Ancient Order of Hibernians
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The Ancient Order of Hibernians is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization. Members must be male, Catholic, and either born in Ireland or of Irish descent. Its largest membership is in the United Sta
Members of the AOH parading at Cormeen, Co Cavan
AOH 1911 plaque, Kanturk, County Cork
St. James Church, New York City
Helena, Montana Chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians banner
Molly Maguires
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It is alleged that the Molly Maguires was an Irish 19th-century secret society active in Ireland, Liverpool, and parts of the eastern United States, best known for their activism among Irish-American
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…faced discrimination or harsh coal mining working conditions. Many members in the coal mining area of Pennsylvania allegedly had a background with the Molly Maguires. It became an important focus of Irish American political activity. The organization had its roots in the Defenders and the Ribbonmen, Catholic agrarian…
Molly Maguires meeting to discuss strikes in the Pennsylvania coal mines, depicted in an 1874 illustration in Harper's Weekly
Pinkerton Detective Agency detective James McParland, in the 1880s
Franklin B. Gowen, District Attorney for Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania and president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Yost's tombstone in Tamaqua's Odd Fellows Cemetery, which states that he had been "assassinated"