People of Irish descent form the largest single ethnic group in Massachusetts, and one of the largest in Boston. Once a Puritan stronghold, Boston changed dramatically in the 19th century with the arr
An Irish flag hanging outside the Boston Harbor Hotel
Depiction of Irish immigrants arriving at Constitution Wharf, Boston, 1857
Boston Irish Famine Memorial
Nativist, anti-Catholic paper published in Boston ca. 1854
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Irish Americans are Americans who have full or partial Irish ancestry or citizenship.
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…People of Irish descent form the largest single ethnic group in Massachusetts, and one of the largest in Boston. Once a Puritan stronghold, Boston changed dramatically in the 19th century with the arrival of…
Charles Carroll, the sole Catholic signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, was the descendant of Irish nobility in County Tipperary. Signers Matthew Thornton, George Taylor were born in Ireland and were "Ulster" Scots, while Thomas Lynch Jr., for example, was Protestant; he was of Irish ancestry and retained a strong Irish identity.
"Leacht Cuimhneacháin na nGael", Irish famine memorial located on Penn's Landing, Philadelphia
Gravestone in Boston Catholic cemetery erected in memory of County Roscommon native born shortly before the Great Famine
Thomas Ambrose Butler, an Irish Catholic priest, was a leading voice in urging Irish immigrants to colonize Kansas