Irish in Syracuse, New York
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Irish immigrants came to the area around Syracuse, New York
between 1776 and 1910. The Irish "Pioneers" came to Onondaga County from various parts of the Union. Some came directly from Ireland
, many came from Canada
and yet others came from countries to which they had previously emigrated.
Like all Irish who settled across the nation, the early Irish settlers in the area came to escape hunger, bad soil, factional murders, repressive English landlords and the bleak future Ireland
offered its working class in the 19th century.
during the American Revolutionary War
circa 1776. Although most did not settle in the area, a few did return later and established their homes. By 1820, there were only a few hundred Irish in the county. The earliest arrivals were Protestants and settled in the farms in the outskirts of the city including; Salina
, Onondaga
, Geddes
, DeWitt, Lysander
, Spafford
, Skaneateles
, Marcellus
, LaFayette
, Camillus
, Elbridge
, Otisco
, Tully
, Pompey
, Clay
, Cicero
, Manlius
and Van Buren
.
The majority of Irish in Onondaga County arrived after 1820 and in particular, during the period of the Great Potato Famine from 1848 to 1855. These immigrants were Irish-Catholic and found employment in the city.
who, with other Yankee
farmers, left rocky, barren soil for uncrowded, fertile land in Onondaga County. More than half these Irish were Protestant. They farmed their own land and were not subject to the hatred faced by later arriving Irish-Catholic immigrants. The Irishmen hired themselves out as farmhands to New England
squires who owned most of the land. By working hard and saving, many were able to purchase land within five or ten years of their arrival.
Farmers like James Conan were typical of many "strong-backed" Irish farmers. Census records in 1855, four years after his arrival, list Conan's wealth at $50 (three cows and two pigs) and no land. By 1860, he was worth $500 and in 1865; he owned an $800 house and barn that was valued at $13,200.
When they first arrived, most of them had nothing, only about half of the men and hardly any of the women were literate. In Syracuse
, they took menial jobs no one else wanted. The women worked as low-paid domestics and the men worked in the salt mines, lumber yards and horse stables. In the late 1850s, many Irish were against the emancipation of slaves because they were worried the slaves would come north and take their jobs.
Local newspaper, the The Daily Standard, reported on October 24, 1856, that businessmen were discussing hiring freed slaves. The paper quoted one man saying he would hire "a slave for a servant, rather than be troubled with Irish help."
During a seven year period from 1848 to 1855, over 5,000 Irish immigrants found their way to Onondaga County; about 2,000 settled in Syracuse
. Immigrants from the same towns or counties back in Ireland
often located in the same area. In Geddes
, hundreds from Thurles in County Tipperary settled together.
Southeast of the city, in Pompey
, 150 of 700 Irish immigrants from Upperchurch, an impoverished town in the mountains of County Tipperary settled.
and in the growing salt industry as well as rock quarries in Split Rock
, southwest of the city. Most of them were Catholic
and single. They lived in shanty communities in the Near Westside
and Far Westside
neighborhoods of the city which began growing in 1822 after the canal was completed.
.
Michael Gleason, a salt inspector, born in County Tipperary
, Ireland
in 1799, complained three times to city officials about the effigy. After receiving no response, he "stopped at a hardware store, bought an axe, and forcing his way through the crowd, calmly chopped down the flag pole." It was not until thousands of Irish-Catholic immigrants came to the city in the 1850s that the persecution diminished.
Because they worked hard at jobs others would not do, the Irish earned respect. The Daily Standard wrote in an editorial on May 29, 1858, "it is all very well to talk of Americans ruling America, but the Erie Canal
can't be made navigable without Irish bone and muscle. The sooner this is understood, the sooner one-half of the businessmen of the state will be saved from bankruptcy."
By the 1890s, ethnic tempers flared in the city. Rivalry between Irish and German immigrants grew violent. In 1895, a white line ran down the middle of South Salina Street. The west side was for the Irish, the east for the Germans. Those caught on the wrong side were beaten.
, another influx of Irish came to Syracuse
. Census figures show nearly 3,000 Irish moved into the city and by 1890, nearly twenty percent of the population were Irish. Men found jobs at the newly opened manufactories, in steel mills, working for New York Central Railroad (NYCRR) and in local breweries.
and gravitated to the hill on the Far Westside
of Syracuse
beginning in the mid 19th century. They settled in the south of the old village of Geddes
, before it was annexed into the city, and lived on top of the hill overlooking what was later called Automobile row where industries like Franklin Automobile Company
and Onondaga Pottery
abounded. The men would walk down from the hill on their way to work each day at the factories east of Tipperary Hill
that lined Geddes, Fayette, Marcellus and Oswego streets on the city's Near Westside
. To the north, Solvay Process Company
provided many jobs to local residents in the manufacture of soda ash on the shores of Onondaga Lake
. Many Irish were also employed in the local salt mills on the North side of Geddes
.
of New York State.
each year in March on the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day.
With the coming of World War I
and increased American nationalism along with a greatly reduced number of new Irish immigrants in the 1920s, Irish organizations that flourished at the turn of the century ceased to exist. Local Irishmen retreated and confined their ethnic "reminiscing" to family events and to selected bars like Nibsy Ryan's on South Wilbur Avenue and Wheeler's Tavern on Avery Avenue. The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on South Salina Street was even discontinued.
In 1930, Edward N. O'Neil, who was born in Northern Ireland
, established the Hibernian Club on the Westside.
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
between 1776 and 1910. The Irish "Pioneers" came to Onondaga County from various parts of the Union. Some came directly from Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, many came from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and yet others came from countries to which they had previously emigrated.
Like all Irish who settled across the nation, the early Irish settlers in the area came to escape hunger, bad soil, factional murders, repressive English landlords and the bleak future Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
offered its working class in the 19th century.
History
The Irish first visited the territory of Onondaga County as soldiers with the English ArmyEnglish Army
The English Army existed while England was an independent state and was at war with other states, but it was not until the Interregnum and the New Model Army that England acquired a peace time professional standing army...
during the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
circa 1776. Although most did not settle in the area, a few did return later and established their homes. By 1820, there were only a few hundred Irish in the county. The earliest arrivals were Protestants and settled in the farms in the outskirts of the city including; Salina
Salina, New York
Salina is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 33,290 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is derived from the Latin word for "salt."...
, Onondaga
Onondaga, New York
Onondaga is a town located in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the town had a population of 21,063. The town is named after the native Onondaga tribe, part of the Iroquois Confederacy....
, Geddes
Geddes, New York
Geddes is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 17,740 at the 2000 census.The Town of Geddes is west of the neighborhood of Far Westside of Syracuse. The town is a western suburb of Syracuse.- History :...
, DeWitt, Lysander
Lysander, New York
Lysander is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 19,285 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Lysander, a Spartan military leader, by a clerk interested in the classics....
, Spafford
Spafford, New York
Spafford is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,661 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Horatio Gates Spafford, a writer and founder of the local library....
, Skaneateles
Skaneateles (town), New York
Skaneateles is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 7,323 at the 2000 census. The name is from the Iroquois "Indian" tribe term for the adjacent lake: "long lake." The town is on the western border of the county and includes a village, also called Skaneateles...
, Marcellus
Marcellus (town), New York
Marcellus is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 6,319 at the 2000 census. The town was probably named after Marcus Claudius Marcellus, a Roman general, by a clerk interested in the Classics....
, LaFayette
LaFayette, New York
LaFayette is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 4,833 at the 2000 census. The town is named after LaFayette, a national hero of both France and the United States....
, Camillus
Camillus (town), New York
Camillus is a town in Onondaga County, New York, U.S. The population was 24,167 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Roman military leader Marcus Furius Camillus by a clerk interested in the classics....
, Elbridge
Elbridge (town), New York
Elbridge is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 6,091 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Elbridge Gerry, a Vice President of the United States, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence....
, Otisco
Otisco, New York
Otisco is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 2,561 at the 2000 census. The Town of Otisco is in the southwest part of the county. Otisco is situated at the northern edge of the Appalacian Highlands, where an escarpment declines to the Lake Ontario plain and the...
, Tully
Tully (town), New York
Tully is a town in Onondaga County, New York, USA. The population of the town was 2,709 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is derived from the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero. The town is on the county's south border, south of Syracuse....
, Pompey
Pompey, New York
Pompey is a town in the southeast part of Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 6,159 at the 2000 census. The town was named after the Roman general and political leader Pompey by a late 18th-century clerk interested in the Classics in the new federal republic.- History :The...
, Clay
Clay, New York
Clay is a town in Onondaga County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 58,805, making it Syracuse's largest suburb. The town was named after Henry Clay, statesman....
, Cicero
Cicero, New York
Cicero is a town in Onondaga County, New York, USA. The population was 27,982 at the 2000 census. The name of the town was assigned by a clerk interested in the classics, honoring Cicero, a Roman statesman....
, Manlius
Manlius (town), New York
Manlius is a town in Onondaga County, east of the city of Syracuse, New York, United States. The population was 32,370 at the 2010 census, making it the third largest suburb in metropolitan Syracuse...
and Van Buren
Van Buren, New York
Van Buren is a town located in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a population of 12,667. The town is named after future President Martin van Buren, who was then governor of the state....
.
The majority of Irish in Onondaga County arrived after 1820 and in particular, during the period of the Great Potato Famine from 1848 to 1855. These immigrants were Irish-Catholic and found employment in the city.
Early arrivals farm outside city
The Irish who lived on farms were mostly earlier immigrants from New EnglandNew England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
who, with other Yankee
Yankee
The term Yankee has several interrelated and often pejorative meanings, usually referring to people originating in the northeastern United States, or still more narrowly New England, where application of the term is largely restricted to descendants of the English settlers of the region.The...
farmers, left rocky, barren soil for uncrowded, fertile land in Onondaga County. More than half these Irish were Protestant. They farmed their own land and were not subject to the hatred faced by later arriving Irish-Catholic immigrants. The Irishmen hired themselves out as farmhands to New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
squires who owned most of the land. By working hard and saving, many were able to purchase land within five or ten years of their arrival.
Farmers like James Conan were typical of many "strong-backed" Irish farmers. Census records in 1855, four years after his arrival, list Conan's wealth at $50 (three cows and two pigs) and no land. By 1860, he was worth $500 and in 1865; he owned an $800 house and barn that was valued at $13,200.
Potato famine influx
The potato famine of the late 1840s wiped out by fever and starvation about a fourth of Ireland's 8 million people. Many who could afford the $50 passage to America did so. Nearly 113,000 Irish came to America in 1848.When they first arrived, most of them had nothing, only about half of the men and hardly any of the women were literate. In Syracuse
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
, they took menial jobs no one else wanted. The women worked as low-paid domestics and the men worked in the salt mines, lumber yards and horse stables. In the late 1850s, many Irish were against the emancipation of slaves because they were worried the slaves would come north and take their jobs.
Local newspaper, the The Daily Standard, reported on October 24, 1856, that businessmen were discussing hiring freed slaves. The paper quoted one man saying he would hire "a slave for a servant, rather than be troubled with Irish help."
During a seven year period from 1848 to 1855, over 5,000 Irish immigrants found their way to Onondaga County; about 2,000 settled in Syracuse
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
. Immigrants from the same towns or counties back in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
often located in the same area. In Geddes
Geddes, New York
Geddes is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 17,740 at the 2000 census.The Town of Geddes is west of the neighborhood of Far Westside of Syracuse. The town is a western suburb of Syracuse.- History :...
, hundreds from Thurles in County Tipperary settled together.
Southeast of the city, in Pompey
Pompey, New York
Pompey is a town in the southeast part of Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 6,159 at the 2000 census. The town was named after the Roman general and political leader Pompey by a late 18th-century clerk interested in the Classics in the new federal republic.- History :The...
, 150 of 700 Irish immigrants from Upperchurch, an impoverished town in the mountains of County Tipperary settled.
Later arrivals are city residents
In the city, the Irish settlers worked on the Erie CanalErie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks and encompasses a total elevation differential of...
and in the growing salt industry as well as rock quarries in Split Rock
Split Rock, New York
Split Rock is a hamlet in the Town of Onondaga in Onondaga County, New York. Today more a historic place than a community, Split Rock is a site of great interest to industrial archeology. The Solvay Process Company developed quarry operations here, delivering limestone used for the Solvay process...
, southwest of the city. Most of them were Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
and single. They lived in shanty communities in the Near Westside
Near Westside, Syracuse
The Near Westside is one of the oldest Syracuse neighborhoods. In the early 1900s there were many wealthy families, including the Mayor of Syracuse, living along West Onondaga Street in many very large homes. A beautiful fountain with many statues was located at Onondaga Circle, the junction of...
and Far Westside
Far Westside, Syracuse
The Syracuse Far Westside is one of 26 recognized neighborhoods by the City of Syracuse, USA. Until this area joined the city in 1886 it was known as the village of Geddes.-History:...
neighborhoods of the city which began growing in 1822 after the canal was completed.
Persecution
In the early days, the Irish Catholics were persecuted. They were hindered from attending church and were ridiculed as irresponsible drunkards. On St. Patrick's Day every year, an effigy of the Irish patron draped with potatoes and a codfish, with an empty bottle of whiskey tied around his neck, was hung from a flag pole on Salina Street on the south bank of the Erie CanalErie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks and encompasses a total elevation differential of...
.
Michael Gleason, a salt inspector, born in County Tipperary
County Tipperary
County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
in 1799, complained three times to city officials about the effigy. After receiving no response, he "stopped at a hardware store, bought an axe, and forcing his way through the crowd, calmly chopped down the flag pole." It was not until thousands of Irish-Catholic immigrants came to the city in the 1850s that the persecution diminished.
Because they worked hard at jobs others would not do, the Irish earned respect. The Daily Standard wrote in an editorial on May 29, 1858, "it is all very well to talk of Americans ruling America, but the Erie Canal
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks and encompasses a total elevation differential of...
can't be made navigable without Irish bone and muscle. The sooner this is understood, the sooner one-half of the businessmen of the state will be saved from bankruptcy."
By the 1890s, ethnic tempers flared in the city. Rivalry between Irish and German immigrants grew violent. In 1895, a white line ran down the middle of South Salina Street. The west side was for the Irish, the east for the Germans. Those caught on the wrong side were beaten.
Late influx
By the 1890s, with the start of the land wars and further famine in IrelandIreland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, another influx of Irish came to Syracuse
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
. Census figures show nearly 3,000 Irish moved into the city and by 1890, nearly twenty percent of the population were Irish. Men found jobs at the newly opened manufactories, in steel mills, working for New York Central Railroad (NYCRR) and in local breweries.
Tipperary hill
The Irish laborers helped to build the Erie CanalErie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks and encompasses a total elevation differential of...
and gravitated to the hill on the Far Westside
Far Westside, Syracuse
The Syracuse Far Westside is one of 26 recognized neighborhoods by the City of Syracuse, USA. Until this area joined the city in 1886 it was known as the village of Geddes.-History:...
of Syracuse
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
beginning in the mid 19th century. They settled in the south of the old village of Geddes
Geddes, New York
Geddes is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 17,740 at the 2000 census.The Town of Geddes is west of the neighborhood of Far Westside of Syracuse. The town is a western suburb of Syracuse.- History :...
, before it was annexed into the city, and lived on top of the hill overlooking what was later called Automobile row where industries like Franklin Automobile Company
Franklin (automobile)
The Franklin Automobile Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in the United States between 1902 and 1934 in Syracuse, New York. Herbert H. Franklin, the founder, began his career in the metal die casting business before establishing his automobile enterprise.Franklin founded the H. H. Franklin...
and Onondaga Pottery
Syracuse China
Syracuse China Corporation, located in Syracuse, New York, was a manufacturer of fine china. Founded in 1871 as Onondaga Pottery Company in the town of Geddes, New York, the company initially produced earthenware...
abounded. The men would walk down from the hill on their way to work each day at the factories east of Tipperary Hill
Tipperary Hill
Tipperary Hill, sometimes known as Tipp Hill, is a district in the city of Syracuse, New York, largely settled by immigrants from Ireland, especially from County Tipperary. It makes up half of Syracuse's Far Westside neighborhood.-History:...
that lined Geddes, Fayette, Marcellus and Oswego streets on the city's Near Westside
Near Westside, Syracuse
The Near Westside is one of the oldest Syracuse neighborhoods. In the early 1900s there were many wealthy families, including the Mayor of Syracuse, living along West Onondaga Street in many very large homes. A beautiful fountain with many statues was located at Onondaga Circle, the junction of...
. To the north, Solvay Process Company
Solvay Process Company
The Solvay Process Company was a pioneer chemical industry of the United States in the manufacture of soda ash and a major employer in Central New York...
provided many jobs to local residents in the manufacture of soda ash on the shores of Onondaga Lake
Onondaga Lake
Onondaga Lake is a lake in Central New York located northwest of Syracuse, New York. The southeastern end of the lake and the southwestern shore abut industrial areas and expressways; the northeastern shore and northwestern end border a series of parks and museums. Although it is near the Finger...
. Many Irish were also employed in the local salt mills on the North side of Geddes
Geddes, New York
Geddes is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 17,740 at the 2000 census.The Town of Geddes is west of the neighborhood of Far Westside of Syracuse. The town is a western suburb of Syracuse.- History :...
.
Irish politics
The first Irish-Catholic mayor in Syracuse was three-term, James Kennedy McGuire (1868-1923) who was elected to office at age 27. He "ran a political machine" at the turn of the 20th century and aspired to be GovernorGovernor
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
of New York State.
St. Patrick's Day parade
The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade is held in SyracuseSyracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
each year in March on the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day.
Irish clubs
By 1890, Irish organizations in the city included the Irish National League, the Friends of Ireland, the National Land League of Ireland, the Irish Relief Fund, the Central Land League, the O'Connell Association (for intellectual advancement) and the Ancient Order of Hibernians.With the coming of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and increased American nationalism along with a greatly reduced number of new Irish immigrants in the 1920s, Irish organizations that flourished at the turn of the century ceased to exist. Local Irishmen retreated and confined their ethnic "reminiscing" to family events and to selected bars like Nibsy Ryan's on South Wilbur Avenue and Wheeler's Tavern on Avery Avenue. The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on South Salina Street was even discontinued.
In 1930, Edward N. O'Neil, who was born in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
, established the Hibernian Club on the Westside.
Irish events
- Syracuse St. Patrick's Parade: Held in March each year on the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day.
- Syracuse Irish Festival: Held in September each year in Downtown SyracuseDowntown SyracuseDowntown Syracuse is the economic center of Syracuse, New York, and Central New York, employing over 30,000 people, and housing over 2,000. It is also one of the 26 officially recognized neighborhoods of Syracuse.- History :...
in Clinton SquareClinton SquareClinton Square, in downtown Syracuse, New York, was the original town center and first came into existence in the early 19th century where roadways from north and south convened...
and features music, dance, song, genealogy, culture and children’s activities.
- Tipp Hill Music Festival: Late September since 2007 at Pass Arboretum, Avery and Whittier avenues, Syracuse. (Rain location is Burnet ParkBurnet ParkBurnet Park is the largest park in Syracuse, New York, USA, covering an area of . It is located on the west end of the city, in the Far Westside in a neighborhood called Tipperary Hill.-History:...
Ice Rink Pavilion - Free.)
- Tipp Hill Run: Held in March each year before St. Patrick's Day.