More than 30 million Americans claim Irish ancestry. Worldwide, more than 70 million people have Irish roots. And yet, the current population of Ireland is only around five million people. Most countries don't have museums dedicated to everyone who left that country. But in Ireland's capital...
Virtually every aspect of American culture has been influenced by Irish immigrants and their descendants. This encyclopedia tells the full story of the Irish-American experience, covering immigration, assimilation, and achievement.William E. WatsonEugene J. Halus...
Chapter Six of the first part of the book "The Columbia Guide to Irish American History" is presented. It details the revival of immigration from Ireland, the continued economic and social success of new American-born generations, the breakup of consensus on a strictly Catholic Irish American id...
Irish americans by Brendan A. Rapple Overview The island of Ireland lies west of Great Britain across the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel. It is divided into two separate political entities: the independent Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland, a constituent of the United Kingdom. ...
York, the Enslaved Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Why We Have Time Zones Coxey's Army: 1894 March of Unemployed Workers The Protectionist Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 The Great Irish Famine Was a Turning Point for Ireland and America History of the US Federal Budget Deficit ...
Without the Irish, the Chicago River wouldn't turn green each year on March 17, nor is it likely that you would be drinking the verdant-tinged beer at the bar either. (Irish-Americans were celebrating St. Patrick's Day in the statesas early as the 18th century.) The sphere of politics...
York, the Enslaved Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Why We Have Time Zones Coxey's Army: 1894 March of Unemployed Workers The Protectionist Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 The Great Irish Famine Was a Turning Point for Ireland and America History of the US Federal Budget Deficit ...
In the cities of the United States, new chapters of Irish history were bring written in exile as Irish-Americans rose to positions of prominence, participated with distinction in the Civil War, and agitated to oust British rule from their homeland. ...
Irish Republican Army, republican paramilitary organization seeking the establishment of a republic, the end of British rule in Northern Ireland, and the reunification of Ireland. It was created in 1919. Learn more about the IRA, including its history.
Throughout the Famine years, nearly a million Irish arrived in the United States. Famine immigrants were the first big wave of poor refugees ever to arrive in the U.S. and Americans were simply overwhelmed. Upon arrival in America, the Irish found the going to be quite tough. With no one...