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From The Hoosier Genealogist: Connections, Fall/Winter 2018. To receive Connections twice a year, join IHS and enjoy this and other member benefits. Back issues of Connections are available through the Basile History Market. Large numbers of Irish immigrants began coming to America in the early eighteenth century. Many who made the voyage before the American Revolution came from the northern ...
Mar 7, 2023 · A Little Irish History. 1.5 million people (nearly one quarter of the Irish population) left Ireland between 1845 and 1855 to seek refuge in the USA due to hunger and poverty. It is difficult not to feel their presence in America, even my hometown of Westfield has a Shamrock as it’s icon. As this is the month of St. Patrick, I thought it ...
Mar 17, 2018 · As early as 1832, canal companies based on the East Coast were specifically recruiting Irish immigrants to come to the Hoosier state, according to Peopling Indiana: The Ethnic Experience (Indiana Historical Society Press, 1996). Three guests with deep Irish ancestral roots will join Nelson in studio:
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Presented by the Hoosier Lottery and Indy Public Safety Foundation Tent Party. 11:30 am -1:00 pm (Parade) 9:30 am - 3:00 pm (Tent Party) Free and Open to the Public. North Street between Meridian and Pennsylvania. Indianapolis, IN (Downtown) Learn More.
Mar 16, 2024 · In 1892, an Irish botanist named Nathaniel Colgan decided to put the theories to the test by asking people across Ireland to send him shamrocks. When Colgan grew the samples, he discovered...
Jan 12, 2013 · Family Tree: Irish in Indianapolis. Poster recruiting workers for the Central Canal, via the Indiana Historical Society. As a few HI readers pointed out last week, it’s hard to talk about early Indianapolis immigrants without mentioning the Irish. So today will focus on these early settlers and their descendants.
By 1870, Indianapolis was the home of over 3,300 foreign-born Irish, with the total being 3,760 for all of Marion County. This saw the Irish attain greater political power in Indianapolis local affairs.
