SEE PHOTOS: Historic places across America
The Irish legacy is evident all across the United States and Canada. Irish America editor-in-chief Patricia Harty selects corners of Ireland that preserve the memory of those who came before and where current generations honor their Irish-American heritage.
From O'Neill, Nebraska, which is home to the largest shamrock in the world; Bunker Hill in Massachussetts, where the Irish helped quash a British attack, Tipperary Hill in Syracuse where the top traffic light in the sequence is green; the Donner Pass in Nevada where two Irish families were lucky to survive a deathly trek and Butte Montana, where the Cavan-born Irish "Copper King".
SEE PHOTOS: Historic places across America
*Originally published January 25, 2011.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Seanmor | Mar 29, 2013, 11:38 PM EDT
Butte, Montana, is mentioned in the last sentence of the above article. During the 2nd decade of the last century AENEAS LANE, a native of Toureenard, Knocknagoshel, Kerry, was twice elected Coroner of that city. A maternal uncle of my mother, Coroner Lane's native townland of Toureenard lost 80% of its population and 80% of its houses between the census of 1841 and the census of 1851.Yet, a grandson of a Famine survivor would make his mmark in a city of the Western U.S..
Seanmor | May 19, 2012, 08:22 PM EDT
Girlwonder: Great suggestion. The Irish Brigade made the greatest advance against Confederate forces led by Generals Lee, Jackson and Longstreet. The brave men who had survived the Great Hunger came to within 25 paces of the Rebel lines at Marye's Heights and were lavishly praised by Confederate General Pickett and a correspondent for the "London Times". In Dec. of 1862 this battlefield in Fredericksburg was soaked with blood, which was freely shed by immigrants who lost their lives or were severely wounded herocically while fighting for a country they had known only a few years.
Bythebay | May 18, 2012, 12:01 PM EDT
A new book will be published next year simultaneously in Ireland and the US going to all the places in the US with names taken from Ireland and will explain how those places were named, the Irish emigrants who did it and their stories. A Blue Highways of the Irish emigrant pioneers in the US.
Bythebay | May 18, 2012, 11:17 AM EDT
John Kennedy wasn't an Irish emigrant, he was born Brookline, Massachusetts nor was Margaret Mitchell born in Atlanta, Georgia or John Stark born in Londonderry, New Hampshire. You can do better than that IC!
Bythebay | May 18, 2012, 10:28 AM EDT
Emigrants to the US were involved in the Alamo as well as the Draft Riots during the Civil War. Whether you agree with the events or not you should know they happened and not expunge them because you find them distasteful.
Bythebay | May 18, 2012, 10:12 AM EDT
This article looks like it was chopped in various places. It's also a reissue of an over a year old article. "Corners of Ireland that preserve the memory of those that came before"? This article is about the US. ...where the Cavan-born Irish "Copper King" did what?
IrelandNorth | May 18, 2012, 06:33 AM EDT
A female author called Mc Carthy has published a book called "The Other Irish" in a tribute to Irish-Americans of Ulster-Scot heritage - most notables of which included Davy Crokett and Jim Bowie! Having viewed a bronze death mask of Irish patriot Robert Emmet at Adam's Auction Rooms here in Dublin recently, I can confirm that the statue above is a reasonable facsimili thereof. Note well, as thou gazeth thereupon, that thou cometh face-to-face with a great Irishman. Am glad to see that not all Cavan men are stereotypically mean, and that the copper magnate from from the said Ulster county was a Molly Maguire employer in Butte, Montana. Not too far from Robert Emmet's statue in Dublin's Central Park - Saint Stephen's Green, is an almost identical house to that of Margaret Mitchell's, having survived many a gale force wind over the years. Thank's again IC from an Irishman in Ireland who is fiercly proud (and humbled) by our American connections. Any chance of an article on the numerous Dublin's reputedly spread across the vast United States of America.
girlwonder11570 | May 17, 2012, 07:42 PM EDT
Shouldn't forget Bloody Lane at the Antietam Battlefield or Marye's Heights in Fredericksburg, VA two of the battlefields where the Irish Brigade made brave charges
Seanmor | May 17, 2012, 03:44 PM EDT
There are several towns named Limerick in the US: one each in PA, NY and Maine. I visited Limerick, Maine, which was founded by James Sullivan (brother of Rev. War General John, who gave his mname to 4 Sullivan counties). In Manhattan lower Westside, there is Kenmare Street which becomes Delancy Street on the Eastside. In Orange County these is a crossroads called Ireland Corners.The Finger Lakes district has a town named Tyrone. In the S/W corner of OK is McCurtain County, which is named after Chowtaw Chief Green McCurtain, whose MacCurtain ancestor is said to be a Cork native. The list goes on and on....
GeorgeDillon | May 17, 2012, 10:18 AM EDT
Peterkissel: It's not in Charleston SC by any chance? Speaking of SC, I would have liked to include the battlefield at Eutaw Springs SC. It was the scene of the last battle of the Revolutionary War, and its specific Irish interest is because the great Lord Edward Fitzgerald was seriously wounded in the battle (fighting for the British). His life was saved by the efforts of a black slave who took care of him. That slave--Tony Small-was loyal to Lord Edward till the end. Lord Edward was murdered by British agents in Dublin in 1798. Finally, I object to the inclusion of the Alamo in any list that honors Irish people. The Texican rebellion against Mexico was a coup by a small pro-slavery faction of outsiders and foreign migrants (Mexico had outlawed slavery). It's nothing to be proud of.