Irish Americans
Green heritage citizens
Irish Americans are Americans of Irish descent, one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States.
The term encompasses descendants of both Catholic immigrants who fled famine and poverty in the 19th century and earlier Protestant settlers from Ulster.
Irish American identity remains strong in cities like Boston, Chicago, and New York, celebrated through institutions, parades, and political influence.
My grandparents were Irish American on both sides.
Residents of Massachusetts' capital
- CatholicismPapal Christian denomination
- parishLocal church community
- HibernianOf or from Ireland
- Knights of ColumbusCatholic fraternal service organization
parochial schools · political machines · Tammany Hall · labor unions · police · firefighters · construction · domestic service
Of Irish-Welsh descent
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- clansRelated family groups
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
folklore · lineage · family tree · surnames · legacy · mythology · customs · Blarney Stone
Leaving homeland permanently
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- descendantsThose who come after
- homelandOne's native land
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
integration · transatlantic · enclave · dual identity · naturalization · melting pot · remittances · chain migration
Irish cultural holiday in March
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- shamrockThree-leafed Irish emblem
- greenColor of vegetation
- GuinnessIrish dry stout brand
corned beef · cabbage · whiskey · fiddle · stepdance · pub · craic · jig
Mass starvation in Ireland
- potato blightFungal tuber infection
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
- steerageShip's cheapest quarters
- mass exodusLarge-scale collective departure
starvation · eviction · workhouses · landlords · tenant farmers · soup kitchens · 1840s
Bostonians
Residents of Massachusetts' capital
- CatholicismPapal Christian denomination
- parishLocal church community
- HibernianOf or from Ireland
Knights of Columbus · parochial schools · political machines · Tammany Hall · labor unions · police · firefighters · construction · domestic service · ethnic solidarity
Celtic
Of Irish-Welsh descent
traditions · folklore · lineage · family tree · surnames · legacy · mythology · customs · Blarney Stone · Claddagh
emigration
Leaving homeland permanently
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- descendantsThose who come after
- homelandOne's native land
assimilation · integration · transatlantic · enclave · dual identity · naturalization · melting pot · remittances · chain migration · return visits
St. Patrick's Day
Irish cultural holiday in March
Guinness · corned beef · cabbage · whiskey · fiddle · stepdance · pub · craic · jig · Celtic music
Great Famine
Mass starvation in Ireland
- potato blightFungal tuber infection
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
- steerageShip's cheapest quarters
mass exodus · starvation · eviction · workhouses · landlords · tenant farmers · soup kitchens · 1840s
- Celtic DiasporaCeltic heritage, potato famine, coffin ships, immigration waves, heritage societies
- peoplesBritish, Chinese, French, Germans, Japanese
- ethnic communitiesethnic enclave, immigrant community, indigenous community, tribal community, refugee community
- Immigrant Heritageimmigrant, immigrants, emigrant, ancestry, heritage month
- Irish Diasporaemigration, coffin ships, chain migration, Great Famine, immigration waves
- Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors
Irish AmericansNative Americans
Indigenous U.S. peoples
WASP · Anglo-Americans · African Americans · Asian Americans · Mexican Americans
Irish Americansnew arrivals
Irish, Americans, Ireland, Irishman, Irishmen, Irishwoman, Irishwomen, Irishness, America