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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.
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 ]
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]
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.
The Green and the Gray: The Irish and the Confederate States of America (2013) Samito, Christian G. Becoming American under fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era (2009) Ural, Susanna J. The heart and the Eagle: Irish-American volunteers and the Union army, 1861-1865 (2006)
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 ...
In 1856 O'Mahony went to America and in 1858 founded the Fenian Brotherhood. Stephens returned to Ireland and in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day 1858, following an organising tour through the length and breadth of the country, founded the Irish counterpart of the American Fenians, the Irish Republican Brotherhood. [8] [9] [10]
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