Go Home Paddy

On a snowy morning in 1906, Famine refugee Paddy Brennan, steps into a tavern in Boston, Massachusetts. There he encounters the embodiment of the triumphal “New” Irish of Boston in the form of a third generation Irish-American bartender. When arriving on American shores in 1848, Paddy had found the same miseries that he had left behind in Ireland: bigotry, poverty and hatred. Heartbreaking, thought-provoking and ultimately uplifting, this unique narrative incorporates historical details such as the Great Hunger, the rise of the Know-Nothings, Victorian prejudices and the Great Boston Fire of 1872. Work from the graphic novel was showcased at Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum in the Fall/Winter of 2019. Photos and Video of the gallery can be at the bottom of the page.