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Eamon Loingsigh is an Irish-American author of historical fiction, best known for the Auld Irishtown trilogy about Irish gangs on the Brooklyn waterfront in the early 1900s.

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An Affair of Concoctions 2009 Buy
Light of the Diddicoy 2014 Buy
Exile on Bridge Street 2016 Buy
Divide the Dawn 2020 Buy
Chin Music Rhubarb 2021 Buy

Eamon Loingsigh (pronounced similar to “Lynch”) is an Irish-American novelist and poet whose family emigrated from Ireland in the late nineteenth century. His grandfather and great-grandfather ran a longshoreman’s saloon on Hudson Street in Manhattan from 1906 to the late 1970s, and that family history runs through much of his fiction. He was born in New York and now lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Loingsigh’s major work is the Auld Irishtown trilogy, published by Three Rooms Press. Light of the Diddicoy (2014) introduces fourteen-year-old Liam Garrity, who arrives alone in America and falls in with the White Hand gang on the Brooklyn waterfront. Exile on Bridge Street (2016) continues the story, and Divide the Dawn (2020) closes the trilogy with a dark tale set in 1919 Brooklyn as gang wars erupt during an influenza epidemic. The trilogy was shortlisted for the Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction.

Beyond the trilogy, Loingsigh published the novella An Affair of Concoctions (2009), the poetry collection Love and Maladies (2010), and the young adult novel Chin Music Rhubarb (2021), a coming-of-age baseball story set in 1980s Florida. He has also written numerous articles on Irish-American history.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Eamon Loingsigh best known for?

Eamon Loingsigh is best known for the Auld Irishtown trilogy: Light of the Diddicoy (2014), Exile on Bridge Street (2016), and Divide the Dawn (2020). The trilogy follows young Irish immigrant Liam Garrity through the world of Irish gangs on the Brooklyn waterfront in the early twentieth century.

What order should you read Eamon Loingsigh's books?

The Auld Irishtown trilogy (Light of the Diddicoy, Exile on Bridge Street, and Divide the Dawn) should be read in publication order, as each book continues the same story. His other works, including the novella An Affair of Concoctions and the YA novel Chin Music Rhubarb, are standalone and can be read independently.

Is Eamon Loingsigh's work based on real history?

Yes. The Auld Irishtown trilogy draws on real Irish-American history from early twentieth-century Brooklyn. Loingsigh’s own family has deep roots in this world: his grandfather and great-grandfather ran a longshoreman’s saloon on Hudson Street in Manhattan from 1906 into the late 1970s. He has also written extensively about Irish-American history in nonfiction articles.

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