Patrick murphy has worked for over 40 years in saint louis television, both on air and as a six time emmy winning producer of documentaries and musical variety shows. For the past 24 years, hes emceed the saint louis Speaker Series at powell hall. And hes also a working artist producing woodcut prints that are on display in several saint louis galleries. Hes the author of candyman the story of the switzer candy company, and, of course, the irish in saint louis. From shante to lace curtain. His next book is on Catholic Churches, monasteries and shrines throughout the state of missouri. Its due to be in bookstores in winter of 2023. But of course, today hes here to talk about the history of the irish in saint louis. And after the talk, we do invite you to join us upstairs outside the museum shop, where hell be signing copies of his book. You can purchase them there. And thats enough for me. Im going to turn the stage over to Patrick Murphy. So please join me in giving him a really warm w
Join us upstairs outside the museum shop, where hell be signing copies of his book. You can purchase them there. And thats enough for me. Im going to turn the stage over to Patrick Murphy. So please join me in giving him a really warm welcome today. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, emily. And thank you all for turning out. What a great what a great turnout today on such a cold day. I appreciate that. Missouri Historical Society has been a wonderful help in putting this book together with all their wonderful documents and and photographs. And they were just there, just wonderful people and just a great treasure for for the saint louis community. So how many of you out there identify to some degree as being irish. Okay. Is there anybody who does not in some way identify with being i . Okay. Well, good. Thanks for coming anyway. Both of you. I grew up with the perception of being irish and it started at a very early in fact, the first time i actually remember becoming aware there in some
Patrick murphy has worked for over 40 years in saint louis television, both on air and as a six time emmy winning producer of documentaries and musical variety shows. For the past 24 years, hes emceed the saint louis Speaker Series at powell hall. And hes also a working artist producing woodcut prints that are on display in several saint louis galleries. Hes the author of candyman the story of the switzer candy company, and, of course, the irish in saint louis. From shante to lace curtain. His next book is on Catholic Churches, monasteries and shrines throughout the state of missouri. Its due to be in bookstores in winter of 2023. But of course, today hes here to talk about the history of the irish in saint louis. And after the talk, we do invite you to join us upstairs outside the museum shop, where hell be signing copies of his book. You can purchase them there. And thats enough for me. Im going to turn the stage over to Patrick Murphy. So please join me in giving him a really warm w
Shrines throughout the state of missouri. Its due to be in bookstores in winter of 2023. But of course, today hes here to talk about the history of the irish in saint louis. And after the talk, we do invite you to join us upstairs outside the museum shop, where hell be signing copies of his book. You can purchase them there. And thats enough for me. Im going to turn the stage over to Patrick Murphy. So please join me in giving him a really warm welcome today. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, emily. And thank you all for turning out. What a great what a great turnout today on such a cold day. I appreciate that. Missouri Historical Society has been a wonderful help in putting this book together with all their wonderful documents and and photographs. And they were just there, just wonderful people and just a great treasure for for the saint louis community. So how many of you out there identify to some degree as being irish. Okay. Is there anybody who does not in some way identify with be
Favorite gear race. He is of course the author of irish in st. Louis to shanty to lace curtain. His next book is on monasteries and shrines throughout the state of missouri and will be in bookstores in 2023. He is here to talk about the history of the irish in st. Louis. After the talk, we invite you to join us outside the museum shop upstairs where he will be signing copies of his book. That is enough for me. I am going to turn it over to Patrick Murphy. Please give me a warm welcome today for mr. Patrick murphy. [ applause ] thank you, emily. Thank you for joining. What a great turnout. Such a cold day, i appreciate that. The Historical Society has been a wonderful help in putting this book together and photographs, and they are just wonderful people. Just a great treasure for the st. Louis community. So, how many of you out there identified to some degree as being irish . Is there anybody who does not in some way identify with being irish . Good. Thanks for coming anyway. Both of yo