Strong Irish roots of Newtown, tragic Connecticut town where children were massacred

The Newtown Bee has published an online phone directory of the town's residents. A listing of surnames seems to indicate that the town's percentage of Irish residents is less than 41% of the population in 1850. That said, the Sandy Hook neighborhood is considered the low rent district by the standards of the town. Since the massacre the town is considering building a new elementary school.

perhaps that racist Corkman should read the last line of this article.

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One can easily understand why it took a few gererations for the Yankees (protestand to accept Irish Catholics, many of whom were descended form the Famine immkgrants. We should also remember that as recently as 6 or 7 years ago His Eminence, the NYC Cardinal, made a very determined effort to retroactively punish the Irish Great Hunger/Famine immigrants by ordering the demolition of St. Brigid's Church in the lower East Side which they built by donating the few dollars they could spare and volunteering their time. Finally, a kind-hearted Christian -apparently a Protestant -rescued St. Brigid's with a generous donation about $20 million for its renovation. May God bless him.

Amazing background