Dear Folks, I would like to know if anyone knows the history of the Irish in Hudson, NY, Columbia Cty around late 1840's/1850's/1860's. My ggrandfather, Michael FLYNN, immigrated to U.S. and settled in Hudson. He was a bricklayer/stonemason. There is no information about the Irish in Hudson at that time and yet in the 1850/1860 there are many Irish surnames. We believe he left there in the late 1860's but can't find where he went. Would anyone know a likely place in NY a bricklayer would go to work at that time? Also Irish organizations with lists of members would be helpful also. Mary L. Casey in Michigan