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Bernard Donnelly (29 June 1810 – 15 December 1880) was an Irish Catholic priest who ministered to the Catholic community in Kansas City, Missouri in the nineteenth century; he was also the founder of Kansas City's Irish community. The Irish immigrants he brought with him to Kansas City helped carve out many of the city's River Market and ...
This is a list of notable Irish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American-born descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is Irish American .
The Irish Protestant vote in the U.S. has not been studied nearly as much as that of the Catholic Irish. In the 1820s and 1830s, supporters of Andrew Jackson emphasized his Irish background, as did James Knox Polk, but since the 1840s it has been uncommon for a Protestant politician in America to be identified as Irish, but rather as 'Scotch ...
Paul Pechell (1724 - 1800), Irish military commander, grandson of Samuel De Péchels. [471] J. Johnston Pettigrew, American Civil War general (Confederate) George Pickett, American Civil War general (Confederate) Charles Portal, British Chief of the Air Staff 1940–1945 Combined Chiefs of Staff 1942–1945
The only Irish immigrants who had more money in their bank accounts than saloonkeepers were doctors and lawyers, and very few of the famine immigrants had the education necessary for those jobs.
The famous Irish American meal of corned beef and cabbage was developed by Irish immigrants in the U.S., who adapted it from the traditional Irish recipe for bacon and cabbage. [300] Irish beer such as Guinness is widely consumed in the United States, including an estimated 13 million pints on Saint Patrick's Day alone. [301]
Thomas F. Eagleton – US Senator Missouri 1968–1987; grandfather born in County Mayo; paternal grandmother also Irish; Mark M. Fagan – Jersey City mayor [42] Mike Fahey – Omaha mayor [43] Thomas Fallon – San Jose mayor; James A. Farley – Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, US Postmaster General [44] John Frederick Finerty ...
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