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IRISH, Thomas J.
IRISH, Thomas J. (Iowa City, IA-Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 20, 1935). Educator. Irish served four generations of Dubuque residents as an educator in the Dubuque public schools during his sixty-three-year career. He came to Dubuque in 1867 as the principal of the Fourth Ward School. He later held the same position for fifty-six years in the Third Ward School (PRESCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL) until his retirement in 1923. Irish was elected treasurer of the Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association in 1907.