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More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of England's Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland. Between 250,000 and 400,000 Scots-Irish migrated to America in the eighteenth century, traveling in groups of families and bringing with them not only long experience as rebels and...
Author
Publisher
Pelican Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
More than forty million Americans claim Irish ancestry. This lively book explains how and why they got to the U.S. and shows how their history made them who they are. From prehistoric Ireland to Irish schools in America, this well-illustrated book provides an essential overview of the ties between the Emerald Isle and the New World.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
384 p. : ill. , maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A history of turn-of-the-twentieth-century urban life in major cities as experienced by Irish Americans argues that urban culture was largely shaped by people with a distinctly Hibernian heritage who imposed their own values, beliefs, and prejudices on subsequent newcomers.
7) Far and away
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
1998, c1992
Edition
Widescreen ; Dual layer.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A poor but proud Irish tenant farmer accompanies the spoiled and headstrong daughter of a wealthy landlord to America in a quest for land.
Publisher
Shanachie Entertainment
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of the seven million Irish who emigrated to America in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries including the causes of the exodus and the immigrant experience in the United States. Uses photographs, archival footage, manuscript material and interviews with Irish immigrants to describe their experiences and the profound influence they have had on American culture.
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