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   Boxer, Gang leader, and Politician. John Morrissey (February 12, 1831 – May 1, 1878), also known as Old Smoke, was an Irish American politician, bare-knuckle boxing champion, and criminal. He was born in 1831 in Ireland. His parents moved to New York State when he was a young child.

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3. www.irishcentral.com › john-morrissey-irishJohn Morrissey: Irish immigrant stood up to Bill the Butcher

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   Apr 5, 2024 · John Morrissey, who was born in Templemore, Co Tipperary, may be the most interesting Irish immigrant that you’ve never heard of. Morrissey lived the real-life story of the world portrayed in...

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4. www.racingmuseum.org › pillar › john-morrisseyJohn Morrissey | National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

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   Feb 5, 2021 · John Morrissey. Of all the longshots to achieve improbable glory in the storied history of American thoroughbred racing, there is arguably no more astonishing rags-to-riches odyssey than that of John Morrissey, the driving force behind the inaugural Saratoga meeting in 1863 and the founder of Saratoga Race Course.

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   Who was John Morrissey?

   • John Morrissey (February 12, 1831 – May 1, 1878), also known as Old Smoke, was an Irish American politician, bare-knuckle boxing champion, and criminal. He was born in 1831 in Ireland. His parents moved to New York State when he was a young child. In the early 1850s, he went to San Francisco at the time of the California Gold Rush.

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   • John Morrissey: born February 5th 1831. Height 6 feet. Weight 170 lbs. Image: United States Library of Congress/Wikicommons This weekly series for Irish Times Abroad profiles an Extraordinary Emigrant from Irish history, based on entries from the Royal Irish Academy’s Dictionary of Irish Biography.

   The Tipperary 'gangs of New York' fighter who became Champion of

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   How did John Morrissey die?

   • Morrissey died at the Adelphi Hotel, Saratoga Springs, on May 1st, 1878. Having survived all that violence, he was beaten in the end by pneumonia. Based on Patrick M Geoghegan’s biography of John Morrissey (edited for this article by Clare McCarthy) in the Royal Irish Academy’s Dictionary of Irish Biography.

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   What did John Morrissey do for a living?

   • John Morrissey went on to accomplish even more than this – he founded the Saratoga Springs Race Course, which is now the oldest sporting venue in America. He also successfully ran for U.S. Congress, serving two terms in the House of Representatives. He was a champion for Irish-American issues at a time when that was sorely needed.

   John Morrissey: Irish immigrant who stood up to Bill the Butcher

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6. www.newyorkalmanack.com › 2021 › 02John Morrissey: Toward Setting The Record Straight

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   Feb 12, 2021 · John Morrissey was born in Ireland on February 12th, in 1831. As a result of bigoted attacks by his political enemies being carried forward by later writers like Herbert Asbury in Gangs of New York (1928), he’s been falsely accused of being in criminal league with Tammany Hall, for leading “the dead rabbits gang,” and for being involved ...

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   A fighting spirit will get you a long way in politics, as John Morrissey’s life shows. He was born in 1831 in Co Tipperary, the family emigrating shortly afterwards to settle in Troy, New...

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9. www.irishamerica.com › 2013 › 09Saratoga’s Irish Visionary: John Morrissey | Irish America

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   Sep 10, 2013 · By Liz O'Connell, Contributor. October / November 2013. As Saratoga Springs celebrates 150 years of thoroughbred racing, Liz O’Connell tells the tale of John Morrissey, an Irish immigrant who organized, operated and had the vision to develop what is now one of the world’s greatest racecourses.

10. theirishmob.com › old-smoke-john-morrissey"Old Smoke" John Morrissey - The Irish Mob

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    Jan 21, 2019 · One story about how he got the nickname “Old Smoke” was during a fight with Thomas McCann, Morrissey was said to have been pinned on his back on burning coals from a stove that had been overturned. Morrissey endured the pain and fought off McCann. Enraged, Morrissey beat McCann senseless.