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Irish Immigrants

Irish immigrants played a central role in the early labor history of Jefferson County, WV, especially around Harpers Ferry, where they worked in quarries, infrastructure construction, and local industry.

This topic appears in 56 indexed records between 1824 and 1923.
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1923 Latest Record
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December 9, 2020
December 9, 2020

The Spirit of Blood [Canal Workers]

From the Baltimore Saturday Visitor.THE SPIRIT OF BLOOD. Are bowie knives and pistols necessary?— A correspondent of the “Oasis,” a neat and spicy exchange published at Nashua, N. H. writing from Gallatin, Miss. under date of […]
April 17, 1846
May 24, 2020
May 24, 2020

Oregon, Irish Opinions

The message of President Polk is regarded in Ireland with no ill will. Our presss— which is whatever it wants, a most faithful mirror of the Irish mind— regards it as a national defiance to England. […]
February 20, 1846
December 6, 2025
December 6, 2025

German Attempts to Burn Alive Wife/Children of Irish Laborer; NY.

Remarkable Outrage.— Incredible as it may seem New York yesterday the scene of a deliberate attempt to burn a woman and her two children to death. The victims were the wife, son and infant child of […]
January 2, 1845
October 19, 2025
October 19, 2025

Irish Temperance Pledge Statistics

The N. Y. Correspondent of the National Intelligencer, writing under date of 25th March, says:– Of the many events just now going on, none is more worthy of notice than the Temperance feeling which prevails here, […]
April 1, 1841
September 28, 2025
September 28, 2025

Naturalization Intent: Patrick Hagan

Patrick Hagan, an alien, who has lately arrived in the United States, and is desirous of being naturalized a citizen thereof, this day appeared in Court; and in pursuance of the act of Congress made a […]
November 9, 1840
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1860s 12 records
1830s 11 records
1850s 7 records
1840s 6 records
1820s 4 records
1920s 2 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Irish Immigrants" across historical collections.

Moore
2 records
Wright
2 records
Wise
2 records
Cook
2 records
Lucas
2 records
Reynolds
2 records
Taylor
2 records
Byrne
2 records
Willis
2 records
Gray
2 records
Murphy
2 records
Walsh
2 records
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