The Beat Cop: Chicago's Chief O'Neill and the Creation of Irish Music

by Michael O'Malley

Book Overview

The remarkable story of how modern Irish music was shaped and spread through the brash efforts of a Chicago police chief.

Irish music as we know it today was invented not just in the cobbled lanes of Dublin or the green fields of County Kerry, but also in the burgeoning metropolis of early-twentieth-century Chicago. The genre's history combines a long folk tradition with the curatorial quirks of a single person: Francis O'Neill, a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226818705
• ISBN13: 9780226818702
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"