{"id":57,"date":"2020-03-21T17:32:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T17:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historytalks.info\/?p=57"},"modified":"2020-08-09T21:10:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T21:10:53","slug":"irish-in-st-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/talks\/irish-in-st-louis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inspiring History of the Irish in St. Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/irish.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/irish.png 458w, https:\/\/historytalks.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/irish-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Follow the moving account of St. Louis&#8217;  Irish immigrants in their struggle to survive bigotry and discrimination. You&#8217;ll learn that the average life span in the ghetto was 14; how violent gangs ruled and fought for turf in the impoverished area known as the Kerry Patch; how men were met with signs of &#8220;No Irish  Need Apply&#8221; in their search for decent jobs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Meet the heroes &#8211;  the marvelous Mullanphy family, the first Irish millionaires; the courageous firefighter Phelim O&#8217;Toole; and other unforgettable figures.  See how the Irish survived, flourished and became a vital part of St.  Louis history. <\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow the moving account of St. Louis&#8217; Irish immigrants in<span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/talks\/irish-in-st-louis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Inspiring History of the Irish in St. Louis<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-special-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}