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Sep 8, 2015 · It’s a terse summation of the job discrimination that Irish immigrants faced in America in the mid-19th century: “No Irish need apply.”
"No Irish need apply," a whiskey poem about America for St. Patrick's Day. This video is private. Watch on. No Irish need apply. We say goodbye. make our mothers cry. Break hearts for the dream. and no Irish need apply. Who built the bridge's mate. And scrapped the city sky. And bled with your sons. And so. The blend be gone.
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Book/Printed Material No Irish need apply. Written by John F. Poole. ... H. De Marsan, Publisher, 54 Chatham Street, New-York
To tell an Irish gentleman “No Irish Need Apply” Well some may think it a misfortune to be christened Pat or Dan But to me it is an honor to be born an Irishman.
The 1862 protest song "No Irish Need Apply", written and performed by Mrs F. R. Phillips, was inspired by such signs in London. Later Irish Americans adapted the lyrics and the songs to reflect the discrimination they felt in America.
This 1862 song, composed by John F. Poole and performed by Tony Pastor, a vaudeville and variety-show performer whom the song-sheet credits as "the great Comic-Vocalist of the age," takes the "No Irish Need Apply" slogan and transforms it into a challenge for its nameless immigrant hero.
NO IRISH NEED APPLY. Written by JOHN F. POOLE, and sung, with immense success, by the great Comic-Vocalist of the age, TONY PASTOR. I'm a dacint boy, just landed from the town of Ballyfad; I want a situation: yis, I want it mighty bad. I saw a place advartised. It's the thing for me, says I; But the dirty spalpeen ended with: No Irish need apply.
