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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.
State and Cities - Millions of dollars in state and city pension funds are invested in American corporations doing business in Northern Ireland. The MacBride Campaign lobbies to have legislation passed to direct these funds to be invested, in the future, only in companies that endorse the Principles (again, note, not divestment or disinvestments).
Howie Carr – author, Boston newspaper columnist and New England radio talk-show host; has claimed family "two-boater" Irish ancestry (i.e., Ireland-to-Canada, then Canada-to-Maine) on his father's side; Neil Cavuto [39] Carson Daly [40] Phil Donahue [41] Maureen Dowd [42] Brian Doyle-Murray; Roger Ebert [43] Pete Hamill [44] Sean Hannity [45 ...
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Irish Americans in Portland, Maine. Pages in category "Irish-American culture in Portland, Maine" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
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.
The History of Portland, Maine, begins when Native Americans originally called the Portland peninsula Məkíhkanək meaning "At the fish hook" in Penobscot [1] [2] and Machigonne (meaning "Great Neck") [3] in Algonquian. The peninsula and surrounding areas were home to members of the Algonquian-speaking Aucocisco branch of the Eastern Abenaki ...
The state legislature in 2001 adopted a resolution establishing Franco-American Day, which stated that the state was named after the former French province of Maine. [ 3 ] Other theories mention earlier places with similar names or claim it is a nautical reference to the mainland. [ 4 ]
Most Irish who came to the United States settled in urban areas. Many of these neighborhoods retain aspects of Irish culture, especially around the local Catholic church. Words and songs from Ireland have come into common American usage. Common words used in the English language that have Irish origin include galore, hooligan, phony, slob, and ...