I recently visited Bridget Meehan Moore’s house, she immigrated to New York from Ireland with her three children. Her house is very cute and clean. She said, “I love the American fashion, it is so pretty!”

Bridget loves tea (or as she pronounced it te’ ( T-E-H) because she has an Irish accent) because in her hometown tea was very uncommon to drink. Bridget let me smell some of her herbs from Ireland and they smelled superb. The reason this herb was special to her, she said, “It smells exactly like my mother’s kitchen!”

Bridget would also make little dolls for her children, but entirely made out of dish rags! The one she showed me was beautiful. Bridget’s children seemed to like this doll very much because it had become very shriveled up and torn apart. Bridget Meehan Moore’s husband, Joseph, is a woodworker. He carves little toys for their children. He carved a nine pin set and even a horse! Bridget also tells her perspective of the Five Points neighborhood. Bridget said, “Five Points is a very unsafe place. There are people stealing. Nobody should go alone. If you have a husband then go with him, but if you have children do not go with them alone.”

Bridget claims there are not too many big piles of poo, on the streets of New York right now, in 1868.

Everyday Bridget stays home and does chores. That is all that a mother and wife can do.

Bridget is wearing a dress and she is very petite! Also Bridget told me there is only one other Irish person in the building and everybody else is German. So Bridget told me in the mornings, when she goes downstairs to get water she gets kind of frazzled because she does not know how to speak German. Bridget asked one of the reporters if they know any German words and he said to say “Gutten morgen!” Bridget asked,“What does that mean?” “It means good morning in German.” Our reporter answered “Okay. Perfect, thank you I will start with that,” replied Bridget.

News Article Written by,
Annie Casertano (Estelle)