Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180112:17:31:00
People came from ireland on what they called coffin ships. they came here and worked the railroads. the irish were really looked down upon in those days. i hear all these stories about irish need not apply. we could get construction jobs, cops or firefighter jobs. james and katherine ryan came over and worked the railroad until they had enough money to buy a farm outside of wisconsin and my great grandfather started a business with horse plows and it's a business run today by my cousins. it is a beautiful story of america. that is a great story. that is a story we have today. that is the story...