Lace curtain Irish and shanty Irish are terms that were commonly used in the 19th and 20th centuries to categorize Irish Americans, by social class. The "lace curtain Irish" were those who were well-o
Interior of a prosperous American household in 1905, with a lace curtain
"The Patch", an Irish shanty town in Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1850
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Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, that lies between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population
Lace curtain and shanty Irish
…Interior of a prosperous American household in 1905, with a lace curtain "The Patch", an Irish shanty town in Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1850 Lace curtain Irish and shanty Irish are terms that were commonly used in the 19th and 20th centuries to categorize Irish Americans, by social…
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