Irish Placenames in America
In Bandon, Oregon, an Irishman's attempt to bring a bit of home with him proved deadly
The Nebraska town founded by the Irish Civil War general who invaded Canada
Finding a little piece of home in the Irish Flats of San Antonio, South Texas
How an Irish pioneer named the town of Rathdrum, Idaho after his village
The search for water stops growth in Kildare, Oklahoma
New Orleans’ Irish Channel a holdover of the Irish influence on the Big Easy
From Coleraine, Ireland to Colerain, North Carolina
George Washington stayed in Limerick, Pa. - later the town went nuclear
Detroit’s oldest neighborhood, Corktown, was settled by Irish emigrants in the 1800s
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