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Destruction of the American Fleet at Penobscot Bay by Dominic Serres.Britain defending New Ireland from the Penobscot Expedition during the American Revolution. New Ireland was a Crown colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain twice established in modern-day Maine after British forces captured the area during the American Revolutionary War and again during the War of 1812.
Irish-American culture in Portland, Maine (9 P) Pages in category "Irish-American culture in Maine" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The African American Irish Diaspora Network is an organization founded in 2020 that is dedicated to Black Irish Americans and their history and culture. Black Irish American activists and scholars have pushed to increase awareness of Black Irish history and advocate for greater inclusion of Black people within the Irish-American community. [233]
Maine A History vol.1, vol2, vol 3, (1919) Leamon, James S. Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine (University of Massachusetts Press, 1993) online edition; Lockard, Duane. New England State Politics (1959) pp 79–118; covers 1932–1958; MacDonald, William. The Government of Maine: Its History and Administration (1902).
The genetic line can also be traced to Dermot MacMurrough, the Gaelic king of Leinster reviled in history books as the man who sold Ireland by inviting Strongbow's invasion to save himself from a local feud. [113] [114] Bill Clinton (Irish, Scotch-Irish and English) [115]
Soon, however, the number of Irish-Americans in some cities grew so great that immigrant Patrick Murphy stated "New York is a grand handsome city. But you would hardly know you had left Ireland." [2] American customs, once utterly foreign to the immigrants, became blended with traditional ones, forming a distinct Irish-American culture.
In “Plentiful Country,” historian Tyler Anbinder uses bank records to paint a new picture of the 1.3 million people who fled to the US when famine hit Ireland.
Scotch-Irish Americans are American descendants of primarily Ulster Scots people who emigrated from Ulster (Ireland's northernmost province) to the United States during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with their ancestors being originally migrated to Ulster, mainly from the Scottish Lowlands and Northern England in the 17th century.