Niall O’Dowd is the founder of IrishCentral, Irish America Magazine, and the Irish Voice newspaper. He is also responsible for publishing IrishCentral.com and the Irish Emigrant newspaper in Boston. Niall was awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Dublin for his work on the Irish peace process, which was a subject of a book, Daring Diplomacy, and a PBS Special, An Irish Voice. He has written for the New York Times, the Guardian, Huffington Post, and the Irish Times. He lives in New York City.
“We’ve had Thomas Cahill’s excellent How The Irish Saved
Civilization and now Niall O’Dowd has penned a terrific book that
should be titled 'How The Irish Saved The Union.' O’Dowd introduces
us to a wealth of Irish characters who had an enormous impact on
Abraham Lincoln and the outcome of the Civil War. . . . Delve into
this book on any page and you will find delicious little stories of
the affection our most loved and cherished president had for our
race, who were considered at the time as Catholic rabble by many on
the east coast. If you’re a Lincoln fan like me, you’ll love this
book.” —Liam Neeson, award-winning actor
"In these times when some would make of America a cold house for
emigrants, Niall O’Dowd has done well to remind us of how the
greatest American icon, Abraham Lincoln, changed from a position of
suspicion of Irish immigrants to one of gratitude and deep regard
for them. As the book reveals, he was deeply touched by their
outstanding role in his life and by their sacrifices in his battle
to preserve the fragile flower of democracy."—Tim Pat Coogan,
historian and best-selling author of The IRA, Michael Collins, and
Wherever Green is Worn
Lincoln and the Irish is an impressive work of scholarship that
will be studied by Lincoln fans, Irish and American History buffs,
and students of democracy. It also reads like a great historical
novel that will engage any reader who picks it up. Niall O’Dowd has
burrowed into the archives and presented us with a fast-paced
narrative populated with wonderful historical characters such as
the Confederate priest Fr. Patrick Bannon, the great Union Generals
Meagher and Corcoran, and the Irish transgender Union Hero Albert
Cashier/Jennie Hodgers. Underpinning these wonderful stories of
Irish and Irish American heroes, heroines, and villains is the
complex relationship between Lincoln and the millions of Irish who
found refuge from famine and oppression in America, and who helped
the Great Emancipator defeat slavery and cement America’s
democracy. This is not only an important book but as engrossing a
read as I’ve come across in a long time. “—Terry George,
Oscar-winning writer and director of Hotel Rwanda, In the Name of
the Father, and Some Mother’s Son
“We’ve had Thomas Cahill’s excellent How The Irish Saved
Civilization and now Niall O’Dowd has penned a terrific book that
should be titled 'How The Irish Saved The Union.' O’Dowd introduces
us to a wealth of Irish characters who had an enormous impact on
Abraham Lincoln and the outcome of the Civil War. . . . Delve into
this book on any page and you will find delicious little stories of
the affection our most loved and cherished president had for our
race, who were considered at the time as Catholic rabble by many on
the east coast. If you’re a Lincoln fan like me, you’ll love this
book.” —Liam Neeson, award-winning actor
"In these times when some would make of America a cold house for
emigrants, Niall O’Dowd has done well to remind us of how the
greatest American icon, Abraham Lincoln, changed from a position of
suspicion of Irish immigrants to one of gratitude and deep regard
for them. As the book reveals, he was deeply touched by their
outstanding role in his life and by their sacrifices in his battle
to preserve the fragile flower of democracy."—Tim Pat Coogan,
historian and best-selling author of The IRA, Michael Collins, and
Wherever Green is Worn
Lincoln and the Irish is an impressive work of scholarship that
will be studied by Lincoln fans, Irish and American History buffs,
and students of democracy. It also reads like a great historical
novel that will engage any reader who picks it up. Niall O’Dowd has
burrowed into the archives and presented us with a fast-paced
narrative populated with wonderful historical characters such as
the Confederate priest Fr. Patrick Bannon, the great Union Generals
Meagher and Corcoran, and the Irish transgender Union Hero Albert
Cashier/Jennie Hodgers. Underpinning these wonderful stories of
Irish and Irish American heroes, heroines, and villains is the
complex relationship between Lincoln and the millions of Irish who
found refuge from famine and oppression in America, and who helped
the Great Emancipator defeat slavery and cement America’s
democracy. This is not only an important book but as engrossing a
read as I’ve come across in a long time. “—Terry George,
Oscar-winning writer and director of Hotel Rwanda, In the Name of
the Father, and Some Mother’s Son
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