Relax, Moe. There is certainly truth to the claim that the New York City police force was predominantly Irish back then.
The Irish got here first, with the benefit of speaking a similar language, and they made the political contacts that enabled them to make the police force an Irish boys club.
It's no big deal. Any other ethnic group would have done the same thing if they found themselves in a similar position.
Parts of Irish culture are permanently integrated in nypd culture. When an officer dies on the job, the official police funeral service has distinctly irish elements.
