History Show Episode 17 by nearfm published on 2013-07-08T21:42:38Z Episode 17 of the Irish History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode we are joined by Irish American historian, author and poet, John Kearns, to discuss the Molly Maguires. The Molly Maguires were a secret society based among the Irish miners in the anthracite coal fields in northern Pennsylvania in the 1860s and 1870s. Genre history Comment by Andrew Stergiou Today as non-Catholic non-Irish I can only wonder what America would be like if it were not for the Catholic Irish immigrants that came to America as they were so much a proud radical part of American history it brings tears to my eyes when I hear only a small part of what American working people should never be eager to study and learn and never forget. 2015-01-28T18:17:44Z
