Author's Note and Acknowledgments
Part I. Humble Beginnings
Present-Day Interview / Glenn Patrick Sherlock
Chapter 2. Blocked at Home Plate
Chapter 4. The First Irish Stars
Chapter 5. More Irish Firsts
Present-Day Interview / Eric O'Flaherty
Chapter 6. They Would Be Giants
Chapter 7. Molly Maguires
Present-Day Interview / Ryan Roberts
Chapter 12. Nice Guys Finish First
Chapter 14. More Irish Record Setting
Present-Day Interview / Barry Enright
Chapter 15. The Delahanty Brothers
Present-Day Interview / Ruth Mack Clark
Chapter 18. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Chapter 19. Faustian Bargain
Chapter 20. Scandal and War
Chapter 21. They're All Good Irish Names
Chapter 22. The Alert Irishman
Chapter 23. Homer in the Gloamin'
Present-Day Interview / John Flaherty
Part IV. Postwar to the Present
Chapter 26. The Fabulous Fifties
Chapter 27. The Crazy Sixties
Chapter 28. Green and Gold
Chapter 29. The Hidden Potato Trick
Chapter 30. Century's End and Irish Resurgence
Epilogue: Eire Apparent: A Visit to the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame