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Boston's first Irish-Catholic mayor
By adamg on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 3:08pm
Boston Maggie surveys the mayoral career of Hugh O'Brien, who took office on this day in 1885:
... Popular among both native- and Irish-born Bostonians, Hugh O'Brien paved the way for the better known Irish mayors who would follow him— "HoneyFitz" Fitzgerald and James Michael Curley. ...
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