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Growing Up Poor in Irish Boston

IRISH BOSTON

1939 – Today

I, Rod Murphy was born in Cambridge on March 10, 1939, one week before St. Patrick’s Day and now Pat and I celebrate for the whole week. I lived in Boston as a young man also. Boston is predominant but Cambridge has a powerful and distinctive influence on the metropolitan area.

This episode describes Cambridge’s churches, schools, peoples and neighborhoods and ethnic enclaves, etc. And does the same for Boston.