Irish Chicago

Name: Irish Chicago
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-03-15
Cast: Aidan Quinn

2009 · 87 min · Documentary

The colorful stories of Irish-American immigrants and their descendants who lived the history and exemplify the repeated cycle of the outsider becoming the ultimate Chicago citizen-insider.

Written by Daniel Andries

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Aidan Quinn Self - Host

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