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Philadelphia's Irish population have left their mark in a number of ways. Traditionally, the Philadelphia Police Department and Philadelphia Fire Department have always had a large Irish American influence. [5] Many neighborhoods, such as Kensington and Fishtown of Northeast Philadelphia, and Pennsport of South Philadelphia are still
Philadelphia Neighborhoods and Place Names; Philadelphia neighborhoods: data and interactive map. Ferrick, Tom (February 11, 2011). "Median Household Income 1999-2009 (by Neighborhood)". Philadelphia Metropolis. The Public Media Lab; Ferrick, Tom (February 11, 2011).
Other Irish neighborhoods are located in the northwestern area of South Philadelphia, including Grays Ferry, Devil's Pocket and areas of Girard Estate, Southwest Center City and Schuylkill. Philadelphia's large Irish community, however, is more prominent in other sections of the city, most notably Northeast Philadelphia.
Today, the Irish in Philadelphia make up 14.2% of the city's population, the largest ethnicity in the city. [21] Although there are Irish in almost every area of the city, they still are predominantly located within Northeast Philadelphia, [2] especially in neighborhoods such as Kensington, Fishtown, and Mayfair.
Mayfair is a working class neighborhood in lower Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, centered on the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues. [1] It is bordered by Tacony and Wissinoming to the south and east, Holmesburg to the east, Pennypack Park to the north, and Oxford Circle and Rhawnhurst to the west. [2]
Pennsport is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.. Pennsport is home to a large working-class Irish American population, many of them descendants of immigrants from the mid to late 19th century.
Irish immigrants and the Irish Americans are associated in the North and Northeast Philadelphia neighborhoods, including Fishtown, Kensington, Mayfair, Frankford, Port Richmond, Holmesburg, Harrowgate, and Juniata, as well as Devil's Pocket, Whitman, Gray's Ferry, and particularly Pennsport in South Philadelphia.
It is notable for its extremely large Polish immigrant and Polish American community, and it has been known as the Little Poland of Philadelphia. [1] The neighborhood is also home to a large Irish American community and sizable German, Lithuanian, Italian, and Puerto Rican communities, along with a historic Jewish community, as represented in ...