. Aii videos can be viewed in the library.