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Two long-serving mayors of Chicago, Richard J. Daley and his son, Richard M. Daley have strong connections to the area. Richard J. Daley was the only child of Michael and Lillian (Dunne) Daley, whose families had both arrived from An tSean Phobail area during the Great Famine (Ireland). A plaque dedicated to Richard J. Daley in Móin na Mín in An tSean Phobail. He donated a generous sum of money in aid of Church refurbishment in An Sean Phobal around 1970.
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