Ambush at Central Park: When the IRA Came to New York - Book Talk

Talk Highlights:

• Hear an excerpt from Ambush at Central Park: When the IRA Came to New York read by the author
• Dive into the events that led to this one-of-a-kind attack
• Find out the surprising details Bulik learned while researching
• Ask questions during a live Q&A with the author

About this Event:

Mark Bulik’s Ambush at Central Park: When the IRA Came to New York (Fordham, 2023), tells the true story of four comrades from the Irish War for Independence, and their paths to a bullet-riddled reunion in Manhattan. The incident, all but forgotten in the decades that followed, made banner headlines at the time. “Man Shot at Central Park Involved in Irish Plot,” The Evening World blared. “Link Shooting Here With Irish Warfare,” The New York Times declared. The ambush was the only officially authorized action of its kind by the Irish Republican Army on American soil.

Join the author and Untapped New York's Irish History tour guide Ashley Cathaláin for a virtual book talk and ask your own questions during the Q&A!

About Mark Bulik:

Mark Bulik is a longtime editor at The New York Times. He grew up outside Philadelphia and graduated from Georgetown University. His first book, The Sons of Molly Maguire: The Irish Roots of America’s First Labor War, explored a violent 19th-century labor conflict in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, where his Irish-American ancestors worked in the mines for generations. He lives outside New York City with his family, two cats, and about 500 books.

About Ashley Cathaláin:

Irish Podcaster Ashley Cathaláin hails from county Armagh and is now a proud Long Beach resident. She is the creator and leader of Untapped New York's Irish History Tour.