Dr. Alan J. M. Noonan will present a talk about his book Mining Irish-American Lives: Western Communities from 1849 to 1920 as part of the State of Arizona Research Library’s 2025 Arizona Author Series. The talk is at 12 p.m. MST, Thursday, February 20th, and will be held virtually on Zoom. Attendees are encouraged to register to receive the link to the presentation. After the talk, there will be time for questions from the audience.

This presentation will be recorded and made available on our YouTube channel. Registered attendees will receive a link to the recording once it is available.

About Mining Irish-American Lives: Mining history is a cornerstone of the American West, especially Arizona; however, the personal experiences of miners and their families remains elusive. Noonan’s research uses often-missed resources to piece together a tapestry about the Irish and Irish-American women and men who worked and lived in these towns during a pivotal era.

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Dr. Alan J. M. Noonan earned his PhD in history from University College Cork in 2013 and has received several prestigious history fellowships including the Glucksman Government of Ireland Fellowship at New York University and the Kluge Fellowship at the Library of Congress and served as the inaugural Historian in Residence for Cork City Libraries during the Decade of Centenaries. He has written extensively on migration, American social and cultural history, the Irish diaspora, and has produced podcasts on the history and formation of An Garda Síochána (Irish policeforce) and the docklands of Cork. Currently, he teaches at the University of Montana.

This event is part of the 2025 Arizona Author Series. This program is supported by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Arizona Center for the Book, a Library of Congress Center for the Book Affiliate.