Historical/Biographical Note

Sr. Anne Tahaney and Sr. Margaret Tahaney (b. Long Island City, New York, 1931; b. New York, New York, 1929) of the Dominican Order are both children of Irish immigrants. They traveled to Pakistan in 1957 and taught at a Dominican school there while also living and working in the local community.

Scope and Content Note

This oral history was digitally recorded on a Marantz PCM660. The interview is approximately 40 minutes long, on 1 CD. The interview took place in Bayville, New Jersey, on November 24, 2008, and the interviewer was Myriam Nyhan.

Biographical Note

Peggy Tanner was born in the Bronx in 1929, but moved with her family back to Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry, Ireland, as a young child during the Depression. Her father, Denis Hegarty, was a commandant in the IRA who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising. Peggy trained as a nurse in England in 1947 and immigrated to America in 1953, where she continued her work in nursing. She became involved in local politics in New York and served on the Advisory Committee on Parks and Landscapes.

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Biographical Note

Brian Tolle was born in Queens, New York. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the States University of New York at Albany and a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Parsons School of Design in Manhattan. He was awarded the commision of the Irish Hunger Memorial in New York City in 2000.

Scope and Contents

This interview was conducted by Miriam Nyhan at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House in Manhattan, New York on August 13, 2015. The interview contains Brian Tolle's family history, education, and his design of the Irish Hunger Memorial in New York City between 2000 and 2002. He describes his anxiety of framing the historical events of the past for a contemporary audience. He recounts the way in which he wanted to create an environment where the half acre of land would let viewers interpret their own opinion about the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s. He describes his memories of witnessing the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11th, 2001.

Historical/Biographical Note

Dan Tubridy (b. Rockaway, New York, 1948) is the grandchild of Irish immigrants from Counties Kerry and Clare and can trace his family?s Irish lineage back to the eighteenth century. He is the owner of the Bungalow Bar in Far Rockaway, which was featured on Spike TV's Bar Rescue.