The Irish Immigrant Whose Life Was So Large, NYPD Shut Down the City for Him

On this episode of Our American Stories, Jimmy Neary was an Irish immigrant who boarded a ship to America in the 1950s and went on to open a namesake restaurant in Manhattan that has for more than a half century been a famed canteen in the heart of New York City. Here to tell his story is Jimmy’s daughter, Una. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.