Dr. John F. Quinn

presents his 11th lecture for the Museum on September 18 at 6 p.m.

Dr. Grace and Mr. Bennett:

Irish Newport's Gilded Age Leaders

Dr. Philip Grace

James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

Sponsored by Virginia Pittsley

In Memory of Bill Pittsley and Jay Pittsley

Historians of Newport’s Gilded Age have tended to focus on the Vanderbilts, the Astors, and other summer colonists, chronicling their extravagant social lives. However, the Irish

were the largest population in Newport during this era.

Dr. Quinn’s presentation features two men of Irish descent who were prominent figures in Newport’s Gilded Age.

Dr. Philip Grace was a longtime pastor of St. Mary’s Church. James Gordon Bennett, Jr. was the flamboyant and unpredictable publisher of the New York Herald. Dr. Quinn will share how Grace and Bennett’s paths crossed on several occasions.

About Dr. Quinn

Dr. Quinn is Professor of History at Salve Regina University. He specializes in Irish history and American ethnic and religious history. He is the author of The Rise of Newport’s Catholics: From Colonial Outcasts to Gilded Age Leaders (University of Massachusetts Press, 2024).

His book The Rise of Newport’s Catholics will be available in the soft-cover edition for signature and sale following the talk at a special price of $25.

RESERVE A SPOT AT THE LECTURE

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Light hors d’oeuvres

Cash Bar available.

$5 Lecture Fee

Payable at door via cash or check to “MNIH.”

Dr. Quinn's lecture will also be live-streamed via Zoom free of charge.

PURCHASE A TICKET TO HELENA BYRNE EVENT

Lectures this fall:

Opening Doors:

The Unlikely Alliance Between

the Irish and the Jews in America

presented by

Dr. Hasia R. Diner

October 28

6pm

Presented in Collaboration with Touro Synagogue Foundation

A Celtic Team in Newport:

Genevieve McGlinchey and

William Wallace Mathison

presented by

Dr. Marian Mathison Desrosiers

November 20

6pm

Made possible by a generous gift from Frank Furtado, In Memory of his wife, Barbara Carr Furtado

The Museum of Newport Irish History was established in 1996. Its mission is to tell the story of the Irish immigrants and their descendants in Newport County and the surrounding area from the colonial era to the present. It also seeks to preserve artifacts and mementos relating to their experiences and facilitate research on Irish history and heritage.

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