Chicago Tribune16d
Decades before Irish were Chicago political royalty, they lived in a ramshackle slum called Kilgubbin
The name became symbolic of slums where poor ... where Irish people lived in Chicago during the city’s early decades. In the 1830s, Irish laborers dug the Illinois & Michigan Canal, settling ...
The Pantagraph17d
Kilgubbin once an Irish slum in Chicago
The name became symbolic of slums where poor ... where Irish people lived in Chicago during the city’s early decades. In the 1830s, Irish laborers dug the Illinois & Michigan Canal, settling ...
Yahoo16d
Decades before Irish were Chicago political royalty, they lived in a ramshackle slum called Kilgubbin
The name became symbolic of slums where poor Irish immigrants ... Kilgubbin wasn’t the only place where Irish people lived in Chicago during the city’s early decades. In the 1830s, Irish laborers dug ...