Most of the exiles—nearly a quarter of the Irish nation—washed up on the shores of the United States. They knew little about America except one thing: It had to be better than the hell that was searing Ireland. READ MORE: When Irish-Americans Attacked Canada—With the White House's Bl...
Recently, when school was out, I drove through a school zone in Lafayette and the lights were blinking, indicating the school zone was active when no one was on campus. I asked myself, do I need to obey the posted speed limit for that designated time, even if students and staff aren'...
Halloween gained popularity in the United States in the 1840s by way of amassive Irish immigrationto escape the Irish Potato Famine. The Pagan roots of the celebration may be what led to it being popular withfarm communitiesand people looking to connect with the land as the seasons turned. N...
When I was elected in 1972, I was the only Republican woman in the House of Representatives. I would say that gender was a factor in my election because I really had to prove myself more than I think my male opponents did. I was a conservative and a lot of people said, ‘Well, wi...
aOptimists argue that Europe will eventually learn from America. Aristide Zolberg, of the New School University in New York, recalls that the first big crisis in American immigration came in the 1830s when the Catholic Irish began to arrive. Their religious loyalties were assumed to be to a ...
Where the Scottish people bought in the sale of Scotland, after money exchanged hands under the premise of a mainly trade treaty against the Scottish natives will, actually that Scotland belonged to? Are the Scots still included in the sale from 1707. For a sale it was, money was received ...
Fortunately, when Ecuador went on emergency status that March, they suspended all of the visa expirations — partly because there was no one in the immigration offices to process visa extension requests. So they just said, look, there’s no one in the office, so if you got into the ...
the history of the 'Boston Irish Mob' Participants tout value of state program By Sean Smith Special to the BIR Even when she was a little girl, Lowell native Natalya Kay Trudeau knew that she wanted to play Irish music—to the point of fairly exasperating her clas- sical violin teacher....
When he finished, he was so delighted that a 14 smile spread over his face. "What do you think of that?" he asked. I answered him with a hug(拥抱). But inside, 15 danced all the way to my heart. It was the first time that my father had devoted so much 16 to me, for his ...
Along with the arts in general, combined, perhaps, with a judicious limitation on internet usage. I recently stumbled upon a very interesting NYRB essay on a phenomenon Russians term “vnutrennaya emigratsia,” defined as “internal immigration” or “internal exile.” (You can read a far ...