Saint Patrick’s Day Special: The Untold Legacy of the Irish in Astoria
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Saint Patrick’s Day Special: The Untold Legacy of the Irish in Astoria
For this St. Patrick’s Day, we uncover the little-known history of the Irish in Astoria. According to the research paper Irish Settlers in Queens County, City of New York by Michael J. O’Brien, the first recorded Irish person to arrive in Queens was Sarah Ryan in 1638. She traveled to America with her husband, Sylvester Baldwin, and their children from England, though Baldwin tragically passed away during the voyage. In 1671, the Lynch family ar…
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