The Irish standard., 1912-02-17
Important Part Americans of
Irish Stock Have
Played
In Building up the Great Me-
tropolis Of the East
and in
Spreading Its Name and Fame
For Learning and
Achievement.

In the course of an interesting
sketch of 1.-THE Irish on Manhattan
Island" running through several is
sues of the New York World, Victor ].
Bowling, Justice of the Appellate
Court, reviews many of the groups OF
Celtic stock whose members have
earned distinction in various lines OF
effort during the past century in the
great metropolis of the Atlantic.
The following excerpt gives some
idea of the extent to which the Irish
element has entered into the progress
sive uplift of the foremost American
city:
The late DR.. Joseph O'Dwyer orig
mated the operation known as "1ntu-
baton of the larynx," which has saved
the lives of thousands of children suf-
fering from Group and diphtheria. The
late DR.. Andrew ]. McCosh won inter-
national fame in brain and spinal sur
gerry. DR.. William B. Wallace was
we'll known general practitioner.
The list of physicians begins with
Williams Hayes in 1647, Hughes in
1857, Thomas Flynn in 1902. Samuel
Glossy, who began lecturing in 1874,
and became professor of anatomy of
Kings College in 1867, and DIR. James
McGrath in 1740. The physicians of
Irish blood are SO numerous that for
years they have successfully main-
tanned "Celtic Medical Society,""
founded thirty years ago by the late
DR.. Michael c. O'Brien.
Among prominent physicians, many
of whom are also professors, lecturers
and writer's. may be named DR.. Thorn
as Adds Emmett, DR.. E. L. Keyes, Dr.
Francis J. Quinlan. DR.. Constantine ].
MCGUIRE, DR.. Mcmahon, DR.. John j
McGrath, DR.. James J. Walsh, DR.. John
Aspell, DR.. Joseph B. Bissell, DR..
Charles H. hammock. DIR. Daniel A.
Sinclair, Dr. James T. Meehan, DR..
Denis A. McAuliffe and DR.. ]. A. IT.
win.
The list of lawyers is an equally
lengthy one. In 1926 Thomas S.
Brady, the best educated man of his
time in this city, was a practicing
lawyer and a teacher and translator as
we'll. He was the father of the great
advocate, James T. Brady, and of John
r. Brady, who served thirty-five years
On the bench of the Superior ard SUI
preme Courts, for many years on the
general term of the latter.
Charles O'Connor was the undisput-
ed leader of the bar. James r. Cum
ming, John Z. Devlin, John Graham
and John McKeon were prominent in
their day.
At present may be numbered among
the most successful practitioners Will
liam D. Guthrie, ex-Justice Morgan J.
O'Brien, ex-Judge Joseph P. Brady,
United States Senator James A.
O'Gorman. w. Bourke Cochran. James
Byrne, Lieutenant Governor Thomas
F. Conway. John F. Mcintyre, Eugene
A. Philbin, James A. Deering, William
H. Corbitt, Cornelius ]. Sullivan, John
Quinn, eX-Judge Edward Brown,
George J. Gillespie, William M. Byrne
William D. McNulty, Philip j. Britt,
William Temple Emmett, Francis P.
Garvan. Edmund l.. Mooney, M. J.
Mulqueen, J. Campbell Thompson.
Among past members OF the judi
ciary may be numbered George G. Bar
rett, Richard O'Gorman, Frederick
Smyth. Recorder Hackett, Charles P.
DAILY, David McAdam. Florence Nc
Carthy, John McCunn, James Mon
Grief, George Shea and Louis j. Con-
lin.
While among the present in this dis
trict are Supreme Court Justices
Laughlin, FITZGERALD, Mccall. Guy,
Brady. Hendrick, Golf, Ford, Gavegan,
Delaney, Cohalan; City Court Judges
O'Dwyer, Delehanty, Lynch. Donnelly
and McAvoy; Judges Of the General
Sessions Malone. O'sullivan and Null
queen; Special Sessions Judges Moss,
Fleming, Mayo, McInerney, O'Keefe
and Ryan; William McAdoo, Presi-
dent of the Board of Magistrates,
Magistrates O'Connor, Breen. Harris,
Murphy, Herbert Corrigan and Nc
Quade; Municipal Jud ges Fallon.
Moore. Lynch, sinnott, shiel, Hoyer,
Dinnean. Murray, Noonan. Byhan,
Blake and Tierney.
Educators were to be found in the
early days among the Irish residents
here. In 1871 Thomas Finley con-
Quoted q boarding school. In 1924 P.
d. Casserly maintained seminary; his
son became United States Senator
from California. In 1926 B. MCGOWAN
FOUNDED an academy. Then came a