Jimmy Corcoran
(1819-1900)
Founder of the New York Irish enclave of "Corcoran's Roost" and Kip's Bay.
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James J. Corcoran (May 1, 1820 – November 12, 1900) was an Irish-born laborer and well-known personality among the Irish-American community of the historic "Corcoran's Roost" and the Kip's Bay districts, roughly the area near 40th Street and First Avenue in Manhattan, and was widely regarded as the champion of working-class Irish immigrants between 1850 and 1880.
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1819 Balbriggen, Ireland
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22 November 1900 (aged 81) Manhattan, New York, U.S.
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