Irish-American
Shamrock-displaying diaspora member
Irish-American describes a person of Irish descent living in the United States, or things relating to this community and its culture.
The term encompasses both immigrants from Ireland and their descendants, who form one of the largest ethnic groups in America.
Irish-Americans have significantly influenced American politics, labor movements, and popular culture.
She grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood in Boston.
The hyphenated form emphasizes dual heritage, though some drop the hyphen.
Leaving homeland permanently
- Great FamineMass starvation in Ireland
- coffin shipsFatal emigrant transport vessels
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
- BostonMassachusetts state capital
New York · Chicago · Philadelphia · San Francisco · Southie · Hell's Kitchen · transatlantic · passage
Family line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
- CladdaghIrish betrothal ring design
traditions · folklore · myths · legends · Book of Kells · Fenians · Catholicism · St. Patrick
Irish cultural holiday in March
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- greenColor of vegetation
- shamrockThree-leafed Irish emblem
- GuinnessIrish dry stout brand
corned beef · cabbage · Celtic music · stepdance · jig · fiddle · craic · pub
Linked by a dash
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- ethnic prideValuing one's heritage group
- KennedyIrish-origin surname, political dynasty
- hurlingPowerful propulsion by arm
Gaelic football · brogue · cultural revival · second generation · parish · parochial school
emigration
Leaving homeland permanently
- Great FamineMass starvation in Ireland
- coffin shipsFatal emigrant transport vessels
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
Boston · New York · Chicago · Philadelphia · San Francisco · Southie · Hell's Kitchen · transatlantic · passage · remittances
ancestry
Family line of descent
Claddagh · traditions · folklore · myths · legends · Book of Kells · Fenians · Catholicism · St. Patrick · clan
St. Patrick's Day
Irish cultural holiday in March
Guinness · corned beef · cabbage · Celtic music · stepdance · jig · fiddle · craic · pub · Riverdance
hyphenated
Linked by a dash
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- ethnic prideValuing one's heritage group
- KennedyIrish-origin surname, political dynasty
hurling · Gaelic football · brogue · cultural revival · second generation · parish · parochial school
- Irish-AmericanSouthie, South Boston, Ellis Island, potato famine, immigration wave
- Hyphenated IdentitiesFrench-Canadian, Anglo-Canadian, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian, Indo-Caribbean
Irish-AmericanWASP
Anglo establishment shorthand
British-American · African-American · Native American · Anglo-American · Chinese-American
America, Irish, American, Ireland, Hibernian, Anglo-Irish, Irishness