Betsy Parks

Betsy Parks is a freelance writer and editor from Boston, Massachusetts. Betsy grew up in southern Vermont and spent 10 years working as an editor for Brew Your Own and WineMaker magazines. She relocated to Boston in 2017 and received a master’s degree from Emerson College in Writing and Publishing in 2021.

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The Burns Library is home to much of the nation’s Irish American history

By Betsy Parks / July 22, 2022

The library, located at Boston College, has the most comprehensive collection of Irish archives, rare books, and special collections in the United States.