17 The Molly Maguires

On this episode we are joined by Irish American historian, author and poet, John Kearns, to discuss the Molly Maguires. The Molly Maguires were a secret society based among the Irish miners in the anthracite coal fields in northern Pennsylvania in the 1860s and 1870s. http://media.blubrry.com/irishhistoryshow/history.radio.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IrishHistoryShow17.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS