Irish emigrees formed first fire companies in Schuylkill
Given the oppressive conditions under which they lived and worked, it’s hard to imagine how 19th Century Irish immigrants had time to volunteer as firefighters. Yet they did, according to firefighting ...
Irish Central7d
The Irish round tower built by immigrants in Massachusetts
A unique round tower in Massachusetts built by 19th-century Irish immigrants stands as one of the only round towers in the United States. The Milford Round Tower at St. Mary's Parish in ...
The Irish Times16d
An Irish Diary on the St Patrick’s Day riots in 19th-century Toronto
By the end of the 19th century almost one-third of Toronto ... In the summer of 1847 alone, 40,000 Irish immigrants arrived in Toronto, more than twice the population of the city at that time.