2.6: An Irish Hello

<p>The first Irish arrive in New Orleans. They’re the kind ofpeople who make bad posts on LinkedIn. </p><p>We revisit Alejandro O’Reilly, who put down the 1768rebellion, and Oliver Pollock, one of the most famous Irish merchants in the Spanish period.</p><p><strong>READ MORE</strong></p><p><em>The Irish in New Orleans, 1800–1860</em> by Earl F. Niehaus</p><p><em>The Irish in New Orleans</em> by Laura D. Kelley</p><p><em>The Irish in the South, 1815–1877 </em>by David T. Gleeson</p><p>“Trading Spaces: Commerce, Ethnicity, and Early Irish NewOrleans” by Kristin Condotta Lee</p><p><a href="https://64parishes.org/entry/irish-in-new-orleans">https://64parishes.org/entry/irish-in-new-orleans</a></p><p><a href="https://64parishes.org/entry/oliver-pollock">https://64parishes.org/entry/oliver-pollock</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrvAfYdQZSc " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrvAfYdQZSc </a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>SOUNDS:</strong></p><p>French Quarter Bourbon walk.wav by volivieri -- https://freesound.org/s/110012/ -- License: Attribution 4.0</p>